19V679000
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
If the vehicles do not meet all regulatory requirements, there could be an increased risk of a crash, fire, or injury.
2013 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA
4 safety recall campaigns, 3 defect investigations (1 open), 737 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns4
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations31 open
Owner complaints737
Complaints citing a crash22
Complaints citing a fire4
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 4 of 4
19V615000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:ANTI-THEFT:CONTROL MODULE
Removing the key while the shift lever is in a position other than "Park" increases the risk of an unintended vehicle rollaway that may result in personal injury or a crash.
15V483000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
A loss of electrical connection to the driver's frontal air bag will prevent the air bag from deploying in the event of a vehicle crash, increasing the risk of injury.
14V656000
SUSPENSION:REAR
The reduced durability of the trailing arm may result in its sudden fracture, possibly causing loss of vehicle control and increasing the risk of a crash.
What owners report most
- 143ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 139POWER TRAIN
- 112ENGINE
- 98UNKNOWN OR OTHER
- 37STEERING
- 34FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
- 29AIR BAGS
- 22SERVICE BRAKES
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2013 VOLKSWAGEN JETTAs 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.