11038143
Date: 2026-09-09. Type: Other. Systems: UNKNOWN OR OTHER.
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2008 Volkswagen Golf problems
NHTSA lists 1 complaints for the 2008 Volkswagen Golf, 0 of them mention a crash and 0 mention a fire. 0 complaints mention an injury, with 0 injuries and 0 deaths reported.
Data build 2026-10-09.
NHTSA lists this vehicle as VOLKSWAGEN GOLF.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 1
- With crash
- 0
- With fire
- 0
- With injury (complaints)
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Deaths
- 0
- Recalls
- 0
- Do not drive recalls
- 0
- Park outside recalls
- 0
- Recall potential units (maximum)
- Unavailable
- Investigations
- 0
- Open investigations
- 0
- Manufacturer communications
- 446
Complaints per 100k sold unavailable. No sales source is available for this record.
Where the complaints are
| System | Complaints | Share of this vehicle's complaints |
|---|---|---|
| FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | 1 | 100.0% |
| System | Subsystem | Complaints |
|---|
One complaint can name several systems, so shares can add to more than 100 percent.
Model-generated complaint tags: This model year has not been tagged.
Recalls
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0 recalls.
Investigations
0 investigations; 0 open.
Manufacturer communications
446 manufacturer communications.
| System | Count |
|---|---|
| EQUIPMENT | 159 |
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | 119 |
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | 90 |
| ENGINE | 35 |
| STRUCTURE | 27 |
| UNKNOWN OR OTHER | 23 |
| FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE | 22 |
| POWER TRAIN | 22 |
10244545
Date: 2023-10-30. Type: Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions. Systems: ENGINE.
VW Engine oil quality standards
10243299
Date: 2023-09-28. Type: Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions. Systems: EQUIPMENT.
VW Engine oil quality standards
10242897
Date: 2023-09-07. Type: Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions. Systems: EQUIPMENT.
Battery Testing and Charging Using Midtronics VAS6161 and or GRX3000VAS Charger. Update Tool terminology
10242894
Date: 2023-09-05. Type: Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions. Systems: EQUIPMENT.
Safety Related Inquiry and Reporting
10241177
Date: 2023-08-21. Type: Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions. Systems: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING.
Update to Volkswagen engine oil standards
10239653
Date: 2023-07-10. Type: Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions. Systems: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING.
Volkswagen Engine oil quality standards, update to attachments.
10238308
Date: 2023-06-28. Type: Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions. Systems: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM.
Battery Testing and Charging using Midtronics VAS6161 and or GRX3000 Vas Charger
10239655
Date: 2023-06-28. Type: Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions. Systems: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM.
Battery Testing and Charging using Midtronics VAS6161 and or GRX3000 Vas Charger
10238301
Date: 2023-06-27. Type: Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions. Systems: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM.
Software Version Management (SVM) instruction.
Notes on this record
- Complaints from the API and bulk file are merged and deduplicated by ODI number; the API alone misses records.
- System and subsystem counts are numbers of distinct complaints, recalls or communications that name them. One record can name several systems, so shares across systems can add to more than 100 percent; a single share never exceeds 100 percent.
- Recalls are counted once per campaign, investigations once per action and manufacturer communications once per NHTSA id, even when NHTSA lists several model names for the same record.
- A sales denominator is a calendar-year proxy, not the population of vehicles still in use. Rates are copied from verified pipeline output.
Other names NHTSA uses
None listed.
Matched NHTSA models
| NHTSA model label | Complaints |
|---|---|
| GOLF | 1 |
Same model, other years
- 2000 Golf: 88 complaints
- 2001 Golf: 116 complaints
- 2002 Golf: 74 complaints
- 2003 Golf: 27 complaints
- 2004 Golf: 28 complaints
- 2005 Golf: 19 complaints
- 2006 Golf: 12 complaints
- 2007 Golf: 2 complaints
- 2008 Golf (current year): 1 complaints
- 2009 Golf: 3 complaints
- 2010 Golf: 69 complaints
- 2011 Golf: 110 complaints
- 2012 Golf: 48 complaints
- 2013 Golf: 43 complaints
- 2014 Golf: 11 complaints
- 2015 Golf: 131 complaints
- 2016 Golf: 85 complaints
- 2017 Golf: 116 complaints
- 2018 Golf: 29 complaints
- 2019 Golf: 63 complaints
- 2020 Golf: 6 complaints
- 2021 Golf: 7 complaints
- 2022 Golf: 81 complaints
- 2023 Golf: 11 complaints
- 2024 Golf: 0 complaints
Other Volkswagen models, 2008
Sources
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