2017 Volkswagen Golf R
Complaints about this year name fuel far more often than the model's other years — 23% of them, about 58× the usual rate of 0.4%.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 194 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 6 |
| Involving a crash | 2 |
| Recalls | 0 |
| NHTSA crash rating | 5/5 |
| EPA combined | 25 mpg |
Also unusual this year
- pump — 21% of complaints, 52× usual
- water — 19% of complaints, 46× usual
- tank — 18% of complaints, 45× usual
What owners wrote
VW is not acting fast enough to fix the active fuel tank suction jet pump recall, given the immense danger risk. The recall was issued a month and a half ago - they should have the parts available now to fix it. I have noticed fuel smells while inside and driv…
Vehicle would not take in fuel from the gas pump. Fuel would leak from the rear, passenger side of the vehicle. Dealer replaced Fuel Tank, ACF Valve and Evaporative Emission Canister to fix the problem.
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
How this was worked out
Every year of the Volkswagen Golf R was compared against its own history rather than against other cars, which removes popularity and age from the answer — a common car draws more complaints at equal reliability, and an older one has had longer to accumulate them. A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints.
This is a fault record, not a review. Nobody files a federal complaint to say the car was fine, so it shows what tends to go wrong — not whether owners liked it, and not whether it is a good car.
Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . Look this vehicle up directly on NHTSA's site to check anything here.
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