NHTSA Safety Recalls
2008 Volkswagen GTI Recalls
The 2008 Volkswagen GTI has 1 NHTSA safety recall on file, the newest reported on September 24, 2007.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2008 Volkswagen GTI. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 1
- Owner complaints
- 67
- Crashes reported
- 3
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2008 Volkswagen GTI, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
1 recall on the 2008 Volkswagen GTI
Exterior lighting: headlights
- Campaign
- 07V442000
- Reported
- September 24, 2007
- Vehicles affected
- up to 340,000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 108, lamps and reflective devices
- Same campaign
- also 2007 GTI, 3 other models
2008 Volkswagen GTI complaints by year
NHTSA has received 67 owner complaints about the 2008 Volkswagen GTI, the newest on July 19, 2020. Of these, 3 describe a crash (4%); owners reported 2 injuries.
In complaints about the 2008 Volkswagen GTI, the component group named most often is the power train (60%), followed by the exterior lighting (10%) and the engine (6%).
The 2008 Volkswagen GTI's only recall also concerns the exterior lighting.
Where 2008 Volkswagen GTI owners gave the mileage (56 complaints), the median was 18,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Power Train40
- Exterior Lighting7
- Engine4
- Fuel/Propulsion System4
- Air Bags3
- Engine And Engine Cooling3
Complaints received, by year
| 2008 | 4 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 36 | |
| 2010 | 8 | |
| 2011 | 2 | |
| 2012 | 3 | |
| 2014 | 4 | |
| 2015 | 2 | |
| 2016 | 3 | |
| 2017 | 1 | |
| 2018 | 2 | |
| 2019 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2008 Volkswagen GTI peaked in 2009, when NHTSA received 36. 75% arrived between 2007 and 2011, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2008 vehicles, the 2008 Volkswagen GTI drew 2.1× the complaints of the median Volkswagen GTI year in the same window: 3rd highest of the 18 ranked years.
That makes 2008 one of the Volkswagen GTI years to avoid by our method.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
The 67 complaints about the 2008 Volkswagen GTI are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Volkswagen GTI by model year
Other 2008 Volkswagen models
Newest record on this page: July 19, 2020. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted