NHTSA Safety Recalls
2018 Volkswagen Beetle Recalls
The 2018 Volkswagen Beetle has 4 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on October 30, 2024.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2018 Volkswagen Beetle. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 4
- Owner complaints
- 17
- Crashes reported
- 0
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2018 Volkswagen Beetle, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
4 recalls on the 2018 Volkswagen Beetle
Air bags: frontal: driver side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 24V834000
- Reported
- October 30, 2024
- Vehicles affected
- up to 248,330
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2017, 2019 Beetle, 1 other model
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 2012–2017, 2019 Beetle, 4 other models
Service brakes, hydraulic: foundation components: disc: caliper
- Campaign
- 18V369000
- Reported
- June 1, 2018
- Vehicles affected
- up to 10,225
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- NHTSA advisory
- do not drive until repaired
- Same campaign
- also 7 other models
Service brakes, hydraulic: foundation components: master cylinder
- Campaign
- 20E064000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2012–2017, 2019 Beetle, 1 other model
2018 Volkswagen Beetle complaints by year
NHTSA has received 17 owner complaints about the 2018 Volkswagen Beetle, the newest on September 5, 2026.
In complaints about the 2018 Volkswagen Beetle, the component group named most often is the air bags (41%), followed by the electrical system (35%) and the engine (6%).
1 of the 2018 Volkswagen Beetle's 4 recalls also concerns the air bags.
Component groups named in complaints
- Air Bags7
- Electrical System6
- Unknown Or Other4
- Engine1
- Forward Collision Avoidance1
- Fuel System, Gasoline1
Complaints received, by year
| 2018 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 4 | |
| 2022 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 2 | |
| 2025 | 6 | |
| 2026 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2018 Volkswagen Beetle peaked in 2025, when NHTSA received 6. 41% arrived between 2017 and 2021, the model year's first years on the road.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 17 complaints about the 2018 Volkswagen Beetle are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Volkswagen Beetle by model year
Other 2018 Volkswagen models
Newest record on this page: September 5, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted