Volkswagen seat belts problems
Across all Volkswagen models in NHTSA's complaint database, 549 complaints involve seat belts. The Jetta accounts for the largest share (31%). The single worst model year is the 1999 Jetta with 25 seat belts complaints.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 549 about seat belts, all Volkswagen models
- Most affected
- Jetta 31% of these complaints
- Typical mileage
- 60,000 miles 291 complaints with mileage
- Crashes and fires
- 52 and 4
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Which Volkswagen models
Worst model years for seat belts
- 1999 Volkswagen Jetta25 complaints
- 2018 Volkswagen Tiguan16 complaints
- 2004 Volkswagen Beetle14 complaints
- 2009 Volkswagen Jetta14 complaints
- 2018 Volkswagen Atlas13 complaints
Seat belts complaints by model year
View the numbers
| Model year | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 1990 | 22 |
| 1991 | 6 |
| 1992 | 5 |
| 1993 | 14 |
| 1994 | 10 |
| 1995 | 16 |
| 1996 | 1 |
| 1997 | 3 |
| 1998 | 7 |
| 1999 | 41 |
| 2000 | 24 |
| 2001 | 26 |
| 2002 | 31 |
| 2003 | 25 |
| 2004 | 29 |
| 2005 | 20 |
| 2006 | 25 |
| 2007 | 19 |
| 2008 | 13 |
| 2009 | 26 |
| 2010 | 19 |
| 2011 | 11 |
| 2012 | 22 |
| 2013 | 12 |
| 2014 | 12 |
| 2015 | 10 |
| 2016 | 6 |
| 2017 | 10 |
| 2018 | 30 |
| 2019 | 21 |
| 2020 | 5 |
| 2021 | 10 |
| 2022 | 7 |
| 2023 | 2 |
| 2024 | 4 |
| 2025 | 3 |
| 2026 | 2 |
Among the 291 of these complaints that report mileage, the median is about 60,000 miles.
Complaint counts are not adjusted for how many vehicles each brand sells, so large brands naturally have more complaints.