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Model years to avoid

Volkswagen Jetta GLI

What it says about you

Opinion

A Jetta with GTI parts underneath, for people who wanted the boot. The quietly sensible enthusiast pick.

Not measured, not from the data, and offered in fun. Everything below this is not.

NHTSA does not file this car separately. Complaints about the Volkswagen Jetta GLI are recorded against the Volkswagen Jetta, so there is no fault record here that belongs to this car alone — we checked, and the two came back 100% identical. Rather than show you the Volkswagen Jetta's numbers under this name, this page shows what is genuinely specific to it. The record itself is on the Volkswagen Jetta page.

Every year

  1. 2026 nothing on record 0 complaints
  2. 2025 nothing on record 0 complaints
  3. 2022 nothing on record 0 complaints
  4. 2021 nothing on record 0 complaints
  5. 2019 nothing on record 0 complaints
  6. 2018 nothing on record 0 complaints
  7. 2017 nothing on record 0 complaints
  8. 2016 nothing on record 0 complaints

What does a Volkswagen Jetta GLI say about you?

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Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints — compared against itself rather than against other cars, so popularity and age do not decide the answer.