NHTSA Safety Recalls
2016 Volkswagen Golf SportWagen Recalls
The 2016 Volkswagen Golf SportWagen has 3 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on February 14, 2024.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2016 Volkswagen Golf SportWagen. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 3
- Owner complaints
- 51
- Crashes reported
- 2
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2016 Volkswagen Golf SportWagen, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
3 recalls on the 2016 Volkswagen Golf SportWagen
Fuel system, gasoline
- Campaign
- 24V110000
- Reported
- February 14, 2024
- Vehicles affected
- up to 261,257
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2015, 2017–2019 Golf SportWagen, 4 other models
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 22V543000
- Reported
- July 27, 2022
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,216
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash, injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 6 other models
Steering: column locking: anti-theft device
- Campaign
- 18V464000
- Reported
- July 11, 2018
- Vehicles affected
- up to 33,168
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 114, theft protection and rollaway prevention
- Same campaign
- also 2015, 2017–2018 Golf SportWagen, 1 other model
2016 Volkswagen Golf SportWagen complaints by year
NHTSA has received 51 owner complaints about the 2016 Volkswagen Golf SportWagen, the newest on August 5, 2026. Of these, 2 describe a crash (4%).
In complaints about the 2016 Volkswagen Golf SportWagen, the component group named most often is the air bags (33%), followed by the engine (18%) and the electrical system (12%).
1 of the 2016 Volkswagen Golf SportWagen's 3 recalls also concerns the air bags.
Where 2016 Volkswagen Golf SportWagen owners gave the mileage (25 complaints), the median was 44,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Air Bags17
- Unknown Or Other10
- Engine9
- Electrical System6
- Fuel/Propulsion System6
- Suspension5
Complaints received, by year
| 2018 | 3 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 8 | |
| 2020 | 11 | |
| 2021 | 6 | |
| 2022 | 4 | |
| 2023 | 8 | |
| 2024 | 6 | |
| 2025 | 4 | |
| 2026 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2016 Volkswagen Golf SportWagen peaked in 2020, when NHTSA received 11. 22% arrived between 2015 and 2019, the model year's first years on the road.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 51 complaints about the 2016 Volkswagen Golf SportWagen are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Volkswagen Golf SportWagen by model year
Other 2016 Volkswagen models
Newest record on this page: August 5, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted