NHTSA Safety Recalls
2001 Volkswagen Golf Recalls
The 2001 Volkswagen Golf has 9 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on February 20, 2007.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2001 Volkswagen Golf. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 9
- Owner complaints
- 116
- Crashes reported
- 4
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
2 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2001 Volkswagen Golf, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
9 recalls on the 2001 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 2000, 2002–2006 Golf, 4 other models
Exterior lighting: hazard flashing warning lights: switch
- Campaign
- 04V584000
- Reported
- December 16, 2004
- Vehicles affected
- up to 410,000
- Same campaign
- also 2000, 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 2000 Golf, 3 other models
Service brakes, hydraulic: antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip
- Campaign
- 02V031000
- Reported
- January 31, 2002
- Vehicles affected
- up to 55,000
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2002 Golf, 2 other models
Suspension: front: control arm: upper arm
- Campaign
- 00V280000
- Reported
- September 20, 2000
- Vehicles affected
- up to 4,218
- Same campaign
- also 2000 Golf
Service brakes, hydraulic: foundation components: master cylinder
- Campaign
- 07E023000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2002–2006 Golf, 19 other models
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 09E012000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000, 2002–2004 Golf, 57 other models
Exterior lighting: headlights
- Campaign
- 09E025000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000, 2002–2004 Golf, 46 other models
Engine and engine cooling: engine
- Campaign
- 14E007000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000, 2002–2006 Golf, 4 other models
2001 Volkswagen Golf complaints by year
NHTSA has received 116 owner complaints about the 2001 Volkswagen Golf, the newest on April 21, 2021. Of these, 4 describe a crash (3%) and 2 a fire; owners reported 6 injuries.
In complaints about the 2001 Volkswagen Golf, the component group named most often is the air bags (28%), followed by the engine and engine cooling (20%) and the electrical system (13%).
1 of the 2001 Volkswagen Golf's 9 recalls also concerns the engine and engine cooling.
Where 2001 Volkswagen Golf owners gave the mileage (69 complaints), the median was 65,300 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Air Bags32
- Engine And Engine Cooling23
- Electrical System15
- Exterior Lighting15
- Visibility13
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic9
Complaints received, by year
| 2000 | 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 9 | |
| 2002 | 18 | |
| 2003 | 13 | |
| 2004 | 17 | |
| 2005 | 23 | |
| 2006 | 10 | |
| 2007 | 6 | |
| 2008 | 3 | |
| 2009 | 3 | |
| 2010 | 5 | |
| 2012 | 1 | |
| 2014 | 1 | |
| 2015 | 2 | |
| 2017 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2001 Volkswagen Golf peaked in 2005, when NHTSA received 23. 51% arrived between 2000 and 2004, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2001 vehicles, the 2001 Volkswagen Golf drew 1.6× the complaints of the median Volkswagen Golf year in the same window: 5th highest of the 15 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
The 116 complaints about the 2001 Volkswagen Golf are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Volkswagen Golf by model year
Other 2001 Volkswagen models
Newest record on this page: April 21, 2021. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted