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Volkswagen Jetta

For the Volkswagen Jetta, model years 2000–2027 on this site have 109 matched recalls and 8,852 matched complaints (recall file dated Oct 23, 2026; complaint file dated Oct 23, 2026). Matched complaint counts run from 6 in 2026 to 889 in 2009. These are raw counts, not rates. EPA rates non-electric configurations 19–44 mpg combined (file dated Sep 29, 2026).

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Volkswagen Jetta by model year puts the same counts in one sortable table.

Model years

One row per model year. Complaint and recall figures are matched raw counts.
Year	Recalls	Complaints	Crash	Fire	Investigations	Stars	Comb mpg
2000	4	439	27	14	6	Pre-2011	19–38
2001	6	668	40	12	5	Pre-2011	19–38
2002	5	702	31	71	7	Pre-2011	19–39
2003	2	456	25	70	4	Pre-2011	22–39
2004	2	231	15	20	0	Pre-2011	22–36
2005	4	248	8	14	0	Pre-2011	22–35
2006	4	580	15	6	0	Pre-2011	22–33
2007	4	201	11	7	0	Pre-2011	22–25
2008	4	188	4	4	1	Pre-2011	24–25
2009	6	889	31	8	5	Pre-2011	24–32
2010	4	852	23	5	4	Pre-2011	25–32
2011	7	607	27	9	5	4	25–32
2012	5	500	24	6	5	4	25–32
2013	4	518	12	3	3	4	25–44
2014	4	387	20	2	3	5	25–44
2015	7	194	8	1	0	5	26–44
2016	4	161	18	5	0	5	27–44
2017	6	160	18	3	0	5	27–33
2018	2	31	1	0	0	5	27–33
2019	11	549	19	3	2	5	28–34
2020	6	54	1	0	1	5	28–34
2021	4	69	3	0	0	5	28–34
2022	1	43	1	0	0	5	33–35
2023	0	43	1	0	0	5	33–35
2024	0	46	2	1	0	5	33–34
2025	2	30	4	0	0	5	33
2026	1	6	0	0	0	5	33–34
2027 · no NHTSA name match	0	0	0	0	0	5	33–34

Fuel economy by model year

Combined mpg below is EPA's figure for non-electric configurations in the file dated 2026-09-29. Electric configurations are shown as MPGe when that is the only figure. Annual fuel cost is EPA's published fuelCost08 range for the configurations of that year.

EPA combined fuel economy and annual fuel cost by model year
Year	Comb mpg	MPGe	kWh/100 mi	Range	Annual fuel cost
2000	19–38	—	—	—	$2,500–$3,750
2001	19–38	—	—	—	$2,500–$3,750
2002	19–39	—	—	—	$2,450–$3,750
2003	22–39	—	—	—	$2,450–$3,750
2004	22–36	—	—	—	$2,650–$3,750
2005	22–35	—	—	—	$2,750–$3,750
2006	22–33	—	—	—	$2,900–$3,400
2007	22–25	—	—	—	$3,050–$3,400
2008	24–25	—	—	—	$2,800–$3,400
2009	24–32	—	—	—	$2,800–$3,300
2010	25–32	—	—	—	$2,700–$3,300
2011	25–32	—	—	—	$2,400–$3,000
2012	25–32	—	—	—	$2,400–$3,150
2013	25–44	—	—	—	$1,850–$3,150
2014	25–44	—	—	—	$1,850–$3,150
2015	26–44	—	—	—	$1,850–$3,150
2016	27–44	—	—	—	$1,850–$2,500
2017	27–33	—	—	—	$2,050–$2,500
2018	27–33	—	—	—	$2,050–$2,500
2019	28–34	—	—	—	$1,950–$2,400
2020	28–34	—	—	—	$1,950–$2,400
2021	28–34	—	—	—	$1,950–$2,400
2022	33–35	—	—	—	$1,900–$2,050
2023	33–35	—	—	—	$1,900–$2,050
2024	33–34	—	—	—	$1,950–$2,050
2025	33	—	—	—	$2,050
2026	33–34	—	—	—	$1,950–$2,050
2027	33–34	—	—	—	$1,950–$2,050

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