NHTSA Safety Recalls
2000 Volkswagen Golf Recalls
The 2000 Volkswagen Golf has 8 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on February 20, 2007.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2000 Volkswagen Golf. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 8
- Owner complaints
- 88
- Crashes reported
- 3
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
1 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2000 Volkswagen Golf, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
8 recalls on the 2000 Volkswagen Golf
Exterior lighting: brake lights: switch
- Campaign
- 07V063000
- Reported
- February 20, 2007
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,002,000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2001–2006 Golf, 4 other models
Fuel system, gasoline: delivery: fuel pump
- Campaign
- 05V154000
- Reported
- April 19, 2005
- Vehicles affected
- up to 30,708
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
Exterior lighting: hazard flashing warning lights: switch
- Campaign
- 04V584000
- Reported
- December 16, 2004
- Vehicles affected
- up to 410,000
- Same campaign
- also 2001–2002 Golf, 2 other models
Equipment: other: owners/service/other manual
- Campaign
- 02V244000
- Reported
- September 12, 2002
- Vehicles affected
- up to 332,950
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 225, child restraint anchorages
- Same campaign
- also 2001 Golf, 3 other models
Suspension: front: control arm: upper arm
- Campaign
- 00V280000
- Reported
- September 20, 2000
- Vehicles affected
- up to 4,218
- Same campaign
- also 2001 Golf
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 09E012000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2001–2004 Golf, 57 other models
Exterior lighting: headlights
- Campaign
- 09E025000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2001–2004 Golf, 46 other models
Engine and engine cooling: engine
- Campaign
- 14E007000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2001–2006 Golf, 4 other models
2000 Volkswagen Golf complaints by year
NHTSA has received 88 owner complaints about the 2000 Volkswagen Golf, the newest on June 25, 2014. Of these, 3 describe a crash (3%) and 1 a fire; owners reported 4 injuries.
In complaints about the 2000 Volkswagen Golf, the component group named most often is the visibility (23%), followed by the air bags (18%) and the engine and engine cooling (15%).
1 of the 2000 Volkswagen Golf's 8 recalls also concerns the engine and engine cooling.
Where 2000 Volkswagen Golf owners gave the mileage (35 complaints), the median was 60,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Visibility20
- Air Bags16
- Engine And Engine Cooling13
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic12
- Electrical System5
- Fuel System, Gasoline5
Complaints received, by year
| 2000 | 4 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 11 | |
| 2002 | 21 | |
| 2003 | 8 | |
| 2004 | 11 | |
| 2005 | 8 | |
| 2006 | 9 | |
| 2007 | 4 | |
| 2008 | 5 | |
| 2009 | 4 | |
| 2011 | 1 | |
| 2012 | 1 | |
| 2014 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2000 Volkswagen Golf peaked in 2002, when NHTSA received 21. 50% arrived between 1999 and 2003, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2000 vehicles, the 2000 Volkswagen Golf drew 1.0× the complaints of the median Volkswagen Golf year in the same window: 7th highest of the 15 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
The 88 complaints about the 2000 Volkswagen Golf are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Volkswagen Golf by model year
Other 2000 Volkswagen models
Newest record on this page: June 25, 2014. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted