The 2019 Volkswagen Jetta has earned a 5 star overall safety rating from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), joining VW Passat, Atlas, Golf, Golf Alltrack, Golf GTI, Golf R, Golf Sportwagen and Passat in the list of the government’s highest rated vehicles. NHTSA has provided consumers with vehicle safety information dating back to 1978, including front, side and rollover crash test ratings in order to help people make smart purchasing decisions.
The Jetta offers Automatic Post Collision Braking System standard on all trims. This system builds on the premise that a collision is rarely a single, instantaneous action, but rather a series of events that follow the initial impact—the most significant of which can cause additional collisions. The Automatic Post Collision Braking System is designed to address this by applying the brakes when a primary collision is detected by the airbag sensors, thus helping reduce residual kinetic energy and, in turn, the chance of additional damage.
Available driver assistance features on the Jetta, which contributed to the 5 star rating, include Forward Collision Warning and Autonomous Emergency Braking, Blind Spot Monitoring, Rear Traffic Alert, Adaptive Cruise Control, Lane Assist, and Light Assist.
“Volkswagen is delighted that the Jetta, our best-selling model, has earned the highest 5-star overall safety rating from the government—providing further validation that Volkswagen vehicles are among the safest vehicles in the industry,” said Derrick Hatami, Executive Vice President of Sales, Marketing and After Sales for Volkswagen of America, Inc.
