NHTSA Safety Recalls
2004 Volkswagen New Beetle Recalls
The 2004 Volkswagen New Beetle has 2 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on December 4, 2003.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2004 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
- 12
- Crashes reported
- 0
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2004 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 2004 Volkswagen New Beetle
Equipment: other: labels
- Campaign
- 03V508000
- Reported
- December 4, 2003
- Vehicles affected
- up to 15,115
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- only the 2004 Volkswagen New Beetle
Air bags
- Campaign
- 03V356000
- Reported
- September 29, 2003
- Vehicles affected
- up to 333
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- only the 2004 Volkswagen New Beetle
2004 Volkswagen New Beetle complaints by year
NHTSA has received 12 owner complaints about the 2004 Volkswagen New Beetle, the newest on December 8, 2004.
In complaints about the 2004 Volkswagen New Beetle, the component group named most often is the visibility (50%), followed by the air bags (17%) and the structure (17%).
1 of the 2004 Volkswagen New Beetle's 2 recalls also concerns the air bags.
Component groups named in complaints
- Visibility6
- Air Bags2
- Structure2
- Engine And Engine Cooling1
- Exterior Lighting1
- Latches/Locks/Linkages1
Complaints received, by year
| 2003 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 11 |
Complaints about the 2004 Volkswagen New Beetle peaked in 2004, when NHTSA received 11. 100% arrived between 2003 and 2007, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2004 vehicles, the 2004 Volkswagen New Beetle drew 0.6× the complaints of the median Volkswagen New Beetle year in the same window: 4th highest of the 5 ranked years.
That makes 2004 one of the three best-measured Volkswagen New Beetle years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
The 12 complaints about the 2004 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 2004 Volkswagen models
Newest record on this page: December 8, 2004. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted