Best and worst years for the Volkswagen Golf

Of the 20 model years of the Volkswagen Golf with enough data to compare, the 2022 has the most complaints filed within five years of the model year (132), and the 2005 has the fewest (18).

Complaints in the first five years, by model year

Most complaints
Fewest complaints
In between

Every bar counts only complaints about failures within five years of the model year, so older and newer years are measured on the same footing.

View the numbers

Model year	Complaints (first five years; total for recent years)
1990	2
1991	3
1992	3
1993	7
1994	37
1995	66
1996	0
1997	0
1998	25
1999	57
2000	87
2001	120
2002	81
2003	19
2004	27
2005	18
2006	11
2007	1
2008	0
2009	0
2010	74
2011	129
2012	57
2013	53
2014	8
2015	117
2016	53
2017	92
2018	25
2019	86
2020	8
2021	12
2022	132
2023	22

What stands out

The 2022 stands out, with about 2.1 times the typical number of complaints. Other years well above the median: 2001, 2011, 2015.

Look closer at the years with the most complaints: 2022 and 2011. Or the years with the fewest: 2005 and 2003.

All model years

Model year	First five years	All complaints
2023	22	22
2022	132	132
2021	12	12
2020	8	8
2019	86	90
2018	25	38
2017	92	147
2016	53	115
2015	117	185
2014	8	15
2013	53	67
2012	57	68
2011	129	151
2010	74	97
2009	0	5
2008	0	1
2007	1	2
2006	11	16
2005	18	27
2004	27	33
2003	19	32
2002	81	99
2001	120	152
2000	87	118
1999	57	76
1998	25	28
1997	0	7
1996	0	4
1995	66	84
1994	37	57
1993	7	11
1992	3	6
1991	3	11
1990	2	10