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4 recalls affect this vehicle. Sorted by severity, then date.
Volkswagen is recalling 1,216 2016 Audi and Volkswagen vehicles because the front passenger air bag may explode or deploy improperly, posing a risk of serious injury or death.
Volkswagen is recalling 2016 Golf R vehicles because incorrect software may prevent windshield wipers from activating, increasing crash risk.
Volkswagen is recalling 2016 CC, Golf R, Tiguan, and e-Golf vehicles because vibrations may cause rear child door locks to disengage, allowing children to open doors.
Volkswagen is recalling 2016 Golf R vehicles because the Federal Certification Label lists an incorrect rear axle weight limit, which may lead to vehicle overloading.
Federal 5-Star Safety Rating from crash testing. This is a separate government program from the recall(s) above — a high star rating says nothing about whether a specific recall has been fixed, and a recall says nothing about crash-test performance.
Source: NHTSA New Car Assessment Program (NCAP), a federal crash-test program — not a recall record.
Beyond the official recalls above. These are third-party figures derived from NHTSA complaint data — useful signal, but not part of our verified recall record.
748 manufacturer service bulletins across 11 model years. A TSB is repair guidance to dealers, not a safety recall.
This is ProblemsByVin’s own published heuristic (1 worst – 5 best), not an official rating and unrelated to our severity scale.
Data on this panel comes from ProblemsByVin, derived from US NHTSA owner complaints and recalls, and licensed CC BY 4.0. It is not published by a federal agency and is not part of our verified recall record.