Vehicle recall 15V028000 · January 23, 2015
Volkswagen Beetle, Jetta and 3 more models
A sealing cap at the fuel rail may fail, allowing fuel to leak into the engine compartment.
Source: NHTSA data as of September 22, 2026. Last refreshed Sep 23, 2026, 2:43 AM UTC.
- Summary
- Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (Volkswagen) is recalling certain model year 2014-2015 Jetta vehicles manufactured March 28, 2014, to November 24, 2014, 2014-2015 Passat vehicles manufactured April 7, 2014, to November 18, 2014, 2015 Golf and GTI vehicles manufactured July 1, 2014, to November 20, 2014, and 2014-2015 Beetle and Beetle Convertible vehicles manufactured March 31, 2014, to November 27, 2014. A sealing cap at the fuel rail may fail, allowing fuel to leak into the engine compartment.
- Consequence
- A fuel leak, in the presence of an ignition source, can result in a vehicle fire.
- Remedy
- Volkswagen will notify owners, and dealers will replace the fuel rails with new parts, free of charge. The recall began February 6, 2015. Owners may contact Volkswagen customer service at 1-800-822-8987. Volkswagen's number for this recall is 24BL. Note: This recall expands and supersedes recall 14V-809 (Volkswagen recall number 24Bi) and only affects vehicles not previously repaired under that campaign.
- Notes
- Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov.
Recall details
- NHTSA campaign
- 15V028000
- Reported to NHTSA
- January 23, 2015
- Filed by
- Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.
- Manufacturer campaign
- 24BL
- Owner notification
- February 9, 2015
- Vehicles potentially affected
- 44,658
- Initiated by
- the manufacturer
- Components
- Fuel system, gasoline › Fuel injection system › Fuel rail
Vehicles covered
As listed by NHTSA. A recall usually covers only some vehicles of each model and year, often a production date range.
- Volkswagen Beetle (2014-2015): 2015, 2014
- Volkswagen Golf (2015): 2015
- Volkswagen GTI (2015): 2015
- Volkswagen Jetta (2014-2015): 2015, 2014
- Volkswagen Passat (2014-2015): 2015, 2014
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