Volkswagen Beetle

Common Beetle problems

Across 5 model years (2015–2019), the Volkswagen Beetle carries 22 recall campaigns, one of them an urgent do-not-drive or park-outside order. Owners have filed 202 complaints with NHTSA. Choose a year below for the full report.

Safety record by model year

Counts are raw NHTSA figures and are not normalised by how many were sold, so a high-volume year tends to show more of everything.

Year	Recalls	Complaints	Rating	Report link
2019	4	14	—	Report
2018	4	16	—	Report
2017	4	15	—	Report
2016	4	58	—	Report
2015	6	99	—	Report

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