NHTSA Safety Recalls
2000 Volkswagen GTI Recalls
The 2000 Volkswagen GTI has 3 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on February 20, 2007.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2000 Volkswagen GTI. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 3
- Owner complaints
- 45
- Crashes reported
- 2
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
1 fires
On a 2000 Volkswagen GTI, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
3 recalls on the 2000 Volkswagen GTI
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 GTI, 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 GTI, 2 other models
2000 Volkswagen GTI complaints by year
NHTSA has received 45 owner complaints about the 2000 Volkswagen GTI, the newest on December 9, 2020. Of these, 2 describe a crash (4%) and 1 a fire.
In complaints about the 2000 Volkswagen GTI, the component group named most often is the visibility (44%), followed by the engine and engine cooling (20%) and the power train (11%).
None of the 2000 Volkswagen GTI's 3 recalls concerns the visibility.
Where 2000 Volkswagen GTI owners gave the mileage (18 complaints), the median was 58,400 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Visibility20
- Engine And Engine Cooling9
- Power Train5
- Air Bags4
- Unknown Or Other4
- Electrical System3
Complaints received, by year
| 2000 | 7 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 10 | |
| 2002 | 4 | |
| 2003 | 5 | |
| 2004 | 3 | |
| 2005 | 3 | |
| 2006 | 5 | |
| 2007 | 3 | |
| 2008 | 1 | |
| 2009 | 1 | |
| 2010 | 1 | |
| 2011 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2000 Volkswagen GTI peaked in 2001, when NHTSA received 10. 58% 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 GTI drew 0.7× the complaints of the median Volkswagen GTI year in the same window: 14th highest of the 18 ranked years.
The 45 complaints about the 2000 Volkswagen GTI are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Volkswagen GTI by model year
Other 2000 Volkswagen models
Newest record on this page: December 9, 2020. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted