2020-2021 Volkswagen Passat NHTSA Full-Overlap Frontal Crash Test

A NHTSA Full-Overlap Frontal Crash Test at 35 Mph (56 Km/h). Driver is a 50th Percentile Male, and the passenger is a 5th Percentile Female. Earned Four Stars for the driver and Four Stars for the passenger, earning Four Stars overall.

NHTSA Frontal Crash Test of the 2020 Volkswagen Passat.
Rating based on 2011+ criteria.
Rating applies to vehicles not repaired under Volkswagen Customer Service Action Notice 69BS. Vehicles remedied and vehicles built after January 11, 2021 received an updated rating.
The Passat NMS is planned to be discontinued in 2023 due to slow sales.

Driver - Passenger
**** - ****!! (Four Stars Overall)
HIC 170 - 267
Chest G's 43 - 62!!
Femur Load (L/R - N) 741/2013 - 769/220
!! - Overall Front Star Rating Front Passenger Side: During the frontal impact test, the right front passenger dummy had an elevated chest acceleration injury value. Although not included in the star rating, chest acceleration in excess of 60 g's over 3 milliseconds indicates a higher likelihood of thoracic injury.

These ratings apply to vehicles manufactured before January 11, 2021. Volkswagen has issued Customer Service Action Notice 69BS. The safety concern and frontal ratings apply to vehicles that have NOT been serviced under that action
Volkswagen Service Action Code: 69BS is an OPTIONAL repair and is only available free of charge until April 16, 2031. Details about this Technical Service Bulletin can be found here:
VW Service Action Code 69BS:
https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/202...


"Although the front passenger seat belt is compliant with regulatory requirements, Volkswagen
has developed a software update that will (1) adjust the front passenger’s seat belt load limiter
timing and (2) increase the robustness of the system by decreasing the front passenger’s
potential chest acceleration during a frontal crash."