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Vehicle history — accidents, title & owners
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NHTSA publishes the first 11 characters of the VIN with every complaint — that identifies the plant, model year, body and engine. So these are reports from cars built exactly like this one, not an average across the whole model.
3VWCA7AU8FM••••••2015 Volkswagen GOLF SPORTWAGEN
This build draws 1.9× more complaints than the average 2015 Volkswagen GOLF SPORTWAGEN build (5 vs 3).
5on this build
56on the model
21builds in total
Most reportedVehicle Speed Control 2Air Bags 2Power Train 1Electrical System 1
What owners of this build wrote
Electrical SystemDec 2024
In the last year, my car has experienced multiple instances of the Diesel Particulate Filter (DPF) warning light, check engine light, and a flashing glow plug light on the dashboard. Despite multiple visits and repairs at Sheehy Volkswagen of Springfield, these issues persist,…
Air BagsJun 2019
The contact owns a 2015 volkswagen golf sportwagen. While backing into the driveway, the air bag indicator illuminated. The vehicle was taken to prestige volkswagen (321-309-8989, located at 1416 s harbor city blvd, melbourne, fl 32901) where it was diagnosed that the…
Power TrainDec 2018
The display screen says error: airbag, then it says error: transmission. All the bottons on the streeing wheel do not work curse control, bottons for changing the display to see info about the car, and radio. The car was driving on city streets when the messages first where…
Vehicle Speed ControlJan 2016
In 3 separate instances, while driving at highway speeds (65-72 mph), the cruise control has disengaged, causing sudden and rapid deceleration of the vehicle. In all instances, the pavement was dry, I was not tailgating, and feet were not near the brake (I.e. I did not…
Unknown Or OtherJun 2015
Car has shut down after stopping 4 times now starting in june of this year last incident was 11 sept 2015 took to kalamazoo vw service did not find any fault codes also key fob will not unlock car within range or not start vehicle will state key fob not in range when trying to…
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Decoded via NHTSA vPIC. Recalls, complaints and safety from NHTSA; MPG from EPA fueleconomy.gov. Full history reports from our partner. VIN 3VWCA7AU8FM514072 · decoded Sep 2026. — ForCar Reviewed by Denis Kataev, founder of ForCar.