Safety Score
87
Safe
Recalls
0
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
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Recalls (0)
No recalls found for the 2016 Volkswagen Gti.
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-27 | STEERING | No | 0 | While driving my 2016 Volkswagen GTI MK7 Autobahn Edition with approximately 37,000 miles, the power steering suddenly … |
| 2026-02-06 | ENGINE | No | 0 | NHTSA Recall 24V-110 (VW 20UF). The vehicle is in Limp Mode and experiencing low oil pressure symptoms. It is also subj… |
| 2025-12-29 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | I am reporting a safety concern related to Safety Recall 20UF on my 2016 Volkswagen Golf GTI SE and the handling of thi… |
| 2025-08-01 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | Fuel is leaking from near the gas tank when the car is running and creates a puddle- I took my car to the local VW deal… |
| 2025-07-22 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | I was driving on the highway, and heard a quiet sound like someone sprinkling sand on my windshield for about 10 second… |
| 2025-01-10 | ENGINE | No | 0 | Repeated issues with leaking water pump and broken seals under the intake manifold causing vehicle to be underivable. |
| 2024-08-01 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2016 Volkswagen GTI. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 24V110000 (Fuel Sys… |
| 2024-04-22 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2016 Volkswagen Golf GTI. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, there was a… |
| 2024-02-19 | VISIBILITY:SUN/MOON ROOF ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2016 Volkswagen Golf GTI. The contact stated that while making a turn at an undisclosed speed, there… |
| 2023-06-01 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2016 Volkswagen GTI. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 24V110000 (Fuel Sys… |
| 2022-08-05 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2016 Volkswagen GTI. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 22V543000 (Air Bags… |
| 2021-07-02 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2016 Volkswagen Golf GTI. The contact stated that soon after purchasing the vehicle, she had difficu… |
| 2021-04-14 | ENGINE | No | 0 | FAILURE OF THERMOSTAT HOUSING CAUSING COOLANT LEAK AND WATER PUMP FAILURE. |
| 2021-04-09 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | THE CAR ON IS LEAKING GASOLINE FROM BACK OF THE GAS TANK, THE CAR VAS IN MOTION AND I SMELL GASOLINE FROM MY CAR AND MA… |
| 2021-02-07 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | THE SUCTION PUMP (PART 5Q0-201-029) IN THE EVAP EMISSION CONTROL OF MY VEHICLE FAILED ON FEBRUARY 7 2021 CAUSING FUEL T… |
| 2021-01-09 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | CLUTCH MASTER AND SLAVE CYLINDER FAILED AT 34,700 MILES. BECAUSE HYDRAULIC FLUID CONTAMINATED CLUTCH PLATE AND FLYWHEE… |
| 2021-01-04 | ENGINE | No | 0 | ENGINE THERMOSTAT AND PUMP FAILURE WITH GRADUAL COOLANT LEAK. COOLANT REQUIRED REFILLING MULTIPLE TIMES WITHIN 45,000 … |
| 2020-12-29 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | MY THERMOSTAT HAD A COOLANT LEAK AT 37K, AND THIS WAS DIAGNOSED AT THE VW DEALERSHIP IN 12/20. MY VEHICLE HAS NEVER BE… |
| 2020-11-20 | ENGINE | No | 0 | WATER PUMP NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AFTER UNKNOWN CAUSE. |
| 2020-10-19 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | SUCTION PUMP INSIDE GAS TANK ALLOWED GAS TO COLLECT WITHIN THE EVAPORATIVE-EMISSION SYSTEM. THIS FILLED THE CHARCOAL C… |
| 2020-08-12 | ENGINE | No | 0 | IT SUCKS IN TOO MUCH AIR AND FAILS AS IF IT HAD A SPARKPLUG FAULT IT WASTES TOO MUCH GAS AND SOMETIMES SUFFOCATES AND W… |
| 2020-07-31 | ENGINE | No | 0 | AT THE GAS STATION, THE VEHICLE DOES NOT ALLOW FOR NORMAL FUEL UP TO OCCUR. THE PUMP NOZZLE KEEPS CLICKING OFF AND I CA… |
| 2020-07-20 | ENGINE | No | 0 | THERMOSTAT HOUSING SEAL FAILURE HAS LED TO COOLANT LEAK. DISCOVERED BY TECHNICIAN DURING UNRELATED MAINTENANCE. CAR H… |
| 2020-07-01 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | TURBO FAILED AFTER 65,000 MILES. |
| 2020-06-22 | ENGINE | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 VOLKSWAGEN GTI. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE STALL … |
| 2020-06-15 | SERVICE BRAKES | Yes | 0 | I SET THE HANDBRAKE TO SECURE MY VEHICLE IN IT'S PARKING STALL AND LEFT THE VEHICLE WHILE I WENT INTO A STORE. AT THE T… |
| 2020-04-24 | ENGINE | No | 0 | THERMOSTAT HOUSING/WATER PUMP FAILED AT 80,000 MILES. THIS FAILURE COULD HAVE STRANDED ME DURING COVID PANDEMIC FAR FR… |
| 2020-01-15 | VISIBILITY:SUN/MOON ROOF ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2016 Volkswagen GTI. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the sunroof leak… |
| 2020-01-07 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | MY 2016 GOLF GTI SE HAS A LEAKING PANAORMIC SUNROOF, IT LEAKS INTO THE INTERIOR CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE CEILING, THE PASS… |
| 2019-12-18 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | I BOUGHT MY CAR WITH 29,000 MILES AND NOW HAS 41,000.. MY AIRBAG LIGHT RANDOMLY COMES ON AND FLASHES AND ON PASSENGER S… |
| 2019-12-16 | ENGINE | No | 0 | THERMOSTAT HOUSING LEAKING COOLANT MAJOR AMOUNTS OF COOLANT OVER THE COURSE OF 5K MILES, MUCH MORE COOLANT THAN SHOULD … |
| 2019-12-07 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | REARVIEW BACKUP CAMERA AT TIMES STOPS WORKING IN 1 OUT OF 3 INSTANCES WHEN SHIFTING INTO REVERSE. THERE IS FIRST AT DIS… |
| 2019-11-25 | ENGINE | No | 0 | COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE AT 80K MILES.OIL CHANGED REGULARLY. SERVICE AT DEALER ONLY. P000A CAMSHAFT POSITIONER BANK 1 … |
| 2019-11-08 | ENGINE | No | 0 | HAD A CRACKED AND LEAKING WATER PUMP HOUSING THAT WAS REPLACED AND COVERED BY AN AFTERMARKET WARRANTY. I HAD BEEN TO MU… |
| 2019-11-01 | ENGINE | No | 0 | THERMOSTAT & HOUSING FAILURE. LOSS OF COOLANT OVER TIME, PERIOD OF 3 MONTHS. HAD TO REFILL COOLANT MULTIPLE TIMES DURIN… |
| 2019-10-30 | STEERING | No | 0 | LOOSE POWER STEERING SUDDENLY IN THE MIDDLE OF DRIVING ,MAKING IT HARD TO DRIVE ... SUDDEN LOSS HAPPENS ABOUT 15 MINS I… |
| 2019-09-30 | ENGINE | No | 0 | DRIVING TO WORK ON MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2019 AT 7:45AM, AN INDICATION NOTIFICATION CAME ON THAT THE COOLANT RESERVOIR … |
| 2019-08-19 | ENGINE | No | 0 | FAILED THERMOSTAT HOUSING/COOLANT LOSS. ACTIVE COOLANT LEAK FROM WATER PUMP/THERMOSTAT HOUSING AT 35,956 MILES. DEALER … |
| 2019-04-05 | ENGINE | No | 0 | WATERPUMP HAD TO BE REPLACED AT 49,000 MILES WAS LEAKING COOLANT. THIS IS A WIDESPREAD ISSUE WITH THE EA888 ENGINE AND … |
| 2019-03-12 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 1 | THE FRONT EDGE OF THE DECORATIVE METAL TRIM AROUND THE GEAR SELECTOR SLICED MY FINGER OPEN. THIS OCCURRED ON 3/12/2019 … |
| 2019-02-20 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 1 | THE SILVER METAL TRIM THAT BORDERS THE GEAR SHIFTER HAS STARTED TO PEEL AWAY FROM THE PLASTIC BASE TRIM UNDERNEATH. THI… |
| 2019-02-09 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | MASTER BRAKE CYLINDER FAILURE CAUSING MY BRAKES TO NOT WORK AND ENDANGERED MY SAFETY ON THE ROAD. NO INDICATIONS OF FAI… |
| 2019-02-06 | ENGINE | No | 0 | WENT INTO THE VOLKSWAGEN DEALERSHIP FOR ROUTINE MAINTENANCE AT 44,999 MILES ON FEB 6, 2019 AND VOLKSWAGEN FOUND THAT TH… |
| 2019-01-03 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | REPEATED HARD KNOCK COMING FROM THE FRONT OF THE CAR WHEN ACCELERATING QUICKLY FROM A DEAD STOP. SUSPECTED THE ENGINE M… |
| 2018-12-18 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | WHILE ADJUSTING STEERING COLUMN , THE HIGH BEAMS TURN ON AND WIPER & WASHER FLUID TURN ON ...CAN NOT TURN OFF UNTIL STE… |
| 2018-12-01 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | SOMETIMES WHILE DRIVING, AT ANY SPEED, A WARNING IS DISPLAYED ON THE DASHBOARD TO PUT THE VEHICLE IN PARK. VW HAS IDEN… |
| 2018-12-01 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | SOMETIMES, AFTER THE CAR HAS WARMED UP AND UNDER HARD ACCELERATION THERE IS A RATTLING NOISE COMING FROM THE LOWER ENGI… |
| 2018-10-14 | VISIBILITY:SUN/MOON ROOF ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 VOLKSWAGEN GTI. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY AND WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE SUN … |
| 2018-08-30 | VISIBILITY/WIPER | No | 0 | THIS CAR HAS AN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. WHEN THE CAR IS STARTED UP, STATIONARY, WITH PARKING BRAKE ON, I SHIFT INTO REV… |
| 2018-08-09 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | CLOCKSPRING FAILURE ON 2016 VW GTI RESULTING IN NON FUNCTIONING AIRBAG |