Volkswagen Golf problems by model year
25 vehicle records, 1,180 complaints and 87 recall records across model years in this data build.
| Year | Complaints | With crash | With fire | With injury | Deaths | Recalls | Investigations | Communications |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 |
| 2023 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 |
| 2022 | 81 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56 |
| 2021 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 423 |
| 2020 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 482 |
| 2019 | 63 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 562 |
| 2018 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 622 |
| 2017 | 116 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 689 |
| 2016 | 85 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 860 |
| 2015 | 131 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 1,149 |
| 2014 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1,218 |
| 2013 | 43 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1,299 |
| 2012 | 48 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 1,288 |
| 2011 | 110 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 1,214 |
| 2010 | 69 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1,107 |
| 2009 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 742 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 446 |
| 2007 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 357 |
| 2006 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 358 |
| 2005 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 279 |
| 2004 | 28 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 239 |
| 2003 | 27 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 217 |
| 2002 | 74 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 222 |
| 2001 | 116 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 231 |
| 2000 | 88 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 228 |
Years with no complaints
2024. These records list no complaints; see each year for coverage notes. Zero is not confirmed where coverage is incomplete.
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