Volkswagen Crafter

Engine power and kerb weight are registration-weighted averages across the 10 EU/EEA countries that registered the Volkswagen Crafter in 2025 (171 cars). Source: EEA CO₂ monitoring (CC BY 4.0).

Engine power is the type-approved engine power (EEA field Ep). For hybrids and plug-in hybrids it is the power of the combustion engine, not the system power, and for electric cars it can differ from the peak power the manufacturer advertises.

New registrations in Norway

Number of Volkswagen Crafter registered for the first time in Norway per year.

Source: EEA CO₂ monitoring (CC BY 4.0).

Power by engine variant (Norway)

82 Volkswagen Crafter cars registered for the first time in Norway in 2022–2025, by drivetrain and type-approved engine power. The EEA data has no trim names, so variants are told apart by power.

Plus 1 variant with fewer than 10 cars (4 cars in total).

Power is the type-approved engine power (EEA field Ep). For hybrids and plug-in hybrids it is the combustion engine, not the system output; for electric cars it can differ from the peak power in the maker’s marketing. Kerb weight is the average for the variant. Source: EEA CO₂ monitoring (CC BY 4.0), one record per car (the years EEA lists twice, 2019 to 2021, are counted once).

New registrations by country (2025)

Number of Volkswagen Crafter cars registered for the first time across 11 European countries in 2025.

Source: EEA CO₂ monitoring (CC BY 4.0), 2025 data.

WLTP range by version

Type-approved WLTP range of the electric versions of the Volkswagen Crafter, as recorded for each car in the Dutch vehicle register (RDW). The table shows the median; the spread is where 80% of the cars fall.

WLTP is the test cycle of EU type approval, so the same version carries the same figure across the EU/EEA. Power is the net maximum electric power from the same register. Versions with fewer than 20 cars are left out. Source: Open Data RDW (Netherlands, CC0).

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Common problems & reliability

In the UK, 75% of Volkswagen Crafters pass their MOT test first time, based on 5,510 inspections in 2023. (2023 is the most recent annual release published by the DfT.)

Based on real owner complaints and inspection data, not an editorial rating. Sources: DVSA MOT (UK, Open Government Licence).

Recalls & safety

8 recall campaigns recorded in the EU Safety Gate (European market) for the Volkswagen Crafter. Recalls can flag known weaknesses of the model.

• VanEU · Safety Gate (Germany)

  The seat belt mountings for the rear row of seats in the passenger compartment may not have been fitted correctly.

  EU Safety Gate · alerted 2016-11-18

• Passenger carEU · Safety Gate (Germany)

  No description of the defect in Safety Gate.

  EU Safety Gate · alerted 2021-01-22

• VanEU · Safety Gate (Germany)

  Due to insufficient paint adhesion, the window panels and any lashing rails in the load compartment may detach in the event of an accident.

  EU Safety Gate · alerted 2016-03-11

• Passenger car/vanEU · Safety Gate (Germany)

  The product does not comply with the Regulation on the approval and market surveillance of motor vehicles and their trailers, and of systems, components and separate technical units intended for such vehicles.

  EU Safety Gate · alerted 2023-12-08

• VanEU · Safety Gate (Germany)

  This may impair stability in trailer operation and ultimately lead to the entire trailer coupling device becoming detached.

  EU Safety Gate · alerted 2018-03-30

• VanEU · Safety Gate (Germany)

  The inertia ring of the damper weight on the propshaft may loosen from its support. Once loosened, the inertia ring may collide with the cross-member on the underbody, tilt and hit the propshaft. The propshaft may then suddenly break or shear off, resulting in serious damage to the underbody of the vehicle.

  EU Safety Gate · alerted 2015-03-13

• Passenger carEU · Safety Gate (Germany)

  The product does not comply with the Regulation on the approval and market surveillance of motor vehicles and their trailers, and of systems, components and separate technical units intended for such vehicles.

  EU Safety Gate · alerted 2022-07-08

• Passenger vanEU · Safety Gate (Germany)

  The product does not comply with the Regulation on the approval and market surveillance of motor vehicles and their trailers, and of systems, components and separate technical units intended for such vehicles.

  EU Safety Gate · alerted 2024-11-01

Sources: EU Safety Gate (European market) and NHTSA (US market). See all Volkswagen recalls.