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1987 Volkswagen Golf Owner Complaints

Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full

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Complaints on fileComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
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Latest May 25, 2000
Crash or fire reportedComplaints whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. These are the reporter's own answers on the NHTSA form, not verified findings.
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Filed in the last 12 monthsReports filed with NHTSA in the trailing 365 days. Recent volume reflects attention and vehicle age as much as anything else.
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Reports on file since Oct 3, 1996

What this page shows

Our database holds 4 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1987 Volkswagen Golf. Each one is a report filed by an owner or driver and published by NHTSA without most of them being verified. A complaint is not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. Narratives are shown exactly as filed.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

Complaints, most recent first

Showing 1–4 of 4

Fuel system
Filed May 25, 2000

TRANSFER FUEL PUMP WOULD NOT WORK PROPERLY. IT WOULD FAIL TO SUPPLY FUEL TO THE PUMP. THIS CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO STALL OUT. ITS AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM. ONLY HAPPENS WHEN THE WEATHER IS WARM OR VEHICLE HAS BEEN RUNNING FOR A WHILE. *AK

NHTSA ID
862583
Incident
Apr 4, 2000
Engine
Filed May 5, 2000

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 70MPH ON THE HIGHWAY AND THE CAR JUST STOPPED. NO PRIOR WARNING AS HAS HE WAS DRIVING. CONSUMER DRIFTED TO THE SHOULDER. HE TRIED TO RESTART THE VEHICLE, AND IT STARTED. *AK

NHTSA ID
861527
Incident
Feb 2, 2000
Brakes
Filed Aug 12, 1997

WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES, THE MOUNTING BRACKET THAT ATTACHES TO THE BRAKE PEDAL AND CLUTCH PEDAL IS STARTING TO BREAK, CAUSING AN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. *AK

NHTSA ID
815299
Seat belts
Filed Oct 3, 1996

AFTER RAIN, THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT BECOMES WET/MOULDY AND PRESENTS A FOUL ODOR. *AK

NHTSA ID
509359

Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.

Data sources

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