NHTSA Safety Recalls
2014 Volkswagen Beetle Recalls
The 2014 Volkswagen Beetle has 6 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on December 16, 2020.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2014 Volkswagen Beetle. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 6
- Owner complaints
- 50
- Crashes reported
- 3
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
2 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2014 Volkswagen Beetle, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
6 recalls on the 2014 Volkswagen Beetle
Air bags: frontal
- Campaign
- 20V785000
- Reported
- December 16, 2020
- Vehicles affected
- up to 105,652
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2012–2013 Beetle
Electrical system: ignition: anti-theft: control module
- Campaign
- 19V615000
- Reported
- August 22, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 679,027
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 114, theft protection and rollaway prevention
- Same campaign
- also 2012–2013, 2015–2019 Beetle, 4 other models
Fuel system, gasoline: fuel injection system: fuel rail
- Campaign
- 15V028000
- Reported
- January 23, 2015
- Vehicles affected
- up to 44,658
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2015 Beetle, 3 other models
Visibility: sun/moon roof assembly
- Campaign
- 14V658000
- Reported
- October 20, 2014
- Vehicles affected
- up to 7,062
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2013, 2015 Beetle
Power train: automatic transmission: cooling unit and lines
- Campaign
- 14V182000
- Reported
- April 15, 2014
- Vehicles affected
- up to 26,452
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2 other models
Service brakes, hydraulic: foundation components: master cylinder
- Campaign
- 20E064000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2012–2013, 2015–2019 Beetle, 1 other model
2014 Volkswagen Beetle complaints by year
NHTSA has received 50 owner complaints about the 2014 Volkswagen Beetle, the newest on May 10, 2025. Of these, 3 describe a crash (6%) and 2 a fire; owners reported 4 injuries.
In complaints about the 2014 Volkswagen Beetle, the component group named most often is the air bags (30%), followed by the electrical system (26%) and the engine (12%).
1 of the 2014 Volkswagen Beetle's 6 recalls also concerns the air bags.
Where 2014 Volkswagen Beetle owners gave the mileage (31 complaints), the median was 31,254 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Air Bags15
- Electrical System13
- Engine6
- Structure6
- Unknown Or Other4
- Visibility/Wiper4
Complaints received, by year
| 2014 | 8 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 3 | |
| 2016 | 5 | |
| 2017 | 2 | |
| 2018 | 3 | |
| 2019 | 6 | |
| 2020 | 4 | |
| 2021 | 9 | |
| 2022 | 4 | |
| 2023 | 3 | |
| 2024 | 2 | |
| 2025 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2014 Volkswagen Beetle peaked in 2021, when NHTSA received 9. 36% arrived between 2013 and 2017, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2014 vehicles, the 2014 Volkswagen Beetle drew 0.6× the complaints of the median Volkswagen Beetle year in the same window: 11th highest of the 12 ranked years.
That makes 2014 one of the three best-measured Volkswagen Beetle years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 50 complaints about the 2014 Volkswagen Beetle are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Volkswagen Beetle by model year
Other 2014 Volkswagen models
Newest record on this page: May 10, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted