20V785000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
An inflator explosion may result in sharp metal fragments striking the driver or other occupants resulting in serious injury or death.
2014 VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE
5 safety recall campaigns, 71 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns5
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations0
Owner complaints71
Complaints citing a crash3
Complaints citing a fire2
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 5 of 5
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.
15V028000
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM:FUEL RAIL
A fuel leak, in the presence of an ignition source, can result in a vehicle fire.
14V658000
VISIBILITY:SUN/MOON ROOF ASSEMBLY
Vehicle occupants could be injured by falling glass. A sunroof break during vehicle operation also increases the risk of driver distraction and a resulting vehicle crash.
14V182000
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:COOLING UNIT AND LINES
The leaking transmission fluid could contact a hot surface and result in a vehicle fire.
What owners report most
- 15AIR BAGS
- 10ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 6ENGINE
- 5STRUCTURE:BODY
- 4UNKNOWN OR OTHER
- 4VISIBILITY/WIPER
- 3STEERING
- 3SERVICE BRAKES
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2014 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.