2017 Volkswagen Golf fuel system problems
56 complaints about fuel system have been filed for the 2017 Volkswagen Golf, which is 38% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the most reported problem area for this model year.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 56 38% of this year's complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 0 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 0 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
What the data shows
None of the fuel system complaints mention a crash, fire, injury or death.
What owners wrote
While traveling at highway speeds the vehicle flashed the epc warning light and suddenly lost all power and rapidly decelerated. The car had to coast off the highway and would not respond to throttle input once stopped. Car was turned off and on which resulted in "limp" mode but car was unsafe to drive on the road. Had car towed to dealer and was diagnosed with a faulty fuel injector. Car has 700 miles on it.
Tl* the contact owns a 2017 volkswagen golf. The contact became aware that there was fuel leaking from the vehicle. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where the vehicle was diagnosed that the fuel tank, fuel pump assembly and vapor canister needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. A dealer was not contacted. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 35,000.
Other problems reported for the 2017 Volkswagen Golf
- Engine 18 complaints