Volkswagen Golf

Common Golf problems

Across 10 model years (2015–2024), the Volkswagen Golf carries 41 recall campaigns, 2 of them urgent do-not-drive or park-outside orders. Owners have filed 543 complaints with NHTSA, which has opened 8 investigations. Crash-test ratings cover 6 of 10 model years. Choose a year below for the full report.

Safety record by model year

Counts are raw NHTSA figures and are not normalised by how many were sold, so a high-volume year tends to show more of everything.

Year	Recalls	Complaints	Rating	Report link
2024	0	0	—	Report
2023	0	11	—	Report
2022	0	0	—	Report
2021	1	6		Report
2020	2	6		Report
2019	6	81		Report
2018	6	37		Report
2017	5	187		Report
2016	9	85		Report
2015	12	130	—	Report

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