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Volkswagen Golf SportWagen Recalls by Year

NHTSA's files hold 9 recall campaigns for the Volkswagen Golf SportWagen, across 5 model years from 2015 to 2019. The 2019 has the most (5); the fewest among years with a recall is 2016 (3).

Model years
5

2015–2019, with a recall

Recall campaigns
9
Most recalls
2019

5 recalls

Owner complaints
172

all model years, NHTSA

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Owners have filed 172 complaints with NHTSA about the Volkswagen Golf SportWagen across 6 model years; the most, 59, concern the 2015.

Owners marked a crash on 8 of the Volkswagen Golf SportWagen complaints (5%) and a fire on 1.

Across all Volkswagen Golf SportWagen model years, owners name the electrical system most often (at least 37 complaints), then the air bags (36).

NHTSA received the most complaints about the Volkswagen Golf SportWagen in 2023: 29, across all model years.

The component recalled most often on the Volkswagen Golf SportWagen is fuel system, gasoline, in 5 model-year listings.

The newest Volkswagen Golf SportWagen recall, 24V110000, was reported on February 14, 2024 and concerns the fuel system, gasoline.

Volkswagen Golf SportWagen years to avoid

Too few Volkswagen Golf SportWagen model years have a complete complaint window to rank them: 1 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

NHTSA recalls and owner complaints for the Volkswagen Golf SportWagen, by model year
YearRecallsComplaintsFirst yearsvs median year
20195113not ranked
20185127not ranked
20174389not ranked
201635111not ranked
20153595not ranked

First years: complaints received from the year before the model year to three years after it.Volkswagen Golf SportWagen years without a link have no recall page on this site.

What gets recalled most on the Volkswagen Golf SportWagen

  • FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE5
  • STEERING:COLUMN LOCKING:ANTI-THEFT DEVICE4
  • SUSPENSION:REAR:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS3
  • ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:ANTI-THEFT:CONTROL MODULE3
  • AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE1
  • UNKNOWN OR OTHER1
  • ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH1
  • SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:CALIPER1
  • TIRES:PRESSURE MONITORING AND REGULATING SYSTEMS1

Volkswagen Golf SportWagen model-year listings per recall component; one campaign can cover several years.

Every Volkswagen Golf SportWagen recall campaign (9)

NHTSA recall campaigns covering the Volkswagen Golf SportWagen, newest first
CampaignComponentYearsRisk namedVehicles
24V110000February 14, 2024fuel system, gasoline2015–2019fire261,257
23V604000August 30, 2023electrical system: ignition: switch2019crash62,538
22V815000October 31, 2022tires: pressure monitoring and regulating systems2019crash296,044
22V543000July 27, 2022air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module2016crash, injury and death1,216
19V679000September 25, 2019unknown or other2015crash, fire and injury113
19V615000August 22, 2019electrical system: ignition: anti-theft: control module2017–2019crash and injury679,027
19V188000March 6, 2019suspension: rear: springs: coil springs2017–2019crash56,173
18V464000July 11, 2018steering: column locking: anti-theft device2015–2018crash and injury33,168
18V369000June 1, 2018service brakes, hydraulic: foundation components: disc: caliper2018crashdo not drive10,225

Vehicles: NHTSA's count of potentially affected vehicles in the whole campaign, not only the Volkswagen Golf SportWagen. Each campaign page has the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words.

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Newest record on this page: September 15, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted

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