NHTSA Safety Recalls
Volkswagen GLI Recalls by Year
NHTSA's files hold 1 recall campaign for the Volkswagen GLI, across 1 model year from 2021 to 2021.
- Model years
- 1
- Recall campaigns
- 1
- Most recalls
- 2021
- Owner complaints
- 11
2021–2021, with a recall
1 recalls
all model years, NHTSA
Owners have filed 11 complaints with NHTSA about the Volkswagen GLI across 3 model years; the most, 8, concern the 2009.
Across all Volkswagen GLI model years, owners name the service brakes most often (at least 7 complaints), then the electronic stability control (esc) (6).
NHTSA received the most complaints about the Volkswagen GLI in 2016: 5, across all model years.
The component recalled most often on the Volkswagen GLI is back over prevention: sensing system: camera, in 1 model-year listing.
The newest Volkswagen GLI recall, 22V514000, was reported on July 20, 2022 and concerns the back over prevention: sensing system: camera.
Volkswagen GLI years to avoid
Too few Volkswagen GLI model years have a complete complaint window to rank them: 0 of the 5 needed.
The ranking uses owner complaints in each model year's first years on the road, adjusted for NHTSA's complaint volume for that model year. It is not adjusted for sales and is not a reliability rating. Method
Recalls and complaints by model year
| Year | Recalls | Complaints | First years | vs median year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 | 2 | 2 | not ranked |
First years: complaints received from the year before the model year to three years after it.Volkswagen GLI years without a link have no recall page on this site.
What gets recalled most on the Volkswagen GLI
- BACK OVER PREVENTION: SENSING SYSTEM: CAMERA1
Volkswagen GLI model-year listings per recall component; one campaign can cover several years.
Every Volkswagen GLI recall campaign (1)
| Campaign | Component | Years | Risk named | Vehicles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22V514000July 20, 2022 | back over prevention: sensing system: camera | 2021 | crash | 43,091 |
Vehicles: NHTSA's count of potentially affected vehicles in the whole campaign, not only the Volkswagen GLI. Each campaign page has the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words.
Newest record on this page: July 20, 2022. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted