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Volkswagen Golf SportWagen: complaints by model year

Compare the federal record across Golf SportWagen model years. Raw complaint totals are useful context, but they are not adjusted for sales, mileage, or time on the road.

YearComplaintsRecallsSeverityCrashVerdict
2013Fewest reports10100Not ratedFewest reports
2019Fewest reports950Fewest reports
2018Fewest reports12558Fewest reports
20165535
2017114418
2015Most reports186331Not ratedMost reports

Ranked by total NHTSA complaints per model year (not adjusted for units sold). A zero means no owner reports in the current NHTSA data, not that the car is problem-free. "Severity" is a harm-weighted index of those complaints — higher means a greater share involved crashes, fires or injuries. Complaint-volume percentiles vs. segment peers are computed separately and appear on each year's page.