2015 Volkswagen E-Golf electrical system problems
20 complaints about electrical system have been filed for the 2015 Volkswagen E-Golf, which is 43% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the most reported problem area for this model year.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 20 43% of this year's complaints
- Typical mileage
- 14,000 miles 20 complaints with mileage
- Crashes and fires
- 0 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 0 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
When electrical system problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 12 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 7 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 1 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 0 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 0 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 0 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 0 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 0 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Of the 20 electrical system complaints that report mileage, the median is about 14,000 miles, and 100% were reported before 60,000 miles.
None of the electrical system complaints mention a crash, fire, injury or death.
What owners wrote
I was driving my 5-month old VW e-golf on a city road with heavy traffic and traveling about 35-40 MPH when all of sudden my electric car shut off and came to a shuddering stop. It felt almost like another car had hit me from behind. The electric VW golf came to such an abrupt stop that the car behind me nearly hit me. But, they were able to swerve around me. But my car remained stuck in the road and with an electric failure message on the dashboard. The car would not start or even move.
Today, while driving on local road, car started to shake and message appeared "battery malfunction" and car just died while running 40 MPH. After I turned it off and on after few mins everything was fine for another couple of hundreds feet and then it repeated again. This time while I was on the traffic light.
Electrical system problems in other years
- 2019
- 2018
- 2017
- 2016
- 2015