Model years Volkswagen Golf Sportwagen
2017 Volkswagen Golf Sportwagen
Complaints about this year name golf alltrack far more often than the model's other years — 11% of them, about 28× the usual rate of 0.4%.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 115 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 12 |
| Involving a crash | 3 |
| Recalls | 4 |
| NHTSA crash rating | 5/5 |
| EPA combined | 27 mpg |
Also unusual this year
- mold — 11% of complaints, 28× usual
- panoramic sunroof — 10% of complaints, 26× usual
- water — 24% of complaints, 3× usual
What owners wrote
THIS CAR HAS A WELL KNOWN PANORAMIC SUNROOF LEAK THAT CAUSES EXCESS WATER TO ENTER INTERIOR OF VEHICLE AND SOAK BOTH FRONT AND REAR ELECTRONICS. MY VEHICLE HAS THIS PROBLEM CAUSED BY RECENT HEAVY RAINS. CAR IS USED TO TRANSPORT CHILDREN AND AM WORRIED ABOUT MO…
MY PANORAMIC SUNROOF HAS HAD AN ISSUE WITH WATER INTRUSION. DECEMBER OF 2017 I TOOK THE CAR INTO VW OF POHANKA, MARYLAN. THEY REPLACED THE HEADLINER, DRAINAGE TUBES, AND SMOOTHED OUT THE WELDS TO TRY AND FIX THE PROBLEM. I NOTICED THAT THE LEAK IS BACK WITH WA…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 18V464000 STEERING Fixed free of charge.
- 19V188000 SUSPENSION Fixed free of charge.
- 19V615000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM Fixed free of charge.
- 24V110000 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE Fixed free of charge.
How this was worked out
Every year of the Volkswagen Golf Sportwagen 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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