NHTSA Safety Recalls
2012 Volkswagen GTI Recalls
The 2012 Volkswagen GTI has 2 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on May 16, 2018.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2012 Volkswagen GTI. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 2
- Owner complaints
- 40
- Crashes reported
- 2
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
1 fires
On a 2012 Volkswagen GTI, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
2 recalls on the 2012 Volkswagen GTI
Unknown or other
- Campaign
- 18V329000
- Reported
- May 16, 2018
- Vehicles affected
- up to 252
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash, fire and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2011, 2013 GTI, 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 2011, 2013–2014 GTI, 6 other models
2012 Volkswagen GTI complaints by year
NHTSA has received 40 owner complaints about the 2012 Volkswagen GTI, the newest on July 29, 2024. Of these, 2 describe a crash (5%) and 1 a fire.
In complaints about the 2012 Volkswagen GTI, the component group named most often is the engine (33%), followed by the power train (18%) and the air bags (13%).
1 of the 2012 Volkswagen GTI's 2 recalls also concerns the air bags.
Where 2012 Volkswagen GTI owners gave the mileage (35 complaints), the median was 50,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Engine13
- Power Train7
- Air Bags5
- Service Brakes5
- Electrical System4
- Fuel/Propulsion System4
Complaints received, by year
| 2012 | 3 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 4 | |
| 2014 | 1 | |
| 2015 | 7 | |
| 2016 | 4 | |
| 2017 | 5 | |
| 2018 | 8 | |
| 2019 | 4 | |
| 2020 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2012 Volkswagen GTI peaked in 2018, when NHTSA received 8. 38% arrived between 2011 and 2015, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2012 vehicles, the 2012 Volkswagen GTI drew 0.6× the complaints of the median Volkswagen GTI year in the same window: 16th highest of the 18 ranked years.
That makes 2012 one of the three best-measured Volkswagen GTI years.
The 40 complaints about the 2012 Volkswagen GTI are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Volkswagen GTI by model year
Other 2012 Volkswagen models
Newest record on this page: July 29, 2024. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted