Volkswagen Golf Sportwagen by model year

248 owner complaints are on file with NHTSA for the Volkswagen Golf Sportwagen across 5 model years. Choose a year for problems, recalls, fuel economy and crash ratings in one place.

See the best and worst years for the Volkswagen Golf Sportwagen

Complaints by model year

Older model years have had longer to collect complaints, so a taller bar on an older year is not necessarily a worse year. The best and worst years page corrects for this.

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Model year	Complaints
2015	85
2016	73
2017	54
2018	19
2019	14

All model years

Model year	Complaints	Most reported	Recalls	MPG	Safety
2019	14		5	24 to 32
2018	19		5	24 to 29
2017	54	Suspension (28%)	4	25 to 29	5 stars
2016	73	Air bags (23%)	3	28 to 29	5 stars
2015	85	Electrical system (21%)	3	28 to 35