1995 Volkswagen Golf problems
Owners have filed 84 complaints with NHTSA about the 1995 Volkswagen Golf. Electrical system is the most reported problem area, at 18% of complaints. Next are latches & locks (12%) and air bags (8%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 84 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Electrical system 18% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 5 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 2 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: 5 complaints mention a crash; 2 injuries reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 1995 ranks 10th most-complained-about out of 20 model years of the Volkswagen Golf with enough data (66 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.
Consumer received an impact from another vehicle from the side which caused the air bags to deploy. Consumer read in manual that the air bags would only deplo if vehcile was hit or received impact in the front. Passenger received minor cuts/ abrasions from the air bags. Dealer notified and consumer will send a copy of manual information concerning air bags.
Air bag deployed when riding over a disfiguration in the road. Bottom of vehicle scraped road w/losing control. Please describe details. Tt
Vehicle was rear ended and collided into another vehicle and the airbags did not deploy. Manufacturer will be notified.
The speedometer works fine in the morning, but after work (approx 5 pm) it either does not work or only works for a few minutes/miles. Sometimes tapping on the front of the gauge helps it resume registering the speed, sometimes it does not help. I searched the internet and found several other owners of VW golf/cabrio/jetta of similar model year as mine have experienced the same problem.