1995 Volkswagen Golf defect investigations

Investigations by NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation that name the 1995 Volkswagen Golf. An investigation is how complaints can become a recall: complaints → investigation → (sometimes) TSB → recall.

• HOOD LATCH FAILURE
  Preliminary Evaluation PE98037 · opened Jul 1, 1998 · closed Jul 20, 1998 · led to recall 98V160000

  Odi has received three reports, including the petitioners, regarding alleged hood latch failures.all of the odi reports indicate the hood flew up while driving.following a telephone inquiry, volkswagen provided odi with some limited information regarding six additional reports of hood fly-up for model years 1995 and 19…

• HOOD FLY-UP
  Defect Petition DP98006 · opened Jun 11, 1998 · closed Jul 1, 1998

  There is no summary currently available