1998 Volkswagen New Beetle: recalls and complaints
NHTSA lists 1 recall campaign for the 1998 Volkswagen New Beetle. The campaign is 03V265000. NHTSA received the report on 25 Jul 2003. The NHTSA record gives the component Exterior Lighting / Brake Lights / Switch. NHTSA has 30 complaints on file for this model year.
The NHTSA recall file shows no do-not-drive advisory and no park-outside advisory on this campaign.
This page cannot show if a recall applies to one vehicle. The NHTSA VIN lookup shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle.
Remedy of campaign 03V265000, in the NHTSA record
Dealers will inspect and, if necessary, replace the brake lamp switches. Owner notification began september 26, 2003. Owners should contact vwoa at 1-800-822-8987.
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 . Complaint file through . Recall file through .
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Recall campaigns
1 campaign. 295,136 units in total.
03V265000Received . 295,136 units.
Exterior Lighting / Brake Lights / Switch
- Defect, in the NHTSA record
On certain passenger vehicles, the brake lamp switch may malfunction.
- Consequence, in the NHTSA record
If this happens, the brake lamps could become inoperative; or the lamps could come on and stay on, even though the vehicle is parked.
- Remedy, in the NHTSA record
Dealers will inspect and, if necessary, replace the brake lamp switches. Owner notification began september 26, 2003. Owners should contact vwoa at 1-800-822-8987.
Report filed by VOLKSWAGEN OF AMERICA,INC. Manufacturer campaign number WT. 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
30 complaints, 37 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.
| Component | Mentions |
|---|---|
| Exterior Lighting | 10 |
| Visibility | 7 |
| Electrical System | 3 |
| Seats | 3 |
| Fuel System, Gasoline | 2 |
| Engine and Engine Cooling | 2 |
| Unknown or Other | 2 |
| Structure | 2 |
| Air Bags | 2 |
| Power Train | 1 |
The table shows the 10 components with the most mentions, of 13.
- Complaints that report a crash
- 2
- Complaints that report a fire
- 1
- Injuries in the complaints
- 2
- Deaths in the complaints
- 1
- Date of the newest complaint
- 9 Nov 2004
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.
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.
A year without a link has fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints. It has no page.
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Official channels
- NHTSA VIN lookupNHTSA shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle from its VIN or its license plate.
- NHTSA: report a safety problemThe NHTSA form for a complaint about a vehicle, a tire, a child seat or equipment.
- NHTSA page of the 1998 Volkswagen New BeetleThe recalls, the complaints and the investigations that NHTSA shows for this model year.
Cite this page
Recall Register. 1998 Volkswagen New Beetle: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/volkswagen/new-beetle/1998/. 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 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 1998 Volkswagen New Beetle?
- 295,136 units in 1 campaign. A campaign can name other models and model years, and its units include them.
- How many recall campaigns does the Volkswagen New Beetle have for all model years?
- NHTSA lists 5 recall campaigns for the Volkswagen New Beetle, model years 1998 to 2006. 1 of them names the 1998 model year.
- Which component do the complaints about the 1998 Volkswagen New Beetle name most often?
- Exterior Lighting: 10 of 37 component mentions.
- Is an NHTSA investigation of the 1998 Volkswagen New Beetle open?
- The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.