Volkswagen E-Golf

Owners filed 55 complaints across 5 model years of the Volkswagen E-Golf. The 2015 drew the most (29).

Model years5
Complaints55
Recalls11
Fires2
Deaths0

Which Volkswagen E-Golf years should you avoid?

Not enough of the record to single a year out. Fewer than 4 Volkswagen E-Golf model years have at least 25 complaints and are old enough to judge, so any ranking would be noise. The table below has every year as filed.

How this is worked out: each year is compared with a typical year of the same model, which takes most of the difference in sales out of it, and its share of serious failures is compared with every other car of the same model year, because older cars were complained about differently. A year needs 25 complaints to be judged at all. Complaints are unverified owner reports. Full method →

Every Volkswagen E-Golf model year compared

Complaints per year
YearComplaintsRelative volumeRecallsFiresCrashesMost reportedStatus
20196
02—Electrical SystemRoutine
20181
1——Unknown or OtherRoutine
20171
2——Vehicle Speed ControlRoutine
201618
5——Electrical SystemRoutine
201529
3——Electrical SystemRoutine

Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, October 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.