Recall Register

1968 Volkswagen Type I: recalls and complaints

NHTSA lists 7 recall campaigns for the 1968 Volkswagen Type I. The newest campaign is 68V070000. NHTSA received the report on 18 Jul 1968. The NHTSA record gives the component Seat Belts / Front / Webbing. NHTSA has no complaint on file for this model year.

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

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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

7 campaigns, newest first. 388,035 units in total.

  • 68V070000Seat Belts / Front / Webbing
  • 68V001000Unknown or Other
  • 67V129000Power Train / Automatic Transmission
  • 67V125000Power Train / Driveline / Universal Joint
  • 67V100000Engine and Engine Cooling / Exhaust System / Emission Control
  • 67V099000Fuel System, Gasoline / Storage / Tank Assembly
  • 67V082000Electrical System / Wiring

  1. 68V070000Received . 293,000 units.

    Seat Belts / Front / Webbing

    Report filed by VOLKSWAGEN OF AMERICA,INC.

  2. 68V001000Received . 29,022 units.

    Unknown or Other

    Report filed by VOLKSWAGEN OF AMERICA,INC.

  3. 67V129000Received . 5,143 units.

    Power Train / Automatic Transmission

    Report filed by VOLKSWAGEN OF AMERICA,INC.

  4. 67V125000Received . 4,368 units.

    Power Train / Driveline / Universal Joint

    Report filed by VOLKSWAGEN OF AMERICA,INC.

  5. 67V100000Received . 24,438 units.

    Engine and Engine Cooling / Exhaust System / Emission Control

    Report filed by VOLKSWAGEN OF AMERICA,INC. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

  6. 67V099000Received . 18,042 units.

    Fuel System, Gasoline / Storage / Tank Assembly

    Report filed by VOLKSWAGEN OF AMERICA,INC. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

  7. 67V082000Received . 14,022 units.

    Electrical System / Wiring

    Report filed by VOLKSWAGEN OF AMERICA,INC.

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

The NHTSA complaint file has no complaint for this model year.

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. 19671
  2. 19687
  3. 19701
  4. 19713
  5. 19721
  6. 19752
  7. 19771

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

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Cite this page

Recall Register. 1968 Volkswagen Type I: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/volkswagen/type-i/1968/. 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

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Questions

How many units are in the recall campaigns for the 1968 Volkswagen Type I?
388,035 units in 7 campaigns. A campaign can name other models and model years, and its units include them.
How many recall campaigns does the Volkswagen Type I have for all model years?
NHTSA lists 16 recall campaigns for the Volkswagen Type I, model years 1967 to 1977. 7 of them name the 1968 model year.
Is an NHTSA investigation of the 1968 Volkswagen Type I open?
The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.