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Volkswagen Beetle Convertible

Every Volkswagen Beetle Convertible model year on file, 2015 to 2019. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years300 involved a crash, fire, injury or death

Model years52015 to 2019

Recall campaigns4Distinct campaigns listing it

Service bulletins2,692Summed across model years

By model year

The 2015 model year drew the most complaints, 16, 53% of the model's total

Owner complaints filed with NHTSA, all years filed, by model year.

Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.

Components

Airbags leads the Volkswagen Beetle Convertible complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Airbags

Electrical system

Steering

Engine and cooling

Powertrain

Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.

Model years

The record for each Volkswagen Beetle Convertible model year

Peer index compares complaints with the median vehicle of the same model year and body class (100 is the median). It corrects for age, not for how many were sold.

Volkswagen Beetle Convertible by model year
Year	Body	Complaints	Severity index	Peer index	Recalls	Bulletins
2019	Convertible	1	0.0	33	2	355
2018	Not decoded	0	None	None	3	457
2017	Convertible	2	0.0	50	2	478
2016	Convertible	11	0.0	116	2	602
2015	Convertible	16	0.0	800	2	800

Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.

Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Volkswagen Beetle Convertible

24V-834 Oct 30, 2024
Driver's side frontal air bag inflator may explode due to propellant degradation occurring after long-term exposure to high absolute humidity,…
Airbags · 248k vehicles
22V-945 Dec 21, 2022
Driver's side air bag inflator may explode due to propellant degradation occurring after long-term exposure to high absolute humidity, high…
Airbags · 38k vehicles
19V-615 Aug 22, 2019
Build-up of silicate on the shift lever micro switch contacts may enable the key to be removed from the ignition when the transmission shift lever…
Electrical system · 679k vehicles
18V-369 Jun 1, 2018
Brake caliper pistons on these vehicles may have insufficient coating, potentially reducing the brake performance
Brakes · 10k vehicles

Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.