6.8

fairly significant
Crashes / Fires:
0 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
0 / 0
Average Mileage:
9,500 miles

About These NHTSA Complaints:

The NHTSA is the US gov't agency tasked with vehicle safety. Complaints can be spread across multiple & redundant categories, & are not organized by problem. See the Back button — blue bar at the very top of the page — to explore more.

Get notified about new defects, investigations, recalls & lawsuits for the 2018 Volkswagen Golf R:

Unsubscribe any time. We don't sell/share your email.

Get free help with your lemon!
close ad
problem #3

Sep 102019

Golf R

  • 20,000 miles
Exiting a parking lot with a 15% incline @3mph merging into the road, the front park assist sensors beeped and the vehicle automatically applied brakes instead of accelerating. The engine stalled since I had the clutch fully released, incoming traffic had to stop when they noticed the vehicle not moving. Parkpilot system will often misread the road as an obstacle and apply brakes on its own, specially below the 3mph speed. It could be a combination of the ride height of this vehicle and the layout of regular parking lots in the us.

- Macomb, MI, USA

Add Complaint
problem #2

May 032019

Golf R

  • 8,500 miles
Front collision warning sounds when leaving parking lots with small dip where the road meets the exit. 25% of the time my emergency brakes activate stopping the car when I want to exit. The car thinks the road is an obstacle because of the dip. This happen often and in different parking lots. Very dangerous since you're entering a road way and could cause an accident.

- Santa Ana, CA, USA

Add Complaint
problem #1

Nov 272018

Golf R

  • miles
After a rain the passenger side brake pad sticks to the outboard rotor. The pad binds to the rotor causing the brake TL seize. The vehicle was in reverse backing out.of park.

- New Castle, DE, USA

Add Complaint