5 safety recall campaigns, 1 defect investigation, 30 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
Complaints are reports from owners of this model year, not findings about any particular vehicle, and a model that sold in large numbers will collect more of them. They are counted here as filed; nothing is inferred from them.
An inflator explosion may result in sharp metal fragments striking occupants, resulting in serious injury or death. An improper air bag deployment may not properly restrain the occupant, increasing their risk of injury in a crash.
If the vehicles do not meet all regulatory requirements, there could be an increased risk of a crash, fire, or injury.
In the event of a crash, if the air bags and/or the seat belt pretensioners do not inflate or function properly, the vehicle occupants have an increased risk of injury.
If an unrestrained child unexpectedly opens a door, they may fall from the vehicle increasing their risk of injury.
An unexpected vehicle shutdown can increase the risk of a crash.
Two 2016 VOLKSWAGEN E-GOLFs can have entirely different histories, and a recall campaign usually covers a build-date window rather than a whole model year — which a VIN does not encode, so only the door-jamb label settles it. Scanning the VIN adds the decode, the crash tests, the fuel economy and the complaints matched to that exact engine, trim and assembly plant.