Volkswagen Jetta: recalls and complaints by model year

NHTSA lists 79 recall campaigns for the Volkswagen Jetta, model years 1980 to 2027. NHTSA has 10,250 complaints on file for this model line. 42 of the 48 model years have a page on this register. By recall campaigns, the Volkswagen Jetta is number 1 of 44 model lines of Volkswagen on the register. Recall campaigns for the Volkswagen Jetta: 1 in 2024 and none in 2025. For all Volkswagen vehicles, the count rose by 66.7%, from 9 in 2024 to 15 in 2025.

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Complaint information entered into NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation vehicle owner's complaint database is used with other data sources to identify safety issues that warrant investigation and to determine if a safety-related defect trend exists.
NHTSA publishes these words. Source: NHTSA Datasets and APIs, section Complaints, read on 1 Oct 2026. Complaint file through 5 Nov 2026. Recall file through 3 Nov 2026.

Model years

The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.

Volkswagen Jetta: recall campaigns and complaints for each model year, newest first
Model year	Recall campaigns	Complaints	Share of the line average	Units in the campaigns
2027 Volkswagen Jetta NHTSA page	0	1	0%
2026 Volkswagen Jetta NHTSA page	1	6	3%	48,165
2025 Volkswagen Jetta	2	32	15%	123,488
2024 Volkswagen Jetta	0	46	22%
2023 Volkswagen Jetta	0	43	20%
2022 Volkswagen Jetta	1	43	20%	43,091
2021 Volkswagen Jetta	4	71	33%	75,575
2020 Volkswagen Jetta	6	54	25%	625,595
2019 Volkswagen Jetta	11	552	258%	756,044
2018 Volkswagen Jetta	2	32	15%	897,219
2017 Volkswagen Jetta	6	160	75%	902,895
2016 Volkswagen Jetta	4	162	76%	989,141
2015 Volkswagen Jetta	7	194	91%	842,058
2014 Volkswagen Jetta	4	388	182%	1,165,962
2013 Volkswagen Jetta	4	518	243%	1,537,031
2012 Volkswagen Jetta	5	500	234%	1,705,306
2011 Volkswagen Jetta	7	607	284%	1,806,643
2010 Volkswagen Jetta	4	852	399%	548,194
2009 Volkswagen Jetta	6	889	416%	573,901
2008 Volkswagen Jetta	4	188	88%	593,943
2007 Volkswagen Jetta	4	201	94%	593,943
2006 Volkswagen Jetta	4	580	272%	652,730
2005 Volkswagen Jetta	4	248	116%	1,400,867
2004 Volkswagen Jetta	2	231	108%	1,021,284
2003 Volkswagen Jetta	2	457	214%	1,004,564
2002 Volkswagen Jetta	5	702	329%	2,490,376
2001 Volkswagen Jetta	6	668	313%	2,823,326
2000 Volkswagen Jetta	4	439	206%	1,766,326
1999 Volkswagen Jetta	6	349	163%	1,623,805
1998 Volkswagen Jetta	2	192	90%	497,095
1997 Volkswagen Jetta	1	141	66%	487,284
1996 Volkswagen Jetta	1	174	81%	238,000
1995 Volkswagen Jetta	4	220	103%	529,000
1994 Volkswagen Jetta	5	117	55%	530,100
1993 Volkswagen Jetta	4	17	8%	529,000
1992 Volkswagen Jetta	2	30	14%	370,650
1991 Volkswagen Jetta	5	31	15%	447,665
1990 Volkswagen Jetta	5	22	10%	1,095,225
1989 Volkswagen Jetta	4	28	13%	1,092,000
1988 Volkswagen Jetta	7	19	9%	1,096,384
1987 Volkswagen Jetta	3	18	8%	936,520
1986 Volkswagen Jetta	2	14	7%	928,520
1985 Volkswagen Jetta	3	13	6%	938,020
1984 Volkswagen Jetta NHTSA page	1	1	0%	105,000
1983 Volkswagen Jetta NHTSA page	1	0	0%	105,000
1982 Volkswagen Jetta NHTSA page	1	0	0%	930,000
1981 Volkswagen Jetta	3	0	0%	933,225
1980 Volkswagen Jetta NHTSA page	1	0	0%	930,000

The share is the complaints of the model year divided by the average of the line for one model year. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.

A model year with fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints has no page here. The link in its row opens its NHTSA page.

Recall campaign: One recall in the NHTSA recall file, with one campaign number. A campaign can name many makes, models and model years.

Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.

Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.

Components in the complaints

14,267 component mentions.

A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. The figure per 1,000 component mentions shows how many of each 1,000 mentions name the component.

Volkswagen Jetta: complaints by component, per 1,000 component mentions
Component	Per 1,000	Mentions
Electrical System	157.5	2,247
Power Train	118.9	1,696
Engine	76	1,085
Engine and Engine Cooling	68.5	978
Air Bags	63.2	901
Unknown or Other	57.1	815
Fuel/Propulsion System	42.6	608
Visibility	41.9	598
Fuel System, Diesel	36.9	527
Exterior Lighting	35.5	507

Counts by year

Recall campaigns that name the Volkswagen Jetta, by the year NHTSA received the report. The largest year is 2019, with 5 campaigns.

Complaints about the Volkswagen Jetta, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 2014, with 614 complaints.

Other model lines of the make

Passat54 campaigns
Beetle32 campaigns
Tiguan39 campaigns
Atlas48 campaigns
Golf54 campaigns
GTI34 campaigns
ID.427 campaigns
CC12 campaigns
Routan8 campaigns
Touareg12 campaigns
Taos8 campaigns
Atlas Cross Sport30 campaigns
EOS7 campaigns
Eurovan6 campaigns
New Beetle5 campaigns
Cabrio5 campaigns
Golf Sportwagen9 campaigns
Jetta Sportwagen2 campaigns
Rabbit20 campaigns
Corrado6 campaigns
R323 campaigns
Jetta Hybrid3 campaigns
Golf Alltrack4 campaigns
Golf R16 campaigns
Fox5 campaigns
E-Golf8 campaigns
Vanagon15 campaigns
Passat Wagon3 campaigns
Cabriolet6 campaigns
Arteon6 campaigns
Beetle Convertible6 campaigns
Scirocco16 campaigns
ID. Buzz2 campaigns
Quantum4 campaigns
Camper6 campaigns
Dasher5 campaigns
Type III7 campaigns
Type I16 campaigns
Type II13 campaigns
Karman Ghia5 campaigns
Touareg Hybrid3 campaigns
Syncro3 campaigns
Thing3 campaigns

Volkswagen: all 44 model lines

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Official channels

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Sources

Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
Licence: US government work, public domain
Recall file through: 3 Nov 2026
Complaint file through: 5 Nov 2026
Manufacturer in the recall file: VOLKSWAGEN OF AMERICA,INC

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Questions

Which Volkswagen Jetta model years have the most recall campaigns?: 2019 with 11, 2015 with 7, 2011 with 7. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
Which Volkswagen Jetta model year has the most complaints?: The 2009 model year, with 889 of the 10,250 complaints for the line. A newer model year has had less time to get complaints.
Which components do the complaints about the Volkswagen Jetta name?: Electrical System: 157.5 per 1,000 component mentions. Power Train: 118.9 per 1,000 component mentions. Engine: 76 per 1,000 component mentions.
How many NHTSA investigations name the Volkswagen Jetta?: 31 investigations name one or more model years of the line. The page of each model year lists its investigations.