NHTSA Safety Recalls
2018 Volkswagen GTI Recalls
The 2018 Volkswagen GTI has 3 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on February 14, 2024.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2018 Volkswagen GTI. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 3
- Owner complaints
- 17
- Crashes reported
- 2
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
On a 2018 Volkswagen GTI, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
3 recalls on the 2018 Volkswagen GTI
Fuel system, gasoline
- Campaign
- 24V110000
- Reported
- February 14, 2024
- Vehicles affected
- up to 261,257
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2019 GTI, 4 other models
Electrical system: ignition: anti-theft: control module
- Campaign
- 19V615000
- Reported
- August 22, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 679,027
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 114, theft protection and rollaway prevention
- Same campaign
- also 2019 GTI, 4 other models
Service brakes, hydraulic: foundation components: disc: caliper
- Campaign
- 18V369000
- Reported
- June 1, 2018
- Vehicles affected
- up to 10,225
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- NHTSA advisory
- do not drive until repaired
- Same campaign
- also 7 other models
2018 Volkswagen GTI complaints by year
NHTSA has received 17 owner complaints about the 2018 Volkswagen GTI, the newest on September 15, 2026. Of these, 2 describe a crash (12%); owners reported 2 injuries and 2 deaths.
In complaints about the 2018 Volkswagen GTI, the component group named most often is the service brakes (35%), followed by the engine (24%) and the power train (18%).
None of the 2018 Volkswagen GTI's 3 recalls concerns the service brakes.
Where 2018 Volkswagen GTI owners gave the mileage (13 complaints), the median was 10,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Service Brakes6
- Engine4
- Power Train3
- Electrical System2
- Structure2
- Unknown Or Other2
Complaints received, by year
| 2018 | 3 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 6 | |
| 2020 | 5 | |
| 2025 | 1 | |
| 2026 | 2 |
Complaints about the 2018 Volkswagen GTI peaked in 2019, when NHTSA received 6. 82% arrived between 2017 and 2021, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2018 vehicles, the 2018 Volkswagen GTI drew 0.5× the complaints of the median Volkswagen GTI year in the same window: 17th highest of the 18 ranked years.
That makes 2018 one of the three best-measured Volkswagen GTI years.
The 17 complaints about the 2018 Volkswagen GTI are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Volkswagen GTI by model year
Other 2018 Volkswagen models
Newest record on this page: September 15, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted