Apr 30, 20191 injury
METAL TRIM AROUND CENTER CONSOLE AND STEERING WHEEL HAS SHARP EDGES AND CAN CUT HANDS WITHOUT WARNING. MY TRIM WAS NOT BENT UNTIL AFTER IT WAS CAUGHT ON MY HAND AND SLICED MY FINGER IN TWO PLACES.
NHTSA ODI 11204825
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What 17 owners told NHTSA about the 2016 Volkswagen Egolf
These are the actual owner complaints behind this car’s reliability verdict, filed with the federal government, unedited. They’re unverified reports, not confirmed defects: read them as leads for your pre-purchase inspection, not a diagnosis.
All (17)Crash / fire / injury (1)Electrical system (10)Engine (5)Fuel system (2)Speed control (2)Steering (2)Transmission & drivetrain (2)Brakes (1)Electronic Stability Control (esc) (1)
1 of 17 complaints match · crash/fire/injury only · clear filters
Working with the data? Download all 17 complaints as CSV · fetched from NHTSA July 26, 2026
How to use these: a complaint is one owner’s report, filed voluntarily and published unverified. Patterns matter more than any single story. If several owners describe the same failure at similar mileage, put that system at the top of your pre-purchase inspection list. Back to the full 2016 Volkswagen Egolf verdict →