2019 Volkswagen Golf Alltrack problems
NHTSA has received 29 complaints about the 2019 Volkswagen Golf Alltrack, and 21% of them involve electrical system. After that come drivetrain & axles (14%) and brakes (10%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 29 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Electrical system 21% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 1 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 0 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
What the data shows
Safety-related details: 1 complaint mentions a crash. Its complaints are less severe on average than those of 92% of model years in our database.
It is also covered by 3 safety recall campaigns.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
The plastic button for the hand brake/ parking brake pops out of the handle which then causes the brake to release. VW has replaced the part under warranty 2 times since I purchased the vehicle. In my case the second time it happened the car popped out of gear and struck 2 cars across the street from my driveway. Dealer states its a common issue. But Volkswagen has done nothing to correct the issue other than replacing the hand brake repeatedly on the cars. It's a major safety issue in my opinion.
Vehicle was delivered brand new with a leaking panoramic sunroof. The dealership attempted to repair it by grinding down bad welds, replacing the sunroof assembly and headliner to no avail. Vehicle was bought back by volkswagen USA. This is a widespread problem with these vehicles and volkswagen needs to come up with a fix that's free to owners regardless of warranty being active, in other words an official recall, until then do not get stuck with one of these cars.
Hello. I purchased a new VW golf alltrack se from open road VW manhattan on 2/3/2020. The next day, I started noticing rattling noises from the driver side headliner when car is in motion over bumps and corning around soft shoulders. The dealership noticed the sound and attempted to repair the issue on 2/17/2020 with lubrication. The car was returned to me and unfortunately the rattling sounds persists.
Issue with automatic DSG transmission after 3 days of ownership and 182 miles on the odometer. Issue first happened while accelerating from a stop at a traffic light after it turned green. After shifting from 1st to 2nd the car lost power, free rev'd and after approximately 5 seconds was able to engage 2nd gear quite roughly. Presented an error message that stated "transmission in emergency mode: reverse not available." pulled into a parking lot under it's own power and power cycled the ignition.
Key fob left on top of car while trying to put car seat in, which allowed car to start (push to start) and move, however keys fell off car during movement. When done while parked this will normally lead to a beeping sound and a warning that there is no longer a key in proximity, and two big yellow lights come up on the dashboard.
Other model years of the Golf Alltrack
- 2019
- 2018
- 2017