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Volkswagen Golf R · 2023

3 recalls affect this vehicle. Sorted by severity, then date.

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  • Severity pendingNHTSA·24V480000·2024-06-27

    Volkswagen rearview camera image may be delayed or deactivated in reverse

    Volkswagen is recalling certain 2022-2024 Golf R and Golf GTI, and 2024 Atlas and Atlas Cross Sport vehicles because the rearview camera image may be delayed or deactivated after shifting into reverse.

    Product
    VOLKSWAGEN — VOLKSWAGEN GOLF R, GTI, ATLAS CROSS SPORT, ATLAS
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • Severity pendingNHTSA·23V437000·2023-06-21

    2023 Volkswagen GTI and Golf R suspension strut mount defect

    Volkswagen is recalling certain 2023 GTI and Golf R vehicles due to deformed suspension strut mounts that may loosen and cause steering instability. Dealers will replace affected components at no cost.

    Product
    VOLKSWAGEN — VOLKSWAGEN GOLF R, GTI
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • Severity pendingNHTSA·22V707000·2022-09-21

    2022-2023 Volkswagen Golf R and GTI radiator defect recall

    Volkswagen is recalling 2022-2023 Golf R and Golf GTI vehicles because the radiator may not be properly attached to the intercooler, potentially causing coolant leaks, engine overheating, and fire risk.

    Product
    VOLKSWAGEN — VOLKSWAGEN GOLF R, GTI
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide

NHTSA crash-test safety rating

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.

Wider context for this vehicle

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.

Federal investigations — 1 open

  • PE21008 Preliminary Evaluation · fuel system, gasoline:fuel injection system:injectors
  • DP19003 Defect Petition · engine
  • EA18003 Engineering Analysis · open · air bags:frontal:driver clockspring/spiral cassette
  • RQ17009 Recall Query · air bags:frontal:driver clockspring/spiral cassette
  • PE15010 Preliminary Evaluation · air bags:frontal

Technical service bulletins

748 manufacturer service bulletins across 11 model years. A TSB is repair guidance to dealers, not a safety recall.

Third-party reliability score

  • 2026: 4.7/5 · 2 complaints
  • 2025: 4.9/5
  • 2024: 4.3/5 · 12 complaints · most complained-of: powertrain
  • 2023: 4.2/5 · 6 complaints
  • 2022: 3.9/5 · 10 complaints · most complained-of: steering

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.

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