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Volkswagen Jetta 2015

Safety complaints filed by owners in the first three years, per 1,000 sold.

0.38 per 1,000

better than this nameplate’s own median · from 55 complaints filed in the first three years, of 197 ever. 95% lower bound 0.28.

Against its own model years

The model year carries far more information than the badge, so this is the comparison that matters.

Model year	Per 1,000	Complaints
2008	0.68	66
2009	2.85	293
2010	2.57	298
2011	1.29	194
2012	0.71	123
2013	0.67	112
2014	0.56	91
2015	0.38	55
2016	0.33	41
2017	0.44	52
2018	0.05	5
2019	3.01	288
2020	0.22	20
2021	0.41	30
2022	0.50	25
2023	0.77	33

What owners describe

Phrases over-represented in these complaints compared with the same component on every other vehicle. Counts are complaints containing the phrase.

Electrical System 49 complaints

ignition	16	32%
key	15	30%
turn	12	24%
stuck	10	20%

When it breaks

35% of reported failures happened before 30,000 miles (median 42,804 miles, from 127 complaints that recorded one).

No clear early or late pattern.

What NHTSA did

1 investigation covering this model year, 1 of which list a recall campaign.

Pedestrian alert sounds

What owners and forums say

Not built yet. This panel is meant to carry community sentiment beside the filed-complaint data, so the two can be compared. Showing something weaker here would defeat its purpose.

Check this yourself

Example records behind this page:

10676403 · 10691137 · 10693776 · 10703283 · 10714966 · 10721541

Limits of this figure. It counts safety complaints filed with the federal government, which is a floor on failures and not a census: problems that only cost money are under-reported. Complaint rates also reflect how likely a brand’s owners are to file, which cannot be separated from how often the car fails. Sales are calendar-year and the denominator for this nameplate is automated checks only, not verified against an external source.