Volkswagen GTI Recalls & Problems by Year

Owner complaints by model year

Recalls by model year

The red bar marks the 2019 model, the year owners complained about most. Hover a bar for the exact number; the table below lists every year.

Year	Recalls	Owner complaints	Crashes	Safety rating
2025 Volkswagen GTI	1	0	0	n/a
2024 Volkswagen GTI	2	29	2	n/a
2023 Volkswagen GTI	5	6	0	n/a
2022 Volkswagen GTI	6	29	0	n/a
2021 Volkswagen GTI	1	4	0	n/a
2020 Volkswagen GTI	3	8	0	n/a
2019 Volkswagen GTI	4	179	0	n/a
2018 Volkswagen GTI	3	17	2	n/a
2017 Volkswagen GTI	2	52	1	n/a
2016 Volkswagen GTI	4	67	1	n/a
2015 Volkswagen GTI	6	97	2	n/a
2014 Volkswagen GTI	1	10	0	n/a
2013 Volkswagen GTI	2	34	1	n/a
2012 Volkswagen GTI	2	40	2	n/a
2011 Volkswagen GTI	2	55	0	n/a
2010 Volkswagen GTI	1	53	4	n/a
2009 Volkswagen GTI	2	167	5	n/a
2008 Volkswagen GTI	1	67	3	n/a
2007 Volkswagen GTI	1	77	4	n/a
2006 Volkswagen GTI	2	43	1	n/a
2005 Volkswagen GTI	1	8	0	n/a
2004 Volkswagen GTI	1	7	0	n/a
2003 Volkswagen GTI	1	53	7	n/a
2002 Volkswagen GTI	2	124	2	n/a
2001 Volkswagen GTI	2	74	2	n/a
2000 Volkswagen GTI	3	45	2	n/a
1999 Volkswagen GTI	2	8	0	n/a
1998 Volkswagen GTI	0	10	1	n/a
1997 Volkswagen GTI	0	10	0	n/a
1996 Volkswagen GTI	1	9	0	n/a
1995 Volkswagen GTI	2	18	1	n/a
1994 Volkswagen GTI	2	0	0	n/a
1993 Volkswagen GTI	2	0	0	n/a
1992 Volkswagen GTI	1	0	0	n/a
1991 Volkswagen GTI	1	1	0	n/a
1990 Volkswagen GTI	2	0	0	n/a

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