Volkswagen Golf 2013

2013 Volkswagen Golf: what owners report

• Timing chains can stretch and their tensioners fail on petrol engines; one owner reports a tensioner failure at highway speed around 60,000 miles with loss of power.2013–2019
• Automatic gearboxes on the Mk7 can glitch or fail outright, so a test drive should check the shifts carefully.2013–2019
• On the Mk7, leaking dampers, failed headlights, electric handbrake faults and adaptive cruise control glitches are recurring complaints.2013–2019
• Owner satisfaction fell with the Mk7: in a large UK owner survey the Golf slid from 18th place in 2014 to 73rd by 2021.2013–2019