P0116 on Volkswagen vehicles The engine coolant temperature sensor reading does not track the engine's actual warm-up

A model year is listed because the code is named in its own record — a bulletin filed against it, or an owner’s complaint about it — not because every one of these vehicles sets it. Counts are documents in NHTSA’s files, not failure rates.

Owners’ own words, scrubbed of anything identifying. Unverified reports filed with NHTSA — what was said, not a finding that it was true.

Bulletins and campaigns Volkswagen filed with NHTSA whose summary names P0116. Quote the document number at the service desk — it is a diagnosis the maker has already written down.

• VIN4APIN20190529 Service bulletin
  2019-05-29 · Equipment
• Customer states noise from heat shield Customer states MIL-on with P0496 Customer states MIL-on with P1558 Customer states MIL-on with P0116 MIL-on P0456 Customer states the sunshade is binding/tearing/separating The front window regulator(s) exhibiting noise, shutter, binding, or is inoperative. Customer states AC inoperative Customer states front windshield is distorted/warped Customer
• VIN4APIN20190610 Service bulletin
  2019-06-10 · Visibility — Power Window Devices And Controls
• Customer states noise from heat shield Customer states MIL-on with P0496 Customer states MIL-on with P1429 and/or P1556 Customer states MIL-on with P0197 Customer states MIL-on with P0116 MIL-on P0456 Customer states the sunshade is binding/tearing/separating The front window regulator(s) exhibiting noise, shutter, binding, or is inoperative. Customer states front windshield is distorted/w
• VIN4APIN20190611 Service bulletin
  2019-06-11 · Equipment
• Customer states noise from heat shield Customer states MIL-on with P0496 Customer states MIL-on with P1429 and/or P0556 Customer states MIL-on with P0197 Customer states MIL-on with P0116 MIL-on P0456 Customer states the sunshade is binding/tearing/separating The front window regulator(s) exhibiting noise, shutter, binding, or is inoperative. Customer states front windshield is distorted/w
• VIN4APIN20220819 Service bulletin
  2022-08-19 · Latches/Locks/Linkages — Doors — Latch
• Customer states rattle noise from the underbody heat shields Customer states brake noise, dust and uneven pad wear Customer states MIL-on, fault P0442 and/or P0456 stored in ECM memory Customer states rattle noise under vehicle Customer states MIL-on, fault P0463 stored in ECM memory Customer states coolant light on, coolant level low Customer states MIL-on, fault P19F7 P3081 P0116 and/or P0
• VIN4APIN20220829 Service bulletin
  2022-08-29 · Equipment — Other — Owners/Service/Other Manual
• Customer states rattle noise from the underbody heat shields Customer states MIL-on, fault P0442 and/or P0456 stored in ECM memory Customer states rattle noise under vehicle Customer states MIL-on, fault P0463 stored in ECM memory Customer states coolant light on, coolant level low Customer states MIL-on, fault P19F7 P3081 P0116 and/or P0117 in the ECM Customer states noise from the front en
• VINPIN20220829-2 Service bulletin
  2022-08-29 · Equipment — Other — Owners/Service/Other Manual
• Customer states rattle noise from the underbody heat shields Customer states MIL-on, fault P0442 and/or P0456 stored in ECM memory Customer states rattle noise under vehicle Customer states MIL-on, fault P0463 stored in ECM memory Customer states coolant light on, coolant level low Customer states MIL-on, fault P19F7 P3081 P0116 and/or P0117 in the ECM Customer states noise from the front en
• VIN4APIN20190923 Service bulletin
  2019-09-23 · Equipment
• Customer states MIL-on with P1429 and/or P0556 Customer states MIL-on with P0133 Customer states MIL-on with P0116 Customer states MIL-on one or more of P0201 P0202 P0203 P0204 in the ECM Customer states the rear lift gate has rust or corrosion Customer states "door warning light" on dash and/or locks, mirrors or window functions inoperative A/C compressor leaking Customer states front wi
• VIN4APIN20191007 Service bulletin
  2019-10-07 · Unknown Or Other
• Customer states MIL-on with P1429 and/or P0556 Customer states MIL-on with P0133 Customer states MIL-on with P0116 Customer states the rear lift gate has rust or corrosion Customer states "door warning light" on dash and/or locks, mirrors or window functions inoperative A/C compressor leaking Customer states front window(s) noisy during operation Customer states MIL-on U019900 and/or U02000
• VIN4APIN20220831 Service bulletin
  2022-08-31 · Electronic Stability Control (Esc) — Control Module
• Customer states rattle noise from the underbody heat shields Customer states MIL-on, fault P0442 and/or P0456 stored in ECM memory Customer states rattle noise under vehicle Customer states MIL-on, fault P0463 stored in ECM memory Customer states coolant light on, coolant level low Customer states MIL-on, fault P19F7 P3081 P0116 and/or P0117 in the ECM Customer states noise from the front en
• VIN4APIN20190805 Service bulletin
  2019-08-05 · Equipment
• Customer states MIL-on with P1429 and/or P0556 Customer states MIL-on with P0197 Customer states MIL-on with P0133 Customer states MIL-on with P0116 Customer states MIL-on with P2097 Customer states the sunshade is binding/tearing/separating Customer states "door warning light" on dash and/or locks, mirrors or window functions inoperative Customer states airbag light on B200000

A stored code names the test that failed, never the part that caused it. The record above is what Volkswagen and its owners have filed about it; the code’s page across every make has the whole file.