NHTSA Safety Recalls
2014 Volkswagen Jetta Recalls
The 2014 Volkswagen Jetta has 5 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on August 22, 2019.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2014 Volkswagen Jetta. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 5
- Owner complaints
- 387
- Crashes reported
- 20
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
2 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2014 Volkswagen Jetta, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
5 recalls on the 2014 Volkswagen Jetta
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 2011–2013, 2015–2018 Jetta, 4 other models
Air bags: frontal
- Campaign
- 15V483000
- Reported
- August 4, 2015
- Vehicles affected
- up to 415,825
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2011–2013 Jetta, 6 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 Jetta, 3 other models
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 2004–2013, 2015–2018 Jetta, 1 other model
2014 Volkswagen Jetta complaints by year
NHTSA has received 387 owner complaints about the 2014 Volkswagen Jetta, the newest on October 7, 2026. Of these, 20 describe a crash (5%) and 2 a fire; owners reported 18 injuries.
In complaints about the 2014 Volkswagen Jetta, the component group named most often is the engine (28%), followed by the electrical system (24%) and the power train (19%).
1 of the 2014 Volkswagen Jetta's 5 recalls also concerns the electrical system.
Where 2014 Volkswagen Jetta owners gave the mileage (275 complaints), the median was 55,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Engine108
- Electrical System94
- Power Train74
- Unknown Or Other71
- Fuel/Propulsion System38
- Air Bags37
Complaints received, by year
| 2013 | 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 36 | |
| 2015 | 25 | |
| 2016 | 23 | |
| 2017 | 48 | |
| 2018 | 45 | |
| 2019 | 78 | |
| 2020 | 36 | |
| 2021 | 20 | |
| 2022 | 31 | |
| 2023 | 14 | |
| 2024 | 15 | |
| 2025 | 9 | |
| 2026 | 5 |
Complaints about the 2014 Volkswagen Jetta peaked in 2019, when NHTSA received 78. 35% 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 Jetta drew 0.9× the complaints of the median Volkswagen Jetta year in the same window: 12th highest of the 22 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 387 complaints about the 2014 Volkswagen Jetta are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Volkswagen Jetta by model year
Other 2014 Volkswagen models
Newest record on this page: October 7, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted