Safety Score
70
Average
Recalls
3
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
—
Recalls (3)
| Date | NHTSA ID | Component | Units | Completion | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-09-23 | 20E064000 |
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:MASTER CYLINDER | 38 | — | Details |
| 2014-10-20 | 14V658000 |
VISIBILITY:SUN/MOON ROOF ASSEMBLY | 7,062 | — | Details |
| 2012-11-15 | 12V540000 |
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:SENSOR/CONTROL MODULE-INACTIVE | 2,471 | — | Details |
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-30 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2013 Volkswagen Beetle. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 20V785000 (Air B… |
| 2025-07-10 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | Key is getting stuck in the vechile. Wont let me shut the vechile off and took it to the vechile and the said it was th… |
| 2025-05-01 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | I live on Hawaiʻi Island and my 2013 Volkswagen Beetle Convertible (VIN [XXX] ) has an open federal airbag safety recal… |
| 2025-04-03 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | I’m filing this complaint regarding the Takata airbag recall on my 2013 Volkswagen Beetle. I took my vehicle to the dea… |
| 2024-10-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | My car will randomly die after sitting at a light or pulling onto the highway or just pulling out of my garage. The ca… |
| 2024-04-25 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | Driving 60miles an hour the entire car shot down. No lights, no control, the car was completely off it was a very scary… |
| 2023-07-04 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 2 | The airbags deployed on their own on 7-4-2023 in my daughter’s 2013 VW Beetle. My daughter and her friend were both in… |
| 2023-04-03 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | Noticed an fuel smell coming from the engine bay. After a few times of looking for the source I came across the fuel ra… |
| 2022-11-08 | ENGINE | No | 0 | I have a diesel leak which Volkswagen did not repair (after I towed it there and told them about it in writing) and is … |
| 2022-05-03 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | Had the Takata Air Bag Recall completed at VW dealership in CC, Tx. Shortly after the Air Bag kept giving Errors and th… |
| 2022-04-11 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | After parking vehicle in a parking lot, manipulated gear shift from drive to park. Left vehicle and continued business.… |
| 2022-04-08 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | There was a Recall on my Airbag that was replaced by the VW dealership in Corpus Christi but afterwards I keep getting … |
| 2022-02-04 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | 2013 VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO TAKATA AIRBAG SAFETY RECALL. |
| 2022-01-15 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | While driving on the interstate my 2013 VW Beetle showed a stability malfunction warning then lost power and would not … |
| 2021-12-08 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | Air bag explodes D/S No notice from VW !!!!! or dealer |
| 2021-11-10 | ENGINE | No | 0 | Engine stalled and made jerking movements when coming to a stop and continued. Per mechanic, engine had metal contamina… |
| 2021-09-07 | TIRES | No | 0 | Continental passenger rear tire (215/60 R 16) blew out while I was driving on the freeway. There was a swerve then a po… |
| 2021-07-06 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | Takata recall. The contact owns a 2013 Volkswagen Beetle. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 2… |
| 2021-06-05 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | Contacted Heritage VW 9215 Harford Rd Suite 2, Parkville, MD 21234, for a safety Recall 69BC of Driver Frontal Airbag … |
| 2021-05-27 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | Takata recall. The contact owns a 2013 Volkswagen Beetle. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 2… |
| 2021-05-07 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBE… |
| 2021-04-15 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBE… |
| 2021-03-12 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE COMMUNICATION ERRORS (P0864) CAUSED VEHICLE TO SHUT DOWN AT HIGH SPEED (55MPH) KILLING POWE… |
| 2021-03-01 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | I have been contacted by VW of America several times since the beginning of the year regarding the aircall recall on my… |
| 2021-03-01 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 2… |
| 2021-03-01 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | Takata recall. The contact owns a 2013 Volkswagen Beetle. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 2… |
| 2021-02-17 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | WE GOT A LETTER SAYING THE AIR BAGS COULD GO OFF AT ANY TIME AND IT IS A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION AND WE CAN'T GET IT… |
| 2021-02-17 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | 2 RECALLS ARE ON MY BUG FIRST ONE SAYS THE AIR BAG INFLATOR MAY EXPLODE.CAUSING INJURY OR DEATH. I CALLED VW THEY SAID … |
| 2021-02-16 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | I was notified by Volkswagen in February 2021 that the airbags in my vehicle were recalled and to expect the parts to b… |
| 2021-02-01 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2013 Volkswagen Beetle. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 20V785000 (Air B… |
| 2021-02-01 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | NHYSA: 20V785 Volkswagen RECALL 69BC - Driver Front Airbag |
| 2021-01-03 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | VW RECALL: 69BC, DRIVER FRONTAL AIRBAG, NHTSA: 20V785 4/16/21: TODAY I CALLED LOCAL VW DEALERSHIP, (SOUTHPOINT VOLKS… |
| 2021-01-02 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | I have been trying to get the airbag recalled fixed for over a year now, and the dealer im bought the car from told me … |
| 2021-01-01 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | Takata recall. The contact owns a 2013 Volkswagen Beetle. The contact received a notification for NHTSA Campaign Number… |
| 2020-12-30 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2013 Volkswagen Beetle. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 20V785000(Air Ba… |
| 2020-12-21 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | Takata Recall. The contact owns a 2013 Volkswagen Beetle. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number 20… |
| 2020-12-16 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | A RECALL HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED FOR AN ISSUE ON THE FRONTAL AIRBAGS, WHICH MAY RESULT IN AN EXPLOSION SENDING METAL FRAGME… |
| 2020-12-16 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2013 Volkswagen Beetle. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 20V785000 (Air B… |
| 2020-11-14 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | Takata Recall. The contact owns a 2013 Volkswagen Beetle. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 2… |
| 2020-07-30 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | THE TAIL LIGHT CONNECTOR ROTTED WHILE L WAS DRIVING ON THE STREET |
| 2020-07-22 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | TRYING TO TURN OFF THE MOTOR BUT KEY WILL NOT TURN, IT WILL MOVE FORWARD AS IF YOU ARE STARTING IT BUT NOT TO REMOVE TH… |
| 2020-07-07 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | THE AIR CONDITIONER COMPRESSOR STOP WORKING |
| 2020-06-27 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | WHEN DECELERATING ALL POWER SHUTS OFF. THIS HAS HAPPENED ON AN OFF RAMP (7-5-19), GOING TO START TO GO THOUGH A GREEN … |
| 2020-06-20 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | BOUGHT CAR ONE YEAR AND A HALF AGO. BUY CAR USED WITH 40,000 MILES ON IT. STARTED HAVING ISSUES WITH THE POWER STEERING… |
| 2020-02-15 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | WHEN GOING OVER SPEED BUMPS OR BUMPS IN ROADS, THE SUSPENSION IS SQUEAKY. IN MOTION ON CITY STREETS THE GAS CAP BEC… |
| 2019-08-21 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | Yes | 0 | I GOT A BUNCH OF CALLS AND MANY NOTICES REGARDING AN AIRBAG RECALL, BUT I WAS NEVER MADE AWARE OF THE SHIFT LEVER RECAL… |
| 2019-07-24 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CHECK OIL WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE… |
| 2019-07-21 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | OVER TIME, THE IGNITION WILL NOT TURN WHENEVER THE KEY IS INSERTED. THIS OCCURS ESPECIALLY OFTEN IN WARMER WEATHER, WHI… |
| 2019-07-08 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | AROUND 7/8/19 MY KEY STARTED GETTING STUCK IN THE ON POSITION CAR RUNNING. I TO BE AFTER READING COMPLAINTS AND SEEN T… |
| 2019-02-04 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | MY 2013 BEETLE WAS STATIONARY WITH THE ENGINE RUNNING AND THE KEY LOCKED IN THE IGNITION. I WAS UNABLE TO TURN THE KEY … |