{
  "owners": null,
  "title": "Volkswagen recall 20V785 (69BC): 2012-2014 Volkswagen Beetle and Beetle Convertible",
  "url": "https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/20v785/",
  "summary": "Recall 20V785 (Volkswagen): An inflator explosion may result in sharp metal fragments striking the driver or other occupants resulting in serious injury...",
  "excerpt": "Volkswagen Beetle, Volkswagen Beetle Convertible, model years 2012 to 2014. Filed by Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. and reported to NHTSA on 16 December 2020. 105,652 vehicles potentially affected. What the notice says Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (Volkswagen) is recalling certain 2012-2014 Volkswagen Beetle and Beetle Convertible vehicles. The driver's side air bag inflator may explode due to propellant degradation occurring after long-term exposure to high absolute humidity, high temperatures, and high temperature cycling. Is your vehicle included? Check with your VIN at NHTSA , or ask a dealer. This page is an independent copy of the notice, kept so you can see what changed after it was published. It is not the authority, and the authority’s own text is the one to act on. CarsMultiverse / Recalls Volkswagen's own number for this recall: 69BC. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 20V785 is the number NHTSA gave the same campaign, and the number this page is filed under. They are one recall, written two ways. Answered from the register this site holds. NHTSA is the record to act on. What the authority says can happen if this is not fixed: “An inflator explosion may result in sharp metal fragments striking the driver or other occupants resulting in serious injury or death.” 20V785 Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. Air Bags:Frontal 16 December 2020 2012-2014 VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE, VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE CONVERTIBLE An inflator explosion may result",
  "register": {
    "authority": "NHTSA",
    "country": "United States",
    "index": "https://carsmultiverse.com/changed/"
  },
  "datePublished": "2026-08-23T21:30:54+00:00",
  "dateModified": "2026-09-16T18:43:25+00:00",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "citation": "CarsMultiverse, \"Volkswagen recall 20V785 (69BC): 2012-2014 Volkswagen Beetle and Beetle Convertible\", https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/20v785/, licensed CC BY 4.0.",
  "note": "CarsMultiverse is an independent record, not a safety authority. To act on a recall, use the official register."
}