2015 Volkswagen Golf problems
Owners have filed 185 complaints with NHTSA about the 2015 Volkswagen Golf. Engine is the most reported problem area, at 16% of complaints. Next are fuel system (12%) and air bags (11%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 185 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Engine 16% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 15 and 7
- Injuries and deaths
- 26 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 21,000 miles 106 complaints with mileage
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%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 53 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 22 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 8 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 12 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 1 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 9 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 0 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 1 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Of the 106 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 21,000 miles. For engine specifically, the median reported mileage is about 16,000 miles (16 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 15 complaints mention a crash; 7 complaints mention a fire; 26 injuries reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2015 ranks 4th most-complained-about out of 20 model years of the Volkswagen Golf with enough data (117 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 12 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.
I was driving on 210n pasadena fwy with my girlfriend and off ave43 around 4am. I tried to turn wheel for off but airbag from wheel come out while I turn off fwy and that day I just went to one of vwdealer for check some thing and after that I got a logo of VW on my hand like a tattoo and my car it was total loss. My girlfriend she was pain inside her back because we both got an accident from somebody hit behind my car.
I'm a driver who drive this car when I tried to turn left the vehicle has airbag pop up and the car was stopped and hit when im off the freeway
Steering column control mechanism, air bag sensor, lock mechanism. Saw an article posted last week about previous recall not resolving a know issue with airbags that affects the steering column. I just had to pay $641.10 to have this repaired. If this is something that VW should have had to pay for I would love to be able to recoup my money.
Takata recall- 2015 gti. Turned car on at 5:30 after work and airbag error light came on, no controls in steering wheel working like volume , blue tooth cruise control and horn. Car was parked for 8 hours. Light driving city traffic usually from and back to work. There was no indication, just stopped. 44.000 miles. Car was bought at 34500 miles exactly one year ago (2017) no horn and no airbag working as of yesterday is a safety issue and dealership said there is no recall on this particular make model year !