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Volkswagen E-Golf

Every Volkswagen E-Golf model year on file, 2015 to 2020. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years534 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years62015 to 2020
Recall campaigns8Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins1,865Summed across model years
By model year

The 2015 model year drew the most complaints, 28, 53% of the model's total

Owner complaints filed with NHTSA, all years filed, by model year.

010203020152820162017201820192020
Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.
Components

Electrical system leads the Volkswagen E-Golf complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Electrical system
32
Fuel system
12
Engine and cooling
11
Powertrain
7
Steering
3
Speed control
3
Stability and traction control
2
Brakes
2
Back-over prevention
1
Seat belts
1
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each Volkswagen E-Golf model year

Peer index compares complaints with the median vehicle of the same model year and body class (100 is the median). It corrects for age, not for how many were sold.

Volkswagen E-Golf by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
2020Not decoded0NoneNone0073
2019Hatchback633.34600363
2018Hatchback1100.0711312
2017Hatchback10.0611320
2016Hatchback175.913651379
2015Hatchback280.016531418
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Volkswagen E-Golf

  • 22V-543 Jul 27, 2022
    During air bag deployment, the front passenger air bag may explode or deploy improperly
    Airbags · 1,216 vehicles
  • 21V-321 May 5, 2021
    These internal-use vehicles were sold without confirmation that they were built to all applicable regulatory requirements and may have been…
    Other or unknown · 46 vehicles
  • 18V-803 Nov 14, 2018
    Rear seat frame head restraint guide sleeves may be incorrectly welded to the seat frame
    Seats · 169 vehicles
  • 18V-329 May 16, 2018
    Modifications made while the vehicles were in an internal evaluation period may cause the affected vehicles to not comply with all of the…
    Other or unknown · 252 vehicles
  • 16V-955 Dec 29, 2016
    Additionally, certain 2017 Audi Q7, A4 Sedan, A4 Allroad, and 2018 Audi Q5 vehicles are being recalled because the seat belt pretensioners may not…
    Airbags · 5,947 vehicles
  • 16V-464 Jun 24, 2016
    Vibrations, such as those created by opening and closing a vehicle door, may cause the rear child door locks to disengage, allowing a child to…
    Latches and locks · 5,658 vehicles
  • 16V-138 Mar 7, 2016
    Oversensitive diagnostics for the high-voltage battery management system may falsely detect an electrical surge resulting in the vehicle's…
    Electrical system · 5,561 vehicles
  • 15V-627 Oct 7, 2015
    Affected vehicles are equipped a Passenger Occupant Detection System (PODS) that may have been manufactured improperly
    Airbags · 993 vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.