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4 recalls affect this vehicle. Sorted by severity, then date.
Volkswagen is recalling specific 2007-2014 models because the driver's frontal air bag inflator may explode during deployment, potentially causing serious injury or death.
Volkswagen is recalling 2009-2010 Jetta, GTI, Golf, and Audi A3 vehicles because the ABS control unit may fail, potentially causing loss of vehicle control.
Volkswagen Group of America is recalling specific 2007-2014 Volkswagen and Audi models because the driver's air bag inflator may rupture during deployment, potentially causing serious injury or death.
Volkswagen is recalling 2009-2012 Jetta, Golf, and Audi A3 vehicles because a fuel injector line may crack and leak, posing a fire risk.
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.
2 trims tested for 2010; overall ratings can differ by trim.
View on NHTSA.govSource: 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.
1,197 manufacturer service bulletins across 14 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.