Every record we hold for this vehicle, as plain tables, with nothing added. The consumer page shows the same records with the maintenance schedule, price ranges and nearby shops around them.
vehicle
2022 / volkswagen / golf-gti
known issues
5 clusters (reviewed 2026-08-26)
complaints
109 on file (2022-03-28 → 2026-09-01)
recalls
0
investigations
0
fars
2 occupant deaths, crash years 2010-2024 (legacy-code)
11472713 Clips that hold radiator failed, allowing a coolant hose to come into contact with a pulley, resulting in the immediate and complete loss of coolant
11478096 Radiator came loose and cause a catastrophic coolant loss while driving leaving me stranded, a lot of people are having this problem
11487780 Low coolant light appeared on dashboard. Radiator assembly had became dislodged and caused a coolant leak. Required immediate pullover on the interstate
11491949 The manual transmission shift knob has separated from the shift lever multiple times while driving
11513479 The shift knob on the gear selector of my manual transmission vehicle broke off while attempting to merge into traffic while shifting into 2nd gear at roughly 10mph, leaving me unable to select a gear
11480304 The shift knob on my 2022 VW Golf GTI cracked and broke off while driving at 500 miles. Was very scary as I couldn’t shift while driving at about 40 mph
Backup camera and infotainment display failuresBACK OVER PREVENTION9 complaints2022-10 → 2026-07golf-gti-2022-backup-camera-failure
11608225 Backup camera does not engage when vehicle is put in reverse
11530014 Backup camera upon backing up, fails from time to time. The camera will freeze (showing a still image), It can lag (showing a delayed image), It will sometime show no image at all (just a black screen)
11725088 - Recurring intermittent failure of the backup camera on this vehicle
Panoramic sunroof shattering while drivingVISIBILITY/WIPER2 complaints2023-06 → 2024-10golf-gti-2022-sunroof-shattering
11619566 Sunroof exploding in the highway at 70mph. No traffic nearby, no rock hit it. It just exploded super loud
11529661 The panoramic moonroof in my car exploded while I was driving home. It sounded like a shotgun went off inside my car and if the sun visor would have been open, glass would have fallen on me
Travel Assist / ACC disabled by steering wheel sensor faultFORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE, LANE DEPARTURE34 complaints2022-06 → 2026-07golf-gti-2022-travel-assist-steering-sensor
11748626 Travel assist, the VW system that controls Adaptive Cruise Control and Lane Departure Warning, is repeatedly and randomly failing on the 2022 VW GTI
11623719 The contact stated while driving at an undisclosed speed, the contact attempted to make a left turn and noticed that the travel assist feature became inoperable. The contact stated that the Adaptive Cruise Control and Lane Keep Assist inadvertently became inoperable
11678436 Travel Assist is disabled which includes Adaptive Cruise Control and Lane Keep Assist. The warning lights flash on and off, sometimes multiple times a second, sounding a loud beeping each time
FARS counts every occupant death in a fatal crash, whatever the cause — it does not mean the vehicle was at fault or defective. Counts are not adjusted for how many of each vehicle are on the road.
Cite this
Derived data is CC BY 4.0. Link back to the page you used. Text and BibTeX below.
Wrench.Pro (2026). 2022 Volkswagen Golf GTI vehicle data [dataset]. https://www.wrench.pro/data/vehicles/2022/volkswagen/golf-gti
@misc{wrenchpro_2022_volkswagen_golf_gti_2026,
author = {Wrench.Pro},
title = {Wrench.Pro vehicle data: 2022 Volkswagen Golf GTI},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {\url{https://www.wrench.pro/data/vehicles/2022/volkswagen/golf-gti}},
note = {Derived from NHTSA public records. CC BY 4.0.}
}
