18V329000
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
If the vehicles do not meet all regulatory requirements, there could be an increased risk of a crash, fire, or injury.
2012 VOLKSWAGEN GTI
2 safety recall campaigns, 3 defect investigations (1 open), 52 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns2
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations31 open
Owner complaints52
Complaints citing a crash5
Complaints citing a fire3
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 2 of 2
15V483000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
A loss of electrical connection to the driver's frontal air bag will prevent the air bag from deploying in the event of a vehicle crash, increasing the risk of injury.
What owners report most
- 13ENGINE
- 7POWER TRAIN
- 5SERVICE BRAKES
- 4AIR BAGS
- 4ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 4FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
- 4VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
- 3UNKNOWN OR OTHER
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2012 VOLKSWAGEN GTIs 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.