NHTSA Safety Recalls
2011 Volkswagen Golf Recalls
The 2011 Volkswagen Golf has 6 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on December 4, 2019.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2011 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
- 110
- Crashes reported
- 4
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
3 fires
On a 2011 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 2011 Volkswagen Golf
Air bags: frontal: driver side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 19V862000
- Reported
- December 4, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 226
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2012–2014 Golf, 2 other models
Unknown or other
- Campaign
- 18V329000
- Reported
- May 16, 2018
- Vehicles affected
- up to 252
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash, fire and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2012–2016 Golf, 7 other models
Air bags: frontal: driver side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 18V148000
- Reported
- March 6, 2018
- Vehicles affected
- up to 363,713
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash, injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2010, 2012–2014 Golf, 4 other models
Air bags: frontal: driver side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 16V078000
- Reported
- February 10, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 659,493
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash, injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2010, 2012–2014 Golf, 7 other models
Air bags: frontal
- Campaign
- 15V483000
- Reported
- August 4, 2015
- Vehicles affected
- up to 415,825
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2012–2014 Golf, 6 other models
Fuel system, diesel
- Campaign
- 11V490000
- Reported
- October 3, 2011
- Vehicles affected
- up to 168,275
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2010, 2012 Golf, 2 other models
2011 Volkswagen Golf complaints by year
NHTSA has received 110 owner complaints about the 2011 Volkswagen Golf, the newest on September 26, 2023. Of these, 4 describe a crash (4%) and 3 a fire; owners reported 2 injuries.
In complaints about the 2011 Volkswagen Golf, the component group named most often is the fuel/propulsion system (27%), followed by the power train (19%) and the fuel system, diesel (17%).
1 of the 2011 Volkswagen Golf's 6 recalls also concerns the fuel system, diesel.
Where 2011 Volkswagen Golf owners gave the mileage (93 complaints), the median was 28,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Fuel/Propulsion System30
- Power Train21
- Fuel System, Diesel19
- Electrical System18
- Engine15
- Air Bags12
Complaints received, by year
| 2011 | 28 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 21 | |
| 2013 | 8 | |
| 2014 | 14 | |
| 2015 | 12 | |
| 2016 | 11 | |
| 2017 | 4 | |
| 2018 | 2 | |
| 2019 | 2 | |
| 2020 | 3 | |
| 2021 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 3 | |
| 2023 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2011 Volkswagen Golf peaked in 2011, when NHTSA received 28. 65% arrived between 2010 and 2014, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2011 vehicles, the 2011 Volkswagen Golf drew 2.7× the complaints of the median Volkswagen Golf year in the same window: 1st highest of the 15 ranked years.
That makes 2011 one of the Volkswagen Golf years to avoid by our method.
The 110 complaints about the 2011 Volkswagen Golf are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Volkswagen Golf by model year
Other 2011 Volkswagen models
Newest record on this page: September 26, 2023. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted