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Volkswagen Jetta problems by year
Owner complaints filed with NHTSA for each model year, with the number of safety recalls. Tap a year for the breakdown by component and mileage.
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- Complaints are unverified owner reports. NHTSA does not confirm each one.
- No denominator: popular cars get more complaints. Counts are not failure rates; a best-seller will show more reports than a rare model.
Complaints per model year
Bars: owner complaints (each complaint counted once). "rec." = safety recalls. Most complaints: 2010 (852).
2010852 · 4 rec.2011
607 · 7 rec.2012
500 · 5 rec.2013
518 · 4 rec.2014
387 · 4 rec.2015
194 · 7 rec.2016
161 · 4 rec.2017
160 · 6 rec.2018
31 · 2 rec.2019
549 · 11 rec.2020
54 · 6 rec.2021
69 · 4 rec.2022
43 · 1 rec.
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