FaultScore

Worst years for a Volkswagen Golf Alltrack

Owners have filed 153 complaints about the Volkswagen Golf Alltrack with NHTSA across model years 2017 to 2019. More of them are about the other & unspecified than anything else.

Avoid

2017 Volkswagen Golf Alltrack

113 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly other & unspecified.

Cleanest on record

2018 Volkswagen Golf Alltrack

11 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every Volkswagen Golf Alltrack year, graded

The grade compares each year against the rest of this model's own run — never against another car. Click any bar or row to open that year's report.

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded
Year Grade Complaints Crashes Fires Median miles Most reported
2019 B 29 1 0 855 Electrical System
2018 A 11 0 0 Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance
2017 D 113 0 0 11,532 Other & Unspecified

What breaks on a Volkswagen Golf Alltrack

Across every model year on file. Follow a row for that part's complaints and the year it was worst.

Worst in 2017

Electrical System 20 13.1%

Worst in 2017

Body & Structure 19 12.4%

Worst in 2017

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 17 11.1%

Worst in 2017

Transmission & Drivetrain 12 7.8%

Worst in 2017

Airbags 12 7.8%

Worst in 2017

Engine & Cooling 11 7.2%

Worst in 2017

Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance 7 4.6%

Worst in 2018

Fuel & Propulsion 6 3.9%

Worst in 2017

Suspension 5 3.3%

Worst in 2017

Steering 4 2.6%

Worst in 2017

Brakes 4 2.6%

Worst in 2019

Wheels 3 2.0%

Worst in 2017

Acceleration & Cruise Control 2 1.3%

Worst in 2017

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every Volkswagen Golf Alltrack, by the month it reached NHTSA.

Aug 2017 peak 9 Jun 2026

Compare the Volkswagen Golf Alltrack

Side by side on complaint history. Remember that raw totals track how many were sold as much as how good they were.