2018 VOLKSWAGEN GOLF SPORTWAGEN

5 safety recall campaigns, 1 carrying NHTSA's "park it" advisory, 1 defect investigation, 19 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.

Do not drive

1 campaign covering the 2018 VOLKSWAGEN GOLF SPORTWAGEN carries NHTSA’s “park it” advisory — the federal government telling owners to stop driving the vehicle until the remedy has been performed. Whether it was performed on any particular car is not something NHTSA publishes in a form anyone can query; a franchised dealer can run the VIN and print the record in a minute, and the repair is free.

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The record

Recall campaigns5
Park it1stop driving until repaired
Investigations1
Owner complaints19
Complaints citing a crash3
Complaints citing a fire0

Complaints are reports from owners of this model year, not findings about any particular vehicle, and a model that sold in large numbers will collect more of them. They are counted here as filed; nothing is inferred from them.

Recall campaigns 5 of 5

18V3690002018-06-01

SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:CALIPER

A reduction of braking performance can increase the risk of a crash.

24V1100002024-02-14

FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE

A fuel leak in the presence of an ignition source increases the risk of a fire.

19V6150002019-08-22

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:ANTI-THEFT:CONTROL MODULE

Removing the key while the shift lever is in a position other than "Park" increases the risk of an unintended vehicle rollaway that may result in personal injury or a crash.

19V1880002019-03-06

SUSPENSION:REAR:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS

If a coil spring fractures while driving, it may damage a rear tire causing a loss of vehicle control, increasing the risk of a crash.

18V4640002018-07-11

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:ANTI-THEFT:CONTROL MODULE

Removing the key while the shift lever is in a position other than "Park" increases the risk of an unintended vehicle rollaway that may result in personal injury or a crash.

What owners report most

  • 4POWER TRAIN
  • 3UNKNOWN OR OTHER
  • 2AIR BAGS
  • 2ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
  • 2STRUCTURE:BODY
  • 2VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
  • 1WHEELS
  • 1ENGINE

This page is about a model, not a car

Two 2018 VOLKSWAGEN GOLF SPORTWAGENs can have entirely different histories, and a recall campaign usually covers a build-date window rather than a whole model year — which a VIN does not encode, so only the door-jamb label settles it. Scanning the VIN adds the decode, the crash tests, the fuel economy and the complaints matched to that exact engine, trim and assembly plant.

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