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Volkswagen Jetta Sportwagen Recalls & Complaints by Model Year

NHTSA lists 2 safety recalls and 171 owner complaints across 7 model years of the Volkswagen Jetta Sportwagen (2008–2014). The most-complained-about year is 2013.

2
safety recalls, all years
171
owner complaints, all years
2009
year with most recalls
2013
year with most complaints

Pick your Volkswagen Jetta Sportwagen model year

Model yearRecallsComplaints
2014 Volkswagen Jetta Sportwagen134
2013 Volkswagen Jetta Sportwagen136
2012 Volkswagen Jetta Sportwagen127
2011 Volkswagen Jetta Sportwagen133
2010 Volkswagen Jetta Sportwagen123
2009 Volkswagen Jetta Sportwagen116
2008 Volkswagen Jetta Sportwagen02

What Volkswagen Jetta Sportwagen owners complain about

Across all model years, owners have filed 171 complaints with NHTSA. The 2013 model year has the most, with 36.

All Volkswagen Jetta Sportwagen recalls (2)

Every NHTSA safety campaign that lists a Volkswagen Jetta Sportwagen, most recent first, with the model years each one covers.

  1. Electronic stability control (esc) and antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip (service brakes)

    NHTSA 16V913000 Reported 135,683 vehicles potentially affected Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.

    Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (Volkswagen) is recalling certain model year 2009-2010 Volkswagen Jetta A5 Sedan, 2009 Volkswagen Jetta SportWagen, Eos, GTI, Rabbit and Audi A3 vehicles, and 2010 Volkswagen Golf A6 vehicles. The Antilock Brake System (ABS) control unit may fail during ABS or Electronic Stability Control (ESC)…

    Remedy: Volkswagen will notify owners, and dealers will update the ABS control module software to improve the module's self-testing abilities. Any module that fails the new diagnostic test will be replaced. These repairs will…

    Model years: 2009

  2. Inflator module (air bags)

    NHTSA 16V078000 Reported 659,493 vehicles potentially affected Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.

    Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (Volkswagen) is recalling certain model year 2010-2014 Golf, 2007-2010 Passat sedans and wagon, 2012-2014 Passat sedan and Eos, 2009-2014 CC, 2009-2012 Audi Q5, 2010-2012 S5 Cabriolet and 2010-2012 Audi A5 Cabriolet vehicles. Upon deployment of the driver's frontal air bag, excessive internal pressure…

    Remedy: Volkswagen will notify owners, and dealers will replace the driver's frontal air bag inflators, free of charge. Volkswagen issued an interim notification to owners on April 12, 2016, and will send a second notification…

    Model years: 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

Other Volkswagen models

Source: NHTSA recall and complaint databases and EPA fuel economy data, October 2026. Complaint counts are owner reports to NHTSA, not verified defects. Recall counts are safety campaigns that list this model year; whether a particular car was already repaired depends on its VIN. How this data is compiled.