Vehicle report
2017 VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE CONVERTIBLE
This model year
What the record shows
The 2017 Volkswagen Beetle Convertible is a subcompact car, and the 18th model year of a nameplate NHTSA records from 2000 to 2019.
The EPA rated one configuration: a single 1.8-litre four-cylinder engine, front-wheel drive only, a single transmission, Automatic (S6) and running on regular gasoline.
Combined fuel economy is 28 mpg.
The federal record holds 2 owner complaints, 2 safety recalls and 412 service bulletins for it.
Counts are reports, not rates. A complaint is something an owner chose to file; it is unverified and unadjusted for how many of these cars were sold, so the useful comparison is against other model years of the same car. Recalls and investigations carry more weight because a manufacturer or regulator acted on them.
Reading this report
Complaint counts are reports filed with NHTSA, not failure rates. A common model collects more of them than a rare one that breaks more often.