2020 Volkswagen Jetta
This year drew 51 complaints against a median of 201 across the Volkswagen Jetta's other years, 0.3× that median. No single fault was reported unusually often, and it did not reach the 2.5× threshold this site flags at. It has 6 recalls, listed below.
Generation 3 of the Volkswagen Jetta, which began in 2019. Everything below compares this year against the others in that generation, not against a different car wearing the same name.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 51 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 201 |
| Involving a crash | 1 |
| Recalls | 6 |
| NHTSA crash rating | 5/5 |
| EPA combined | 31 mpg |
Recalls for this year
- 20V505000 SEATS Fixed free of charge.
- 21V492000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
- 20V359000 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC Fixed free of charge.
- 22V815000 TIRES Fixed free of charge.
- 23V604000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM Fixed free of charge.
- 24V110000 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE Fixed free of charge.
How this was worked out
Every year of the Volkswagen Jetta was compared against its own history rather than against other cars, which removes popularity and age from the answer — a common car draws more complaints at equal reliability, and an older one has had longer to accumulate them. A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints.
This is a fault record, not a review. Nobody files a federal complaint to say the car was fine, so it shows what tends to go wrong — not whether owners liked it, and not whether it is a good car.
Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . Look this vehicle up directly on NHTSA's site to check anything here.
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