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2025 Volkswagen Jetta: recalls and complaints

NHTSA lists 2 recall campaigns for the 2025 Volkswagen Jetta. The newest campaign is 26V185000. NHTSA received the report on 25 Mar 2026. The NHTSA record gives the component Electrical System / Instrument Cluster/Panel. NHTSA has 29 complaints on file for this model year.

The NHTSA recall file shows no do-not-drive advisory and no park-outside advisory on these campaigns.

This page cannot show if a recall applies to one vehicle. The NHTSA VIN lookup shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle.

Remedy of the newest campaign, 26V185000, in the NHTSA record

Dealers will update the instrument panel software and replace the instrument panel as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed May 22, 2026. Owners may contact Volkswagen customer service at 1-800-893-5298. Volkswagen's number for this recall is 90Z5. Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) involved in this recall became searchable on NHTSA.gov on March 22, 2026.
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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.

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Recall campaigns

2 campaigns, newest first. 123,488 units in total.

  1. 26V185000Received . 75,323 units.

    Electrical System / Instrument Cluster/Panel

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (Volkswagen) is recalling certain 2025 Jetta and Taos vehicles. The instrument panel may fail to display warning lights or gauges. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 101, "Control and Displays."
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    An instrument panel that does not display critical safety information, such as the speedometer or warning lights, can increase the risk of a crash.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Dealers will update the instrument panel software and replace the instrument panel as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed May 22, 2026. Owners may contact Volkswagen customer service at 1-800-893-5298. Volkswagen's number for this recall is 90Z5. Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) involved in this recall became searchable on NHTSA.gov on March 22, 2026.

    Report filed by Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.. Manufacturer campaign number 90Z5. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

  2. 26V138000Received . 48,165 units.

    Electrical System / Wiring

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (Volkswagen) is recalling certain 2025-2026 Jetta vehicles. The transmission ground wire may not have been properly connected during assembly, causing an open electrical circuit.
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    An open circuit may draw a higher current and increase the risk of a fire.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Dealers will inspect and repair transmission ground wire as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed March 31, 2026. Owners may contact Volkswagen customer service at 1-800-893-5298. Volkswagen's number for this recall is 97TC. Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) involved in this recall became searchable on NHTSA.gov on March 13, 2026.

    Report filed by Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.. Manufacturer campaign number 97TC. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

The campaign number opens the NHTSA record. Each quotation is the text of the NHTSA recall file.

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

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

Complaints by component

29 complaints, 40 component mentions.

A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. This model year has fewer than 50 component mentions, so the table shows the number of mentions only.

2025 Volkswagen Jetta: component mentions in complaints
ComponentMentions
Forward Collision Avoidance9
Unknown or Other6
Power Train6
Fuel/Propulsion System4
Visibility/Wiper3
Electrical System3
Lane Departure2
Engine1
Steering1
Structure1

The table shows the 10 components with the most mentions, of 14.

Complaints that report a crash
4
Complaints that report a fire
0
Injuries in the complaints
2
Deaths in the complaints
0
Date of the newest complaint
25 Sep 2026

These figures are the entries of the persons who sent the complaints.

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.

Complaints about the 2025 Volkswagen Jetta, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 2026, with 20 complaints.

Investigations

The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.

Investigation: A study of a possible safety defect by the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation. An investigation with no closing date in the NHTSA file is open.

Other model years

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

  1. 19801
  2. 19813
  3. 19821
  4. 19831
  5. 19841
  6. 19853
  7. 19862
  8. 19873
  9. 19887
  10. 19894
  11. 19905
  12. 19915
  13. 19922
  14. 19934
  15. 19945
  16. 19954
  17. 19961
  18. 19971
  19. 19982
  20. 19996
  21. 20004
  22. 20016
  23. 20025
  24. 20032
  25. 20042
  26. 20054
  27. 20064
  28. 20074
  29. 20084
  30. 20096
  31. 20104
  32. 20117
  33. 20125
  34. 20134
  35. 20144
  36. 20157
  37. 20164
  38. 20176
  39. 20182
  40. 201911
  41. 20206
  42. 20214
  43. 20221
  44. 20230
  45. 20240
  46. 20252
  47. 20261

A year without a link has fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints. It has no page.

Official channels

Cite this page

Recall Register. 2025 Volkswagen Jetta: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/volkswagen/jetta/2025/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through .

Sources

Source
NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
Licence
US government work, public domain
Recall file through
30 Sep 2026
Complaint file through
30 Sep 2026
First complaint in the file
1 Jan 1995
Manufacturer in the recall file
Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.

The NHTSA record is the authority. A complaint count is the number of different complaint numbers for the make, the model and the model year. How the register is made. Report an error.

Questions

How many units are in the recall campaigns for the 2025 Volkswagen Jetta?
123,488 units in 2 campaigns. A campaign can name other models and model years, and its units include them.
How many recall campaigns does the Volkswagen Jetta have for all model years?
NHTSA lists 79 recall campaigns for the Volkswagen Jetta, model years 1980 to 2026. 2 of them name the 2025 model year.
Which component do the complaints about the 2025 Volkswagen Jetta name most often?
Forward Collision Avoidance: 9 of 40 component mentions.
Is an NHTSA investigation of the 2025 Volkswagen Jetta open?
The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.