1994 Volkswagen Golf problems
Owners have filed 57 complaints with NHTSA about the 1994 Volkswagen Golf. Brakes is the most reported problem area, at 19% of complaints. Next are electrical system (19%) and latches & locks (12%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 57 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Brakes 19% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 3 and 6
- 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: 3 complaints mention a crash; 6 complaints mention a fire.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 1994 ranks 15th most-complained-about out of 20 model years of the Volkswagen Golf with enough data (37 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 4 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 car was being driven at a relatively slow speed (thank god) when the brakes felt funny. Pulled the vehicle into a parking lot, and lots of smoke was coming out of it. When we jumped out of the car, we saw flames shooting out through the hubcaps. The police came right away and extinguished the flames. Subsequently the vehicle was towed to a VW dealer (who did a complete check up on this vehicle in sept. 1999). They said the caliper froze and caused the fire.
Seconds after pulling into oncoming traffic, smoke started coming into the cabin from the driver's side air vent. The vehicle ignited into flames. The smoke had come from the driver side vents. *scc