Electrical complaints and recalls from NHTSA
Summary
The 2015 Volkswagen Jetta has 39 NHTSA electrical complaints and 1 electrical-related recall.
39
Complaints
1
Recalls
2
Injuries Reported
Data source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) · Last updated April 10, 2026
19V615000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:ANTI-THEFT:CONTROL MODULE
Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (Volkswagen) is recalling certain 2015-2019 GTI, 2015-2016 and 2018-2019 Golf, 2012-2019 Beetle and Beetle Convertib...
| Date ↓ | Component | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 3, 2026 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | Odometer Fraud. The contact purchased a 2015 Volkswagen Jetta. The contact stated that at the time o... |
| Apr 4, 2025 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,ENGINE,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | I’ve been experiencing intermittent start failures with my 2015 Volkswagen Jetta. The issue typicall... |
| Jan 1, 2025 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | I hardly used this car and had it diagnosed and new battery but the car intermittently won’t start s... |
| Sep 1, 2023 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | The contact owns a 2015 Volkswagen Jetta. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, t... |
| Jan 23, 2023 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,AIR BAGS,SERVICE BRAKES | I'm finding the brake pedal to be extremely hard to depress. This happened overnight, as the car was... |
| Nov 6, 2022 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | The contact owns a 2015 Volkswagen Jetta. The contact stated while attempting to start the vehicle, ... |
| Aug 3, 2022 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,STRUCTURE,ENGINE | 2015 Volkswagen Jetta active grille shutter. A shutter system on the front end of the vehicle on the... |
| Feb 11, 2022 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,AIR BAGS,FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE | Clockspring on my Jetta broke which disabled horn and cruise control functions. The safety issue is... |
| Sep 10, 2021 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | Since purchasing my used used 2015 VWA Jetta in 2019 I have had several issues I think are electrica... |
| Jan 25, 2021 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,ENGINE | ENGINE LIGHT IS ON 2015 JETTA 1.8 TURBO. ECU 1 STATES CODE P05A0 ACTIVE GRILLE AIR SHUTTER "A" STUCK... |
| Jan 1, 2021 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,AIR BAGS,SEATS | THE AIRBAG LIGHT FOR THE PASSENGER SEAT INDICATES THAT A PASSENGER IS NOT THERE WHEN THERE IS. IT WI... |
| Jun 20, 2020 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL,ENGINE | 1. Overtime, i noticed my car starts to jerk during acceleration and would accelerate, completely st... |
| Feb 11, 2020 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,STRUCTURE,ENGINE | THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN STATIONARY FOR ABOUT 6 HOURS THEN CAUGHT ON FIRE FROM THE ENGINE THROUGHOUT THE... |
| Nov 14, 2019 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,UNKNOWN OR OTHER | HORN WILL NOT FUNCTION BELOW FREEZING AMBIENT TEMPERATURE; LIKELY MOISTURE INSIDE HAS FROZEN THE MEC... |
| Sep 12, 2019 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | PUT CAR IN PARK ON CONVENIENCE STORE PARKING LOT COULDN'T TURN CAR OFF OR REMOVE KEY FROM IGNITION ... |
| Sep 11, 2019 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | **SEE ATTACHED DOCUMENT** |
| Jun 13, 2019 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | THE CAR WILL NOT TURN OFF. THE KEY IS STUCK IN THE IGNITION AND WILL NOT TURN TO TURN THE VEHICLE OF... |
| Jun 3, 2019 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | KEY GETS STUCK IN IGNITION WHEN TURNING OFF THE ENGINE. |
| May 10, 2019 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | IGNITION SWITCH WOULD NOT TURN OFF, COULD NOT TURN OFF ENGINE. |
| May 6, 2019 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,ENGINE | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT SHUT OFF... |