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2025 Volkswagen Jetta Recalls & Complaints

2

open safety recalls on record

Critical

29 owner complaints filed · Severity Index 0.48 · updated 2026-08-07

The recalls

Critical26V138000

Electrical System:Wiring

open circuit may draw a higher current and raises the risk of a fire.

Remedy & full details

Dealers will inspect and repair transmission ground wire as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed March 31, 2026. Owners may contact Volkswagen customer service at 1-800-893-5298. Volkswagen's number for this recall is 97TC. Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) involved in this recall became searchable on NHTSA.gov on March 13, 2026.

Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (Volkswagen) is recalling certain 2025-2026 Jetta vehicles. The transmission ground wire may not have been properly connected during assembly, causing an open electrical circuit.

Serious26V185000

Electrical System: Instrument Cluster/Panel

instrument panel that does not display critical safety information, such as the speedometer or warning lights, can raises the risk of a crash.

Remedy & full details

Dealers will update the instrument panel software and replace the instrument panel as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed May 22, 2026. Owners may contact Volkswagen customer service at 1-800-893-5298. Volkswagen's number for this recall is 90Z5. Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) involved in this recall became searchable on NHTSA.gov on March 22, 2026.

Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (Volkswagen) is recalling certain 2025 Jetta and Taos vehicles. The instrument panel may fail to display warning lights or gauges. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 101, "Control and Displays."

Complaint volume

29 this model-year 9 median, same year

Volume alone is not a fault rate — popular vehicles attract more reports. Read it next to the severity mix below.

What owners reported happened

5Crashes
0Fires
1Injuries
0Deaths

Across 29 complaints. Severity Index 0.48.

Severity Index weights each complaint's reported outcome (death ×10, injury ×4, fire ×3, crash ×2) and divides by total complaints. It measures how severe reports are, not how often faults occur.

What owners report most

Power Train6 · 21%Unknown Or Other5 · 17%Fuel/Propulsion System4 · 14%Electrical System3 · 10%Forward Collision Avoidan…2 · 7%Forward Collision Avoidan…1 · 3%Engine1 · 3%Visibility/Wiper1 · 3%
  1. Power Train — 6 reports
  2. Unknown Or Other — 5 reports
  3. Fuel/Propulsion System — 4 reports
  4. Electrical System — 3 reports
  5. Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control — 2 reports
  6. Forward Collision Avoidance: Warnings — 1 reports
  7. Engine — 1 reports
  8. Visibility/Wiper — 1 reports
  9. Steering — 1 reports
  10. Structure:Body — 1 reports

What to do

  1. Find your 17-character VIN on the driver's door jamb or the base of the windscreen.
  2. Check it against NHTSA's official lookup at nhtsa.gov/recalls — the authoritative record for your exact car.
  3. Book the repair with any franchised dealer. Safety recall work is free, with no time limit and regardless of who owns the car now.

Other model years

1995 (6) · 1996 (2) · 1997 (2) · 1998 (3) · 1999 (7) · 2000 (5) · 2001 (7) · 2002 (7) · 2003 (4) · 2004 (5) · 2005 (7) · 2006 (6) · 2007 (6) · 2008 (6) · 2009 (7) · 2010 (5) · 2011 (10) · 2012 (8) · 2013 (6) · 2014 (5) · 2015 (8) · 2016 (5) · 2017 (7) · 2018 (3) · 2019 (11) · 2020 (6) · 2021 (4) · 2022 (1) · 2023 · 2024 · 2025 · 2026 (1)

Numbers in brackets are open recall campaigns for that year.

Questions

Does an open recall mean the car is unsafe to drive?

Not usually. NHTSA issues a "do not drive" or "park outside" advisory when a defect is dangerous enough to keep you out of the car — those are flagged Critical above. Everything else should be repaired promptly but is not an immediate stop-driving order.

Do I pay for recall repairs?

No. Federal law requires the manufacturer to fix a safety recall free of charge, including parts and labour, whether or not you are the original owner.

Why are there complaints but no recalls?

Complaints are unverified reports filed by owners. They can prompt an investigation, but many never become recalls — either the fault isn't safety-related or it isn't widespread.

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