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Volkswagen Gti · 2025

1 recall affects this vehicle. Sorted by severity, then date.

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Severity pendingNHTSA·25V638000·2025-09-24
Volkswagen and Audi front seat belt retractor torsion bars may be damaged
Volkswagen is recalling certain 2025-2026 GTI, Golf R, Audi A5, S5, A6 and Q4 e-Tron models because the torsion bar in one or both front seat belt retractors may have been damaged during production.
Product
AUDI — AUDI, VOLKSWAGEN Q4 E-TRON, A6 SPORTBACK E-TRON, S5, S6 SPORTBACK E-TRON
Category
Vehicle
Distribution
Distributed nationwide

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

Complaint clusters with no matching recall

2007 · powertrain — 39 complaints, median 43,000 mi
2008 · powertrain — 38 complaints, median 16,000 mi
2009 · powertrain — 31 complaints, median 51,000 mi
2009 · electrical — 27 complaints, median 88,000 mi
Includes 1 alleging a fire. Unverified owner allegations from complaint filings — not confirmed by any agency.
2009 · steering — 20 complaints, median 84,000 mi

Technical service bulletins

947 manufacturer service bulletins across 12 model years. A TSB is repair guidance to dealers, not a safety recall.

Third-party reliability score

2025: 4.9/5
2015: 4.4/5
2014: 4.3/5 · 10 complaints
2013: 4.0/5 · 34 complaints · most complained-of: engine
2012: 3.9/5 · 40 complaints · most complained-of: engine

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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