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2015 Volkswagen Golf Electrical system Problems

Complaints
18about this part
Share
14%of 131 total for the year
Median mileage
13,800miles
Trend
RisingComplaints filed in the last 3 full calendar years are at least 25% higher than in the 3 years before.

NHTSA recorded 18 complaints about the electrical system of the 2015 Volkswagen Golf, 14% of the 131 complaints for this model year. Where a mileage was given, the median is 13,800 miles. 3 a fire, according to the filers. 2 recall campaigns on record are filed under a similar system.

Example complaints

Selected from NHTSA records; personal details are removed. They are consumer reports, not findings.

“I drove the car to a meeting on thursday evening, jan 4th, 2018. Parked it in a residential home office parking area in santa fe, nm at 6pm. At 6:10pm another person arrived to the meeting and said she saw flames by a red car. It was my GOLF. Several of us went out with pots of water and a hose to contain the fire. Moved the other vehicles away from it to avoid it spreading. The flames came down from the engine onto the ground in front of the bumper. It was smoky and smelt horrible. We were able to contain the fire. …”

NHTSA complaint #11061634, filed 2018-01, 24,650 miles

“Whilst driving home at approximately 6:30 pm during heavy freeway traffic, approximately 70 MPH the electronic drive system of the vw egolf died. I lost all power and was forced to pull across three lanes of traffic to reach the safety of the shoulder. While no accident, that was more luck than anything else and grace of other drivers allowing me to directly move in front of them. Vehicle had code p32b2 and p060c reported by vw report and replaced parts: 5qe-907-070-c and 12e-998-152-a. …”

NHTSA complaint #10746890, filed 2015-08, 3,606 miles

“While driving at approximately 30 miles per hour the car came up with an alert of electrical fault stop now and the powertrain shut down with zero throttle response. I was able to pull into the right lane and party into a driveway of a fast food restaurant. I was unable to turn off the car, I got out and pushed it into the parking lot. Eventually the car turned off and after a few attempts I was able to turn it back on. I was in b mode (regenerative braking mode) and decided to drive it in d (regular drive) the extra 2 miles home. …”

NHTSA complaint #10940224, filed 2017-01, 3,500 miles

“I was in hayward on the 880 freeway (flat, dry road) in rush hour traffic, in the hov lane going about 40 MPH, and my vw e-GOLF just shut down and showed the error electrical system failure: stop! . I had enough momentum to coast 5 feet over to the left side (center divider) I could not make it completely out of the lane. Cars were laying on their horn and speeding past me while my bumper hung out a foot into the lane. The car is 3 months old. It had a charge of 86 miles when it happened, I had it on a charging station it showed I charged my car accumulated (kwh): 29.523. …”

NHTSA complaint #10725422, filed 2015-06, 17,000 miles

“I leased the e-GOLF for about 4 months. I was driving down the street and suddenly car shut down. An error error:electrical system. Stop! Appeared. Car stopped and blocked the lane. I called vw sos and they connected me to 911. Police officer came and helped me pulling the car to the roadside. The windows and multimedia worked. Tried to press the power button off and turned it on but same error showed. I waited for one hour to tow my car to the dealer. I got car back from dealer 4 days later, in their report stated checked faults in system, found p0c0100 drive motor a current high. …”

NHTSA complaint #10748597, filed 2015-08, 3,470 miles

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Electrical system: other model years

YearComplaintsShare of year
2023655%
20221114%
2021343%
2020233%
201958%
201827%
2017109%
201689%
20151814%
201418%
2013716%
2012613%
20111816%
201057%
200618%
2005211%
2004414%
2003415%
20021115%
20011513%
200056%
1999914%
1998528%
19951228%
1994922%
1993343%
1992117%
1991338%
1990220%
1989212%
1988222%
198618%

Other parts of the 2015 Volkswagen Golf

Engine
26 complaints
Other or unknown
23 complaints
Fuel system
22 complaints
Air bags
21 complaints
Suspension
15 complaints
Transmission and drivetrain
14 complaints
Body and structure
10 complaints
Brakes
8 complaints
Steering
7 complaints
Vehicle speed control
7 complaints
Wheels
5 complaints
Engine cooling
3 complaints

← All problems reported for the 2015 Volkswagen Golf

About this data. Data from NHTSA (ODI) complaints, recalls, TSBs and investigations, updated Oct 30, 2026. Complaints are unverified consumer reports and may be duplicated or inaccurate.

To check a specific vehicle for open recalls, use its VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls. Methodology