Volkswagen R32
Registered from 2004 to 2008.
Crash test
| Stability control | Standard |
| Forward collision warning | No |
| Lane departure warning | No |
Crash-tested by NHTSA, the American road safety agency.
Specification
| Year | Measured |
|---|---|
| 2008 | 11.8 L/100km (EPA) · 13.1 L/100km city · 10.2 motorway |
| 2004 | 12.4 L/100km (EPA) · 13.8 L/100km city · 9.8 motorway |
Regulator investigations
Opened by NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation. An investigation is a question the regulator asked about a possible defect, not a fault it found — most end without a recall.
Vehicle stall/loss motive power
Preliminary evaluation, opened July 2009, closed November 2009.
What the maker told its dealers
Service bulletins are the manufacturer's own repair guidance to dealers, filed with NHTSA. A bulletin is not a defect finding; the count rises with how many things a maker writes down, not only with how many go wrong.
Volkswagen filed 241 bulletins about the 2008 R32.
- Engine and engine cooling: 67
- Equipment: 63
- Electrical system: 38
- Engine: 13
- Exterior lighting: 11
- Fuel system, gasoline: 8
- Visibility: 7
- Power train: 4
- Visibility/wiper: 4
- Air bags: 3
- Other: 23
- Exterior Lights, Moisture Accumulation · April 2024
- Exterior Lights, Moisture Accumulation · April 2024
- Exterior Lights, Moisture Accumulation · April 2024
- Wiper Blade Inspection for Proper Warranty Coding · April 2024
- Wiper Blade Inspection for Proper Warranty Coding · April 2024
- Damage to Data Link Connector (DLC) from Aftermarket Devices (Cannot Communicate with Vehicle OBD System) · April 2024
- Vehicles equipped with Immobilizer 4 (Download) ? Adapting Keys after Vehicle Lock Set Replacement · April 2024
- All Vehicles with Bluetooth Phone Kit Installed ? Streaming Audio from Phone to Radio · April 2024
233 more.
Grouped by NHTSA's top-level system; a bulletin filed under a sub-heading counts toward its system.