NHTSA Safety Recalls
2020 Volkswagen Jetta Recalls
The 2020 Volkswagen Jetta has 6 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on February 14, 2024.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2020 Volkswagen Jetta. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 6
- Owner complaints
- 54
- Crashes reported
- 1
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2020 Volkswagen Jetta, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
6 recalls on the 2020 Volkswagen Jetta
Fuel system, gasoline
- Campaign
- 24V110000
- Reported
- February 14, 2024
- Vehicles affected
- up to 261,257
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2019 Jetta, 4 other models
Electrical system: ignition: switch
- Campaign
- 23V604000
- Reported
- August 30, 2023
- Vehicles affected
- up to 62,538
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2019 Jetta, 3 other models
Tires: pressure monitoring and regulating systems
- Campaign
- 22V815000
- Reported
- October 31, 2022
- Vehicles affected
- up to 296,044
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 138, tire pressure monitoring
- Same campaign
- also 2019 Jetta, 9 other models
Air bags: air bag/restraint control module
- Campaign
- 21V492000
- Reported
- June 30, 2021
- Vehicles affected
- up to 379
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2021 Jetta
Seats
- Campaign
- 20V505000
- Reported
- August 26, 2020
- Vehicles affected
- up to 5,376
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 5 other models
Service brakes, hydraulic: foundation components: disc: caliper
- Campaign
- 20V359000
- Reported
- June 17, 2020
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- only the 2020 Volkswagen Jetta
2020 Volkswagen Jetta complaints by year
NHTSA has received 54 owner complaints about the 2020 Volkswagen Jetta, the newest on October 10, 2026. Of these, 1 describe a crash (2%); owners reported 2 injuries.
In complaints about the 2020 Volkswagen Jetta, the component group named most often is the electrical system (31%), followed by the engine (22%) and the power train (13%).
1 of the 2020 Volkswagen Jetta's 6 recalls also concerns the electrical system.
Where 2020 Volkswagen Jetta owners gave the mileage (16 complaints), the median was 6,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System17
- Unknown Or Other13
- Engine12
- Power Train7
- Service Brakes7
- Fuel/Propulsion System5
Complaints received, by year
| 2020 | 7 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 9 | |
| 2022 | 5 | |
| 2023 | 7 | |
| 2024 | 14 | |
| 2025 | 5 | |
| 2026 | 7 |
Complaints about the 2020 Volkswagen Jetta peaked in 2024, when NHTSA received 14. 52% arrived between 2019 and 2023, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2020 vehicles, the 2020 Volkswagen Jetta drew 0.3× the complaints of the median Volkswagen Jetta year in the same window: 21st highest of the 22 ranked years.
That makes 2020 one of the three best-measured Volkswagen Jetta years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 54 complaints about the 2020 Volkswagen Jetta are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Volkswagen Jetta by model year
Other 2020 Volkswagen models
Newest record on this page: October 10, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted