Volkswagen Fox: recalls and complaints by model year
NHTSA lists 5 recall campaigns for the Volkswagen Fox, model years 1987 to 1993. NHTSA has 81 complaints on file for this model line. 7 of the 7 model years have a page on this register.
Complaint information entered into NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation vehicle owner's complaint database is used with other data sources to identify safety issues that warrant investigation and to determine if a safety-related defect trend exists.
NHTSA publishes these words. Source: NHTSA Datasets and APIs, section Complaints, read on . Complaint file through . Recall file through .
Model years
The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.
| Model year | Recall campaigns | Complaints | Share of the line average | Units in the campaigns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 Volkswagen Fox | 2 | 18 | 156% | 522,000 |
| 1992 Volkswagen Fox | 2 | 5 | 43% | 522,000 |
| 1991 Volkswagen Fox | 3 | 1 | 9% | 524,000 |
| 1990 Volkswagen Fox | 2 | 15 | 130% | 522,000 |
| 1989 Volkswagen Fox | 2 | 9 | 78% | 268,000 |
| 1988 Volkswagen Fox | 2 | 23 | 199% | 268,000 |
| 1987 Volkswagen Fox | 3 | 10 | 86% | 268,138 |
The share is the complaints of the model year divided by the average of the line for one model year. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
A model year with fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints has no page here. The link in its row opens its NHTSA page.
Recall campaign: One recall in the NHTSA recall file, with one campaign number. A campaign can name many makes, models and model years.
Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.
Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.
Components in the complaints
105 component mentions.
A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. The figure per 1,000 component mentions shows how many of each 1,000 mentions name the component.
| Component | Per 1,000 | Mentions |
|---|---|---|
| Engine and Engine Cooling | 276.2 | 29 |
| Visibility | 209.5 | 22 |
| Power Train | 85.7 | 9 |
| Fuel System, Gasoline | 85.7 | 9 |
| Electrical System | 85.7 | 9 |
| Seat Belts | 66.7 | 7 |
| Structure | 57.1 | 6 |
| Latches/Locks/Linkages | 38.1 | 4 |
| Equipment | 28.6 | 3 |
| Service Brakes, Hydraulic | 19 | 2 |
Counts by year
Other model lines of the make
- Jetta79 campaigns
- Passat54 campaigns
- Beetle32 campaigns
- Tiguan39 campaigns
- Atlas48 campaigns
- Golf54 campaigns
- GTI34 campaigns
- ID.426 campaigns
- CC12 campaigns
- Routan8 campaigns
- Touareg12 campaigns
- Taos8 campaigns
- Atlas Cross Sport30 campaigns
- EOS7 campaigns
- Eurovan6 campaigns
- New Beetle5 campaigns
- Cabrio5 campaigns
- Golf Sportwagen9 campaigns
- Jetta Sportwagen2 campaigns
- Rabbit20 campaigns
- Corrado6 campaigns
- R323 campaigns
- Jetta Hybrid3 campaigns
- Golf Alltrack4 campaigns
- Golf R16 campaigns
- E-Golf8 campaigns
- Vanagon15 campaigns
- Passat Wagon3 campaigns
- Cabriolet6 campaigns
- Arteon6 campaigns
- Beetle Convertible6 campaigns
- Scirocco16 campaigns
- ID. Buzz2 campaigns
- Quantum4 campaigns
- Camper6 campaigns
- Dasher5 campaigns
- Type III7 campaigns
- Type I16 campaigns
- Type II13 campaigns
- Karman Ghia5 campaigns
- Touareg Hybrid3 campaigns
- Syncro3 campaigns
- Thing3 campaigns
Volkswagen: all 44 model lines
Follow by RSS:Volkswagen recallsVehicle recalls
Official channels
- NHTSA VIN lookupNHTSA shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle from its VIN or its license plate.
- NHTSA: report a safety problemThe NHTSA form for a complaint about a vehicle, a tire, a child seat or equipment.
Cite this page
Recall Register. Volkswagen Fox: recalls and complaints by model year. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/volkswagen/fox/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through .
Sources
- Source
- NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
- Licence
- US government work, public domain
- Recall file through
- 30 Sep 2026
- Complaint file through
- 30 Sep 2026
- Manufacturer in the recall file
- VOLKSWAGEN OF AMERICA,INC
The model name is the name in the NHTSA files. NHTSA keeps a variant of a model as a different line. How the register is made. Report an error.
Questions
- Which Volkswagen Fox model years have the most recall campaigns?
- 1991 with 3, 1987 with 3, 1993 with 2. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
- Which Volkswagen Fox model year has the most complaints?
- The 1988 model year, with 23 of the 81 complaints for the line. A newer model year has had less time to get complaints.
- Which components do the complaints about the Volkswagen Fox name?
- Engine and Engine Cooling: 276.2 per 1,000 component mentions. Visibility: 209.5 per 1,000 component mentions. Power Train: 85.7 per 1,000 component mentions.
- How many NHTSA investigations name the Volkswagen Fox?
- 2 investigations name one or more model years of the line. The page of each model year lists its investigations.