NHTSA Safety Recalls
2015 Volkswagen Beetle Recalls
The 2015 Volkswagen Beetle has 6 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on December 21, 2022.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2015 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
- 83
- Crashes reported
- 2
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2015 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 2015 Volkswagen Beetle
Air bags: frontal: driver side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 22V945000
- Reported
- December 21, 2022
- Vehicles affected
- up to 37,558
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2016 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 2012–2014, 2016–2019 Beetle, 4 other models
Engine and engine cooling: engine
- Campaign
- 15V705000
- Reported
- October 26, 2015
- Vehicles affected
- up to 91,867
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2016 Beetle, 3 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 2014 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 2013–2014 Beetle
Service brakes, hydraulic: foundation components: master cylinder
- Campaign
- 20E064000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2012–2014, 2016–2019 Beetle, 1 other model
2015 Volkswagen Beetle complaints by year
NHTSA has received 83 owner complaints about the 2015 Volkswagen Beetle, the newest on August 9, 2025. Of these, 2 describe a crash (2%); owners reported 1 injury.
In complaints about the 2015 Volkswagen Beetle, the component group named most often is the air bags (51%), followed by the electrical system (19%) and the engine (8%).
1 of the 2015 Volkswagen Beetle's 6 recalls also concerns the air bags.
Where 2015 Volkswagen Beetle owners gave the mileage (27 complaints), the median was 8,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Air Bags42
- Electrical System16
- Unknown Or Other13
- Engine7
- Service Brakes7
- Power Train6
Complaints received, by year
| 2015 | 11 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 8 | |
| 2017 | 3 | |
| 2018 | 4 | |
| 2019 | 5 | |
| 2020 | 4 | |
| 2021 | 2 | |
| 2022 | 2 | |
| 2023 | 33 | |
| 2024 | 4 | |
| 2025 | 7 |
Complaints about the 2015 Volkswagen Beetle peaked in 2023, when NHTSA received 33. 31% arrived between 2014 and 2018, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2015 vehicles, the 2015 Volkswagen Beetle drew 1.0× the complaints of the median Volkswagen Beetle year in the same window: 9th highest of the 12 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 83 complaints about the 2015 Volkswagen Beetle are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Volkswagen Beetle by model year
Other 2015 Volkswagen models
Newest record on this page: August 9, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted