NHTSA Safety Recalls
2000 Volkswagen New Beetle Recalls
The 2000 Volkswagen New Beetle has 2 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on July 25, 2003.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2000 Volkswagen New Beetle. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 2
- Owner complaints
- 40
- Crashes reported
- 2
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
5 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2000 Volkswagen New Beetle, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
2 recalls on the 2000 Volkswagen New Beetle
Exterior lighting: brake lights: switch
- Campaign
- 03V265000
- Reported
- July 25, 2003
- Vehicles affected
- up to 295,136
- Same campaign
- also 2001 New Beetle
Equipment: other: owners/service/other manual
- Campaign
- 02V244000
- Reported
- September 12, 2002
- Vehicles affected
- up to 332,950
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 225, child restraint anchorages
- Same campaign
- also 2001 New Beetle, 3 other models
2000 Volkswagen New Beetle complaints by year
NHTSA has received 40 owner complaints about the 2000 Volkswagen New Beetle, the newest on November 25, 2004. Of these, 2 describe a crash (5%) and 5 a fire; owners reported 2 injuries and 2 deaths.
In complaints about the 2000 Volkswagen New Beetle, the component group named most often is the electrical system (35%), followed by the engine and engine cooling (23%) and the air bags (13%).
None of the 2000 Volkswagen New Beetle's 2 recalls concerns the electrical system.
Where 2000 Volkswagen New Beetle owners gave the mileage (15 complaints), the median was 27,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System14
- Engine And Engine Cooling9
- Air Bags5
- Power Train4
- Exterior Lighting2
- Fuel System, Other2
Complaints received, by year
| 1999 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 3 | |
| 2001 | 6 | |
| 2002 | 7 | |
| 2003 | 11 | |
| 2004 | 12 |
Complaints about the 2000 Volkswagen New Beetle peaked in 2004, when NHTSA received 12. 70% arrived between 1999 and 2003, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2000 vehicles, the 2000 Volkswagen New Beetle drew 1.0× the complaints of the median Volkswagen New Beetle year in the same window: 2nd highest of the 5 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
The 40 complaints about the 2000 Volkswagen New Beetle are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Volkswagen New Beetle by model year
Other 2000 Volkswagen models
Newest record on this page: November 25, 2004. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted