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Volkswagen Golf Sportwagen

Every Volkswagen Golf Sportwagen model year on file, 2013 to 2020. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years17216 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years82013 to 2020
Recall campaigns9Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins3,611Summed across model years
By model year

The 2015 model year drew the most complaints, 59, 34% of the model's total

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

02040602013201420155920162017201820192020
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 Golf Sportwagen complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Electrical system
37
Airbags
36
Suspension
29
Engine and cooling
27
Fuel system
22
Powertrain
14
Structure
13
Speed control
9
Steering
7
Brakes
5
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each Volkswagen Golf Sportwagen 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 Golf Sportwagen by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
2020Not decoded0NoneNone0051
2019Wagon110.036751480
2018Wagon1225.017151528
2017Wagon3810.576041571
2016Wagon513.929131671
2015Wagon5910.273831780
2014Not decoded0NoneNone00276
2013Wagon1100.0500254
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Volkswagen Golf Sportwagen

  • 24V-110 Feb 14, 2024
    Due to a problem with a suction jet pump seal inside the fuel tank, fuel may flow into the evaporative emissions (EVAP) system and possibly leak…
    Fuel system · 261k vehicles
  • 23V-604 Aug 30, 2023
    Ignition switch may fail, especially in high temperature environments
    Electrical system · 63k vehicles
  • 22V-815 Oct 31, 2022
    Tire pressure monitoring system may not detect an air pressure loss in adequate time when deflating occurs among all four tires simultaneously
    Tires · 296k vehicles
  • 22V-543 Jul 27, 2022
    During air bag deployment, the front passenger air bag may explode or deploy improperly
    Airbags · 1,216 vehicles
  • 19V-679 Sep 25, 2019
    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 · 113 vehicles
  • 19V-615 Aug 22, 2019
    Build-up of silicate on the shift lever micro switch contacts may enable the key to be removed from the ignition when the transmission shift lever…
    Electrical system · 679k vehicles
  • 19V-188 Mar 6, 2019
    Rear coil springs may prematurely fracture
    Suspension · 56k vehicles
  • 18V-464 Jul 11, 2018
    Build of silicate on the shift lever micro switch contacts may enable the key to be removed from the ignition while the vehicle shift lever is not…
    Electrical system · 33k vehicles
  • 18V-369 Jun 1, 2018
    Brake caliper pistons on these vehicles may have insufficient coating, potentially reducing the brake performance
    Brakes · 10k vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.