NHTSA Safety Recalls
2013 Volkswagen Golf Recalls
The 2013 Volkswagen Golf has 5 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on December 4, 2019.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2013 Volkswagen Golf. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 5
- Owner complaints
- 43
- Crashes reported
- 2
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
1 fires
On a 2013 Volkswagen Golf, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
5 recalls on the 2013 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 2011–2012, 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 2011–2012, 2014–2016 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 2011–2012, 2014 Golf, 6 other models
2013 Volkswagen Golf complaints by year
NHTSA has received 43 owner complaints about the 2013 Volkswagen Golf, the newest on February 10, 2023. Of these, 2 describe a crash (5%) and 1 a fire; owners reported 1 injury.
In complaints about the 2013 Volkswagen Golf, the component group named most often is the engine (33%), followed by the fuel/propulsion system (26%) and the air bags (21%).
4 of the 2013 Volkswagen Golf's 5 recalls also concern the air bags.
Where 2013 Volkswagen Golf owners gave the mileage (31 complaints), the median was 50,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Engine14
- Fuel/Propulsion System11
- Air Bags9
- Electrical System7
- Service Brakes5
- Steering5
Complaints received, by year
| 2012 | 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 3 | |
| 2014 | 6 | |
| 2015 | 4 | |
| 2016 | 6 | |
| 2017 | 7 | |
| 2018 | 4 | |
| 2019 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 3 | |
| 2021 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 4 | |
| 2023 | 2 |
Complaints about the 2013 Volkswagen Golf peaked in 2017, when NHTSA received 7. 49% arrived between 2012 and 2016, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2013 vehicles, the 2013 Volkswagen Golf drew 0.6× the complaints of the median Volkswagen Golf year in the same window: 12th highest of the 15 ranked years.
The 43 complaints about the 2013 Volkswagen Golf are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Volkswagen Golf by model year
Other 2013 Volkswagen models
Newest record on this page: February 10, 2023. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted