It does not. VW products probably have the lowest safety of all the German products. BMW probably being the highest.
Watch the president of the NTHSA talk about how his M5 saved his life.
Porsche is the safest of all as it is statistically the least likely to get in an accident by a significant margin (even accounting for per mile driven)
… that being said VW is likely much safer than your average American cost-cutter econobox crossover made of plywood and newspaper.