2017 VOLKSWAGEN GOLF

5 safety recall campaigns, 1 defect investigation, 145 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.

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The record

Recall campaigns5
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations1
Owner complaints145
Complaints citing a crash4
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

24V1100002024-02-14

FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE

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

21V3210002021-05-05

UNKNOWN OR OTHER

Vehicles that do not meet all regulatory requirements may have an increased risk of injury, crash, or fire.

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.

16V9550002016-12-29

AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE

In the event of a crash, if the air bags and/or the seat belt pretensioners do not inflate or function properly, the vehicle occupants have an increased risk of injury.

What owners report most

  • 51FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
  • 18ENGINE
  • 12UNKNOWN OR OTHER
  • 9ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
  • 7STRUCTURE:BODY
  • 6AIR BAGS
  • 5SERVICE BRAKES
  • 4POWER TRAIN

This page is about a model, not a car

Two 2017 VOLKSWAGEN GOLFs 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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