NHTSA Safety Recalls
2004 Volkswagen Golf Recalls
The 2004 Volkswagen Golf has 6 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on February 20, 2007.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2004 Volkswagen Golf. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 6
- Owner complaints
- 28
- Crashes reported
- 3
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
1 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2004 Volkswagen Golf, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
6 recalls on the 2004 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 2000–2003, 2005–2006 Golf, 4 other models
Fuel system, diesel
- Campaign
- 04V586000
- Reported
- December 15, 2004
- Vehicles affected
- up to 19,284
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2005 Golf, 2 other models
Service brakes, hydraulic: foundation components: master cylinder
- Campaign
- 07E023000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2001–2003, 2005–2006 Golf, 19 other models
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 09E012000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2003 Golf, 57 other models
Exterior lighting: headlights
- Campaign
- 09E025000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2003 Golf, 46 other models
Engine and engine cooling: engine
- Campaign
- 14E007000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2003, 2005–2006 Golf, 4 other models
2004 Volkswagen Golf complaints by year
NHTSA has received 28 owner complaints about the 2004 Volkswagen Golf, the newest on September 14, 2019. Of these, 3 describe a crash (11%) and 1 a fire; owners reported 0 injuries and 1 death.
In complaints about the 2004 Volkswagen Golf, the component group named most often is the electrical system (14%), followed by the engine and engine cooling (14%) and the air bags (11%).
1 of the 2004 Volkswagen Golf's 6 recalls also concerns the engine and engine cooling.
Where 2004 Volkswagen Golf owners gave the mileage (25 complaints), the median was 47,233 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System4
- Engine And Engine Cooling4
- Air Bags3
- Fuel/Propulsion System3
- Power Train3
- Fuel System, Diesel2
Complaints received, by year
| 2004 | 4 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 5 | |
| 2006 | 3 | |
| 2007 | 4 | |
| 2008 | 3 | |
| 2009 | 3 | |
| 2010 | 1 | |
| 2011 | 1 | |
| 2012 | 2 | |
| 2018 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2004 Volkswagen Golf peaked in 2005, when NHTSA received 5. 57% arrived between 2003 and 2007, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2004 vehicles, the 2004 Volkswagen Golf drew 0.5× the complaints of the median Volkswagen Golf year in the same window: 13th highest of the 15 ranked years.
That makes 2004 one of the three best-measured Volkswagen Golf years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 4/5
The 28 complaints about the 2004 Volkswagen Golf are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Volkswagen Golf by model year
Other 2004 Volkswagen models
Newest record on this page: September 14, 2019. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted