2015 VOLKSWAGEN GOLF SPORTWAGEN — Complaint #1895647
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NHTSA Complaint about BACK OVER PREVENTION:DISPLAY FUNCTION filed May 17, 2023
NHTSA complaint #1895647 (ODI reference 11522551) concerns a 2015 VOLKSWAGEN GOLF SPORTWAGEN and was filed on May 17, 2023. The owner reports the failure occurred on May 17, 2015. The report was geocoded to New Hampshire based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as back over prevention:display function, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.
The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.
Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same VOLKSWAGEN GOLF SPORTWAGEN cohort independently describe similar back over prevention:display function failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2015 VOLKSWAGEN GOLF SPORTWAGEN shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
Ever since I purchased the car new, the backup camera goes blank above 5 mph. It is a major annoyance and safety issue to suddenly have to change my rear viewing options. When cold, the car fast idles at 6 or more mph in reverse with the camera offering no assistance. Complaints to the dealership yielded the answer that the factory had no fix. Now I see Honda recall 23V046 about the same condition that I'm experiencing and that appropriately Honda is fixing their problem. Can VW be invited to fix my problem (its problem)? I understand that my son's Toyota camera blanks above 30 mph, more than reasonable.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 1895647 |
| ODI Number | 11522551 |
| Date Filed | May 17, 2023 |
| Failure Date | May 17, 2015 |
| VIN | 3VWFA7AUXFM |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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