NHTSA Safety Recalls
2019 Volkswagen Beetle Recalls
The 2019 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 2019 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
- 14
- Crashes reported
- 1
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2019 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 2019 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 2017–2018 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 2012–2018 Beetle, 4 other models
Electrical system: instrument cluster/panel
- Campaign
- 19V094000
- Reported
- February 13, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 4,064
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 135, light vehicle brakes
- Same campaign
- only the 2019 Volkswagen Beetle
Service brakes, hydraulic: foundation components: master cylinder
- Campaign
- 20E064000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2012–2018 Beetle, 1 other model
2019 Volkswagen Beetle complaints by year
NHTSA has received 14 owner complaints about the 2019 Volkswagen Beetle, the newest on June 3, 2026. Of these, 1 describe a crash (7%).
In complaints about the 2019 Volkswagen Beetle, the component group named most often is the electrical system (29%), followed by the engine (14%) and the exterior lighting (14%).
2 of the 2019 Volkswagen Beetle's 4 recalls also concern the electrical system.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System4
- Engine2
- Exterior Lighting2
- Service Brakes2
- Unknown Or Other2
- Power Train1
Complaints received, by year
| 2019 | 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 2 | |
| 2021 | 4 | |
| 2022 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 3 | |
| 2026 | 2 |
Complaints about the 2019 Volkswagen Beetle peaked in 2021, when NHTSA received 4. 64% arrived between 2018 and 2022, the model year's first years on the road.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 14 complaints about the 2019 Volkswagen Beetle are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Volkswagen Beetle by model year
Other 2019 Volkswagen models
Newest record on this page: June 3, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted