19V879000
WHEELS
The excessive stress can cause steering, traction or other stability issues or breakage relating to the front wheels, and increase the risk of a crash.
2019 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA
11 safety recall campaigns, 1 carrying NHTSA's "park it" advisory, 2 defect investigations, 789 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
Do not drive
1 campaign covering the 2019 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA carries NHTSA’s “park it” advisory — the federal government telling owners to stop driving the vehicle until the remedy has been performed. Whether it was performed on any particular car is not something NHTSA publishes in a form anyone can query; a franchised dealer can run the VIN and print the record in a minute, and the repair is free.
The record
Recall campaigns11
Park it1stop driving until repaired
Investigations2
Owner complaints789
Complaints citing a crash41
Complaints citing a fire5
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 6 of 11
24V110000
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
A fuel leak in the presence of an ignition source increases the risk of a fire.
23V619000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
Without an audible warning, the driver may be unaware that the key is left in the ignition, which can increase the risk of vehicle theft or a crash.
23V604000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
Ignition switch failure can cause the electrical system to shut down and the engine to stall while driving, increasing the risk of a crash.
22V815000
TIRES:PRESSURE MONITORING AND REGULATING SYSTEMS
An undetected sudden loss of pressure in all four tires increases the risk of a crash.
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.
What owners report most
- 161POWER TRAIN
- 148ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 146ENGINE
- 94UNKNOWN OR OTHER
- 29SERVICE BRAKES
- 25EXTERIOR LIGHTING
- 25FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
- 21STRUCTURE:BODY
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2019 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.