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Volkswagen R32 Recalls by Year

NHTSA's files hold 3 recall campaigns for the Volkswagen R32, across 2 model years from 2004 to 2007. The 2004 has the most (2); the fewest among years with a recall is 2007 (1).

Model years
2

2004–2007, with a recall

Recall campaigns
3
Most recalls
2004

2 recalls

Owner complaints
129

all model years, NHTSA

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Owners have filed 129 complaints with NHTSA about the Volkswagen R32 across 3 model years; the most, 115, concern the 2008.

Owners marked a crash on 1 of the Volkswagen R32 complaints (1%) and a fire on 1.

Across all Volkswagen R32 model years, owners name the power train most often (at least 86 complaints), then the fuel system, gasoline (20).

NHTSA received the most complaints about the Volkswagen R32 in 2009: 72, across all model years.

The component recalled most often on the Volkswagen R32 is exterior lighting: brake lights: switch, in 1 model-year listing.

The newest Volkswagen R32 recall, 07V442000, was reported on September 24, 2007 and concerns the exterior lighting: headlights.

Volkswagen R32 years to avoid

Too few Volkswagen R32 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 R32, by model year
YearRecallsComplaintsFirst yearsvs median year
2008011597not ranked
2007111not ranked
20042136not ranked

First years: complaints received from the year before the model year to three years after it.Volkswagen R32 years without a link have no recall page on this site.

What gets recalled most on the Volkswagen R32

  • EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS:SWITCH1
  • EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS1
  • SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:MASTER CYLINDER1

Volkswagen R32 model-year listings per recall component; one campaign can cover several years.

Every Volkswagen R32 recall campaign (3)

NHTSA recall campaigns covering the Volkswagen R32, newest first
CampaignComponentYearsRisk namedVehicles
07V442000September 24, 2007exterior lighting: headlights2007crash340,000
07V063000February 20, 2007exterior lighting: brake lights: switch2004crash1,002,000
07E023000service brakes, hydraulic: foundation components: master cylinder2004crash—

Vehicles: NHTSA's count of potentially affected vehicles in the whole campaign, not only the Volkswagen R32. Each campaign page has the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words.

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Newest record on this page: April 3, 2024. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted

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