Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1999 Volkswagen NEW Beetle

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.

1
Open recalls
34
NHTSA complaints
0
Defect investigations
26
Service bulletins

NCAP safety

Overall
Not rated
Frontal
Not rated
Side
Not rated
Rollover
Not rated

Consumer complaints

34 filed
2
Crashes
0
Fires
2
Injuries reported
0
Fatalities reported

What people complain about

  • Electrical SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER Dash
    3
  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:ENGINE
    2
  • LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:HATCHBACK/LIFTGATE:LOCK
    2
  • VISIBILITY:POWER Window Devices AND Controls
    2
  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:EXHAUST System
    2
  • Fuel SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL Injection System
    2
  • EQUIPMENT:MECHANICAL:ACCESSORY SCISSOR/SCREW/BOTTLE JACK/LIFT
    2
  • Electrical SYSTEM:WIRING:FUSES AND Circuit Breakers
    2

Recalls

1 campaign
03V265000·EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS:SWITCH2003-07-25

ON CERTAIN PASSENGER VEHICLES, THE BRAKE LAMP SWITCH MAY MALFUNCTION.

RiskIF THIS HAPPENS, THE BRAKE LAMPS COULD BECOME INOPERATIVE; OR THE LAMPS COULD COME ON AND STAY ON, EVEN THOUGH THE VEHICLE IS PARKED.

FixDEALERS WILL INSPECT AND, IF NECESSARY, REPLACE THE BRAKE LAMP SWITCHES. OWNER NOTIFICATION BEGAN SEPTEMBER 26, 2003. OWNERS SHOULD CONTACT VWOA AT 1-800-822-8987.

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