18V369000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:CALIPER
A reduction of braking performance can increase the risk of a crash.
2018 VOLKSWAGEN GOLF SPORTWAGEN
5 safety recall campaigns, 1 carrying NHTSA's "park it" advisory, 1 defect investigation, 19 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
Do not drive
1 campaign covering the 2018 VOLKSWAGEN GOLF SPORTWAGEN carries NHTSA’s “park it” advisory — the federal government telling owners to stop driving the vehicle until the remedy has been performed. Whether it was performed on any particular car is not something NHTSA publishes in a form anyone can query; a franchised dealer can run the VIN and print the record in a minute, and the repair is free.
The record
Recall campaigns5
Park it1stop driving until repaired
Investigations1
Owner complaints19
Complaints citing a crash3
Complaints citing a fire0
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.
Recall campaigns 5 of 5
24V110000
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
A fuel leak in the presence of an ignition source increases the risk of a fire.
19V615000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:ANTI-THEFT:CONTROL MODULE
Removing the key while the shift lever is in a position other than "Park" increases the risk of an unintended vehicle rollaway that may result in personal injury or a crash.
19V188000
SUSPENSION:REAR:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS
If a coil spring fractures while driving, it may damage a rear tire causing a loss of vehicle control, increasing the risk of a crash.
18V464000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:ANTI-THEFT:CONTROL MODULE
Removing the key while the shift lever is in a position other than "Park" increases the risk of an unintended vehicle rollaway that may result in personal injury or a crash.
What owners report most
- 4POWER TRAIN
- 3UNKNOWN OR OTHER
- 2AIR BAGS
- 2ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 2STRUCTURE:BODY
- 2VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
- 1WHEELS
- 1ENGINE
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2018 VOLKSWAGEN GOLF SPORTWAGENs 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.