NHTSA Safety Recalls
Volkswagen Recalls
Volkswagen has 843 model-year recall listings with NHTSA across 27 models and 2000–2025 model years. The model with the most is the Jetta, with 141.
Owners have filed 26,800 complaints with NHTSA about the Volkswagen model years listed here; the most, 889, concern the 2009 Jetta.
10 Volkswagen models have enough complaint data for a years-to-avoid ranking; 7 of them have at least one year that stands out.
Complaints about Volkswagen vehicles most often name the electrical system (at least 5,781), then the air bags (3,822).
The Volkswagen model with the most owner complaints is the Jetta: 8,759 across 24 model years listed here.
The newest Volkswagen recall here, 26V590000, was reported on September 11, 2026 and concerns the steering.
Volkswagen recalls most often concern the air bags: frontal: driver side: inflator module (81 model-year listings), then the unknown or other (61).
- Models
- 27
- Recall listings
- 843
- Model years
- 2000–2025
- Pages on file
- 192
campaign × model year
year + model
Volkswagen models, most recalls first
| Model | Recalls | Years covered |
|---|---|---|
| Volkswagen Jetta | 141 | 2000–2025(24) |
| Volkswagen Passat | 112 | 2000–2021(21) |
| Volkswagen Golf | 110 | 2000–2021(19) |
| Volkswagen Atlas | 75 | 2018–2025(8) |
| Volkswagen Tiguan | 65 | 2009–2025(17) |
| Volkswagen Atlas Cross Sport | 51 | 2020–2025(6) |
| Volkswagen Beetle | 47 | 2009–2019(10) |
| Volkswagen CC | 41 | 2009–2017(9) |
| Volkswagen ID.4 | 40 | 2021–2025(5) |
| Volkswagen GTI | 24 | 2000–2019(12) |
| Volkswagen Touareg | 23 | 2004–2017(11) |
| Volkswagen Eos | 21 | 2009–2016(8) |
| Volkswagen Golf SportWagen | 20 | 2015–2019(5) |
| Volkswagen Golf R | 19 | 2016–2024(6) |
| Volkswagen Routan | 9 | 2009–2012(3) |
| Volkswagen New Beetle | 8 | 2000–2004(4) |
| Volkswagen Taos | 8 | 2022–2025(2) |
| Volkswagen Rabbit | 7 | 2006–2009(4) |
| Volkswagen e-Golf | 5 | 2015–2018(3) |
| Volkswagen Jetta SportWagen | 4 | 2010–2014(4) |
| Volkswagen R32 | 3 | 2004–2007(2) |
| Volkswagen Cabrio | 2 | 2000–2001(2) |
| Volkswagen EuroVan | 2 | 2001–2003(2) |
| Volkswagen Passat Wagon | 2 | 2010–2010(1) |
| Volkswagen Touareg Hybrid | 2 | 2013–2014(2) |
| Volkswagen Arteon | 1 | 2019–2019(1) |
| Volkswagen GLI | 1 | 2021–2021(1) |
What gets recalled most on Volkswagen vehicles
- AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE81
- UNKNOWN OR OTHER61
- SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:MASTER CYLINDER36
- AIR BAGS:FRONTAL36
- ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE35
- EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS34
- EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS:SWITCH26
- ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:ANTI-THEFT:CONTROL MODULE25
- FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE24
- FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP24
- BACK OVER PREVENTION: SENSING SYSTEM: CAMERA20
- BACK OVER PREVENTION:SOFTWARE17
Volkswagen years to avoid, by model
- Volkswagen Atlasno year stands out
- Volkswagen Beetle2000, 2001
- Volkswagen CCno year stands out
- Volkswagen Golf2011, 2022
- Volkswagen GTI2002, 2008, 2019
- Volkswagen Jetta2001, 2002, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2019
- Volkswagen New Beetleno year stands out
- Volkswagen Passat2001, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2013, 2014
- Volkswagen Tiguan2018, 2022
- Volkswagen Touareg2004
Models sold in large numbers over many years collect more recalls and complaints than niche ones.
Newest record on this page: October 22, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted