2008 VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE — ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

Name: NHTSA complaint: 2008 VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE — ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
Start: 2025-08-15

fire · 2121127 · 2025-08-16

Vehicle

Make: VOLKSWAGEN
Model: BEETLE
Year: 2008
Manufacturer: Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.
Component: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

Severity

Deaths: 0
Injured: 0
Fire: Yes
Crash: No
Police report: No
Medical attention: No
Vehicle towed: No

Narrative

My entire dashboard caught fire due to my a/c controls going out. My a/c dial started smoking before it finally caught fire. My dashboard is now melted where the a/c controls belong.

Source

Authoritative: NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number: 11681034
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown