24V110000
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
A fuel leak in the presence of an ignition source increases the risk of a fire.
2017 VOLKSWAGEN GOLF
5 safety recall campaigns, 1 defect investigation, 145 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns5
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations1
Owner complaints145
Complaints citing a crash4
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
21V321000
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
Vehicles that do not meet all regulatory requirements may have an increased risk of injury, crash, or fire.
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.
16V955000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
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.
What owners report most
- 51FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
- 18ENGINE
- 12UNKNOWN OR OTHER
- 9ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 7STRUCTURE:BODY
- 6AIR BAGS
- 5SERVICE BRAKES
- 4POWER TRAIN
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2017 VOLKSWAGEN 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.