2006 VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE

1 safety recall campaign, 161 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.

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The record

Recall campaigns1
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations0
Owner complaints161
Complaints citing a crash7
Complaints citing a fire1

Complaints are reports from owners of this model year, not findings about any particular vehicle, and a model that sold in large numbers will collect more of them. They are counted here as filed; nothing is inferred from them.

Recall campaigns 1 of 1

10V6210002010-12-10

FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS

IF CHAFING OCCURS, THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A FUEL LEAK TO DEVELOP. FUEL LEAKAGE, IN THE PRESENCE OF AN IGNITION SOURCE, COULD RESULT IN A FIRE.

What owners report most

  • 30POWER TRAIN
  • 12POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
  • 11ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
  • 9EXTERIOR LIGHTING
  • 9AIR BAGS
  • 7ENGINE
  • 6ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
  • 6UNKNOWN OR OTHER

This page is about a model, not a car

Two 2006 VOLKSWAGEN BEETLEs can have entirely different histories, and a recall campaign usually covers a build-date window rather than a whole model year — which a VIN does not encode, so only the door-jamb label settles it. Scanning the VIN adds the decode, the crash tests, the fuel economy and the complaints matched to that exact engine, trim and assembly plant.

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