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Year · Make · Model

2025 Volkswagen Jetta

What the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration knows about this vehicle: every recall, every consumer complaint, every defect investigation, every NCAP crash test. Sourced directly from NHTSA data feeds.

2
Open recalls
20
NHTSA complaints
0
Defect investigations
118
Service bulletins

NCAP safety

Overall
Frontal
Side
Rollover

Consumer complaints

20 filed
4
Crashes
0
Fires
1
Injuries reported
0
Fatalities reported

What people complain about

  • Power Train
    5
  • FUEL/PROPULSION System
    4
  • Unknown OR Other
    4
  • Electrical System
    3
  • Forward Collision AVOIDANCE: Adaptive Cruise Control
    2
  • STRUCTURE:BODY
    1
  • Exterior Lighting
    1
  • Forward Collision AVOIDANCE: Warnings
    1

Recalls

2 campaigns
26V185000·ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL2026-03-25

Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (Volkswagen) is recalling certain 2025 Jetta and Taos vehicles. The instrument panel may fail to display warning lights or gauges. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 101, "Control and Displays."

RiskAn instrument panel that does not display critical safety information, such as the speedometer or warning lights, can increase the risk of a crash.

FixDealers will update the instrument panel software and replace the instrument panel as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters are expected to be mailed May 22, 2026. Owners may contact Volkswagen customer service at 1-800-893-5298. Volkswagen's number for this recall is 90Z5. Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) involved in this recall became searchable on NHTSA.gov on March 22, 2026.

26V138000·ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING2026-03-11

Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (Volkswagen) is recalling certain 2025-2026 Jetta vehicles. The transmission ground wire may not have been properly connected during assembly, causing an open electrical circuit.

RiskAn open circuit may draw a higher current and increase the risk of a fire.

FixDealers will inspect and repair transmission ground wire as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed March 31, 2026. Owners may contact Volkswagen customer service at 1-800-893-5298. Volkswagen's number for this recall is 97TC. Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) involved in this recall became searchable on NHTSA.gov on March 13, 2026.

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