19V879000
WHEELS
The excessive stress can cause steering, traction or other stability issues or breakage relating to the front wheels, and increase the risk of a crash.
2019 VOLKSWAGEN GOLF
6 safety recall campaigns, 1 carrying NHTSA's "park it" advisory, 3 defect investigations, 88 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
Do not drive
1 campaign covering the 2019 VOLKSWAGEN GOLF 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 campaigns6
Park it1stop driving until repaired
Investigations3
Owner complaints88
Complaints citing a crash2
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 6 of 6
24V110000
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
A fuel leak in the presence of an ignition source increases the risk of a fire.
23V604000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
Ignition switch failure can cause the electrical system to shut down and the engine to stall while driving, increasing the risk of a crash.
22V815000
TIRES:PRESSURE MONITORING AND REGULATING SYSTEMS
An undetected sudden loss of pressure in all four tires increases the risk of a crash.
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.
What owners report most
- 34ENGINE
- 13POWER TRAIN
- 11UNKNOWN OR OTHER
- 7FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
- 4ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 3FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: AUTOMATIC EMERGENCY BRAKING
- 2FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: WARNINGS
- 2AIR BAGS
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2019 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.