2009 Volkswagen Golf

Routine

Owners filed 3 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the service brakes. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails

Component	Reports		Crashes	Fires	Injuries
Service Brakes	2		0	0	0
Engine	1		0	0	0

What owners reported

Newest filings

Engine

Filed Aug 3, 2018116,000 milesGA

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 VOLKSWAGEN GOLF. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE SPEEDOMETER FAILED AND THE CHECK ENGINE INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE EXHIBITED THE SAME SYMPTOMS AS LISTED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V913000 (SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC, ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL). THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO STONE MOUNTAIN VOLKSWAGEN (3500 STONE MOUNTAIN HWY, SNELLVILLE, GA 30078, 678-367-4286) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE VEHICLE NEEDED A NEW CONTROL MODULE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 116,000.

Service Brakes

Filed May 5, 201731,875 milesFL

I WAS DRIVING MY VW GTI MK5, AND FROM ONE MOMENT TO ANOTHER I TURNED ON 3 LIGHTS ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL OF MY CAR, A BRAKE LIGHT, TRACTION CONTROL AND ABS, THE CAR BEGAN TO SOUND A WARNING AND TURN IT OFF IMMEDIATELY

Service Brakes

Filed Jul 1, 201675,200 milesTX

ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL , SERVICE BRAKES

3 of 3 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2015

Year	Complaints	Recalls	Fires	Deaths	Assessment
2023	11	0	0	0	Routine
2022	81	0	0	0	Routine
2021	7	1	0	0	Routine
2020	6	2	0	0	Routine
2019	63	6	0	0	Do not drive
2018	29	6	0	0	Do not drive
2017	116	5	0	0	Routine
2016	85	9	0	0	Routine
2015	131	12	3	0	Routine
2014	11	5	0	0	Routine
2013	43	5	1	0	Routine
2012	48	6	0	0	Routine
2011	110	6	3	0	Routine
2010	69	4	0	0	Routine
2009 — this page	3	0	0	0	Routine
2008	1	0	0	0	Routine
2007	2	0	0	0	Routine
2006	12	3	0	0	Routine
2005	19	4	0	0	Routine
2004	28	6	1	1	Fatalities reported
2003	27	6	7	0	Routine
2002	74	7	0	0	Routine
2001	116	9	2	0	Routine
2000	88	8	1	0	Routine
1999	64	7	1	0	Routine
1998	18	1	0	0	Routine
1997	23	0	1	0	Routine
1996	36	1	2	0	Routine
1995	43	5	0	0	Routine
1994	41	5	4	0	Routine
1993	7	5	0	0	Routine
1992	6	2	0	0	Routine
1991	8	3	0	0	Routine
1990	10	5	2	0	Routine

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Reading this record

No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.

Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.

Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.