Volkswagen Beetle Complaints

2,629 consumer complaints on file.

#10291490November 9, 2009
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I WOULD LIKE TO FILE A COMPLAINT REGARDING MY 2003 VW BEETLE WHICH I PURCHASED BRAND NEW IN APRIL OF 2003. I HAVE JUST OVER 60K MILES AND IT APPEARS THAT MY TRANSMISSION IS GOING OUT. I HAVE TAKEN IT A REPUTABLE MECHANIC WHO TELLS ME IT COULD BE APPROX $3000 TO FIX IT. I HAVE READ ON THE INTERNET THAT THIS SEEMS TO BE A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE VW'S AND I THINK THAT VOLKSWAGEN SHOULD RECALL THE TRANSMISSIONS AND PAY TO HAVE THEM REPLACED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10291495November 9, 2009
VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
REAR WINDOW REGULATOR FAILURE X 2. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10291538November 9, 2009
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHILE DRIVING THE CAR IT WILL NOT SHIFT OUT AND THEN JERK REAL BAD. DOWNSHIFTS EXTREMELY HARD AND SOMETIMES WILL NOT COME OUT OF GEAR WHEN SLOWING DOWN TO A STOP. IT HAS BEEN TO THE DEALERSHIP AND SEVERAL OTHER PEOPLE ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. WHEN TAKING OFF THE CAR WILL STALL AND THEN ENGAGE IN GEAR ALMOST CAUSING ME TO BE REAR ENDED SEVERAL TIMES. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10291377November 8, 2009
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
2003 VW BEETLE, TRANSMISSION SLIPS BETWEEN 2ND AND 3RD GEAR ON UPSHIFT. VW 'REBUILT' THE TRANSMISSION LAST YEAR BUT PROBLEM RETURNED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10289903October 26, 2009
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
2005 VW BEETLE TRANSMISSION SLIPPING---SHIFTING FROM 2ND TO 3RD, ENGINE REVS AND TRANS SLAMS INTO 3RD. GIVES NO WARNING. HASN'T DEVELOPED A NOTICEABLE PATTERN. WITH JUST UNDER 47,000 MILES THERE IS NO MAINTENANCE RELATED REASON THIS SHOULD BE OCCURRING. ADD THIS ONE TO THE COMPLAINT FILE ALONG WITH THE SIMILAR TRANSMISSION ISSUES. AWAITING DEALER JUDGMENT TO DETERMINE NEXT COURSE OF ACTION. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10289756October 25, 2009
VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
REAR WINDOW MOTOR AND OR REGULATOR BREAKS LEAVING THE REAR WINDOW IN THE DOWN POSITION. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10289691October 24, 2009
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
2005 VW BEETLE WITH 95,000 MILES. BEEN MAINTAINED AND TAKEN CARE OF. AS WITH MANY OTHER VW BEETLE OWNERS, THE TRANSMISSION IS MESSED UP. DOESN'T HAPPEN ALL THE TIME BUT HESITATES AND BUCKS WHEN SHIFTING UP AND DOWN. VERY WORRISOME IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10289389October 22, 2009
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION OF 2002 VW BEETLE NEEDS TO BE REPLACED . THE CAR HAS ONLY 31,000 MILES AND HAS BEEN VERY WELL CARED FOR. THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM ON VW BEETLES. COULD THERE BE A DEFECT IN THE TRANSMISSIONS OF THERE CARS? *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10289061October 20, 2009
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, EQUIPMENT:MECHANICAL
I HAVE A 04 VOLKS.BEETLE THAT HAS TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. IT JERKS REAL HARD WHEN YOU BREAK AND SWITCHING FROM 3RD TO 4TH GEAR THEN FROM 4TH TO 3RD. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU GO TO STOP AND IT SEEMS NOT TO CATCH THEN JERK. MY CAR HAS ONLY 53,000 MILES AND ALREADY NEEDS A TRANSMISSION. I BROUGHT IT TO A MECHANIC AND THEY QUOTED ME $5000.00 TO REBUILD THEY ALSO SAID THAT THE TRANSMISSION DOES NOT HAVE A COOLANT SENSOR AND THAT'S WHY IS JERKING CAUSE ITS HOT. THE DEALERSHIP WANTS $7000.00. I'M A SINGLE PARENT OF 4 WHO TRULY CANNOT AFFORD THIS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10289075October 20, 2009
VISIBILITY:REAR WINDOW WIPER/WASHER
2004 VW BEETLE CONVERTIBLE WITH LESS THAT 30K MILES. HAS 2 BROKEN REAR WINDOW MOTORS WITH AN ESTIMATED COST OF $1700.00 TO FIX! MOTORS BLEW WITHIN A MONTH OF EACH OTHER. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10289014October 19, 2009
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
2002 TURBO VW BEETLE. SEEMS TO BE JERKING WHEN SHIFTING INTO GEAR. LAST WEEK IT JERKED ME FORWARD QUITE HARD. SCARY!! CAR HAS 70,000 MILES. I SEE THERE IS ALOT OF PEOPLE WITH THIS SAME PROBLEM. I'VE SPENT 1200.00 IN THE LAST YEAR ON VARIOUS REPAIRS. AS I SAW WITH OTHER COMPLAINTS, A/C STOPS WORKING AND THEN THIS. WONDERING IF THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE WITH THE SERIOUSNESS OF THIS JERKING AFFECT. JERKING NOW HAS GOTTEN HARDER AND IS EVERYTIME IT SHIFTS INTO GEAR. THIS IS AN AUTOMATIC! WHEN RECENTLY TAKEN INTO A VW SHOP THEY DID A COMPUTER SCAN ON IT AND NOTHING COMES UP. VARIOUS HOSES, WATER PUMP, THERMO READER HAVE BEEN REPLACED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10289033October 19, 2009
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
MY VW BEETLE WILL NOT SHIFT OUT OF GEAR AND GETS STUCK IN 3RD GEAR. IT SHIFTS HARD AND SURGES AT TAKE OFF . HAS ALMOST CAUSED ME TO GET HIT SEVERAL TIMES WHEN LEAVING A REDLIGHT. THE LATEST WAS TODAY WHEN TRYING TO TURN AND IT WAS STUCK IN 6TH GEAR. I HAVE TO STOP THE CAR AND TURN IT OFF IT RESET THE COMPUTER TO GET IT BACK IN FIRST GEAR. THIS OCCURS ONCE THE CAR HEATS UP AND SOMETIMES WILL NOT SHOW YOU WHAT GEAR IT IS IN AND WILL NOT SHIFT DOWN. HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE VW DEALERSHIP AND THEY WANT A NEW TRANSMISSION. HAVE LOOKED AT EDMONDS.COM AND MY VW IS NOT THE ONLY ONE HAVING THIS PROBLEM. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10288646October 16, 2009
VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
VW REAR WINDOW REGULATORS IN MY 2005 NEW BEETLE HAVE BROKEN THREE TIMES IN 5 YEARS/56,000 MILES: ONCE UNDER WARRANTY, ONCE WE FIXED IT OURSELVES WITH AN $80 KIT (VERY, VERY DIFFICULT), AND NOW IT'S BROKEN AGAIN. IT COSTS $400 PER SIDE TO FIX AT THE DEALERSHIP. THE REGULATOR IS MADE OF PLASTIC PIECES THAT ARE UNDER A GREAT AMOUNT OF PRESSURE AND KEEP BREAKING UNDER THAT PRESSURE. VW NEEDS TO PERFORM A RECALL ON THIS AS IT WILL KEEP HAPPENING. FRONT WINDOWS HAVE ALSO BROKEN ONCE AND ARE NOW MAKING FUNNY NOISES. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10288660October 16, 2009
VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
MY DRIVERS SIDE REAR WINDOW WILL NOT MOVE UP OR DOWN ANYMORE. THE FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED I WAS PUTTING THE TOP DOWN ON MY CONVERTIBLE AND WHEN YOU PRESS THE BUTTON FOR THE TOP TO COME DOWN THE REAR WINDOWS COME DOWN A LITTLE TO ALLOW FOR THE TOP TO MOVE. IT MADE A GRINDING NOISE THEN THE WINDOW WENT ALL THE WAY DOWN, WHICH HAS NEVER HAPPENED AND DID NOT HAPPEN ON THE OTHER SIDE. I PUT THE TOP BACK UP BUT THE WINDOW WOULD NOT ROLL BACK UP. I COULD HEAR THE MOTOR FOR THE WINDOW WORKING TO PULL IT UP. I ENDED UP HAVING TO PULL THE WINDOW UP MANUALLY WHILE PRESSING THE WINDOW UP BUTTON SO MY CAR WASN'T EXPOSED TO THE WEATHER OR BROKEN INTO. I HAVE BEEN TOLD IT IS THE REGULATOR THAT IS OUT AND DON'T HAVE THE $ TO FIX IT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10287465October 15, 2009
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
THE 2005 BEETLE I PURCHASED HAD 31K MILES ON IT WHEN I BOUGHT IT. I KNOW HAVE 41 K MILES ON IT AND BETWEEN 2ND AND THIRD GEAR THE ENGINE REVS THEN SHIFTS REALLY HARD. MY GIRLFRIEND HAS ALMOST BEEN INVOLVED IN SEVERAL ACCIDENTS RELATED TO THIS ISSUE. I HAVE READ OTHER BLOGS ON EDMONDS HAD HAVE TALKED WITH OTHER BUG OWNERS EVERY CHANCE I GET. SOME HAVE TOLD ME (WHO DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE BLOG SITE0 THAT THEY HAVE HAD THE SAME ISSUE. OBVIOUSLY THERE IS A PROBLEM CREATING A HUGE SAFETY ISSUE AND VW NEEDS TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE. THERE NEEDS TO BE A RECALL ON THE TRANSMISSIONS. AND NOT JUST MY YEAR BUT 03,02,01,04,05,06,07. FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND. A COP WOULD AND WILL EVENTUALLY PULL ME OVER DUE TO THE ERRATIC BEHAVIOR OF THE CAR. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10287248October 13, 2009
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
VOLKSWAGEN OVERHEAT WITH FUSE BLOCK ELECTRICAL FIRE. FIRE WAS CONTAINED TO THE FUSE BLOCK OF 1998 VOLKSWAGEN NEW BEETLE. THE FUSE BLOCK ON TOP OF THE BATTERY CAUGHT FIRE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10287255October 13, 2009
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
2006 VW BEETLE, 6-SPD AUTOMATIC WITH 62,000 MILES. CAR BEGAN SLIPPING BETWEEN GEARS ON A TYPICAL TRIP ALONG INTERSTATE 95. CAR WAS TOWED INTO A DEALERSHIP WHERE A TECHNICIAN DETERMINED THAT THERE WAS MOISTURE IN THE TRANSMISSION AND IT WOULD NEED TO BE COMPLETELY REPLACED FOR AN ESTIMATED $7,000. I'VE CALLED SEVERAL PRIVATE TRANSMISSION REPAIR SHOPS AND AM TOLD THAT NEITHER VW NOR ANY AFTERMARKET COMPANIES SELL PARTS TO REPAIR THE TRANSMISSION. THE CAR IS STILL NOT REPAIRED AS THE VALUE OF THE CAR, APPROX $9,000 DOES NOT WARRANTY $7,000 REPAIR. I HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT VIA ONLINE FORUMS WITH SEVERAL OWNERS FROM 2003 TO 2007 WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. ACCORDING TO MANY, VW DEALERSHIP TECH'S SEEM TO SYSTEMATICALLY BLAME THESE PROBLEMS ON MINOR DINGS AND DENTS TO THE UNDERCARRIAGE OF THE CARS THAT "MAY" HAVE CAUSED THE PROBLEMS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10287276October 13, 2009
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I HAVE A 2005 TURBO VW BEETLE WITH 56K MILES. THE TRANSMISSION JUMPS OUT OF GEAR. SOMETIMES IT STICKS IN 3RD GEAR AND ALSO SOMETIMES JUMPS OUT OF GEAR WHEN DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD. I BOUGHT THIS CAR AS MY DAUGHTER'S FIRST CAR AND SHE IS SCARED TO DRIVE IT BECAUSE SHE WAS NEARLY REARENDED WHEN IT JUMPED OUT OF GEAR. I ALSO HAVE THE BRACKETS AROUND THE GEARS, SO IT'S OBVIOUS IT DOESN'T KNOW WHAT GEAR IT'S IN. THE CAR IS AT A VW DEALERSHIP AND I WAS JUST GIVEN A $7100 REPAIR QUOTE. THEY WOULD NOT ACKNOWLEDGE THE 60K MILE DRIVETRAIN WARRANTY AND AFTER DOING RESEARCH ON THE WEB, I HAVE FOUND NUMEROUS OTHER 2005 VW BEETLE OWNERS EXPERIENCING SIMILAR PROBLEMS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10286888October 9, 2009
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:SENSOR/CONTROL MODULE, EQUIPMENT:OTHER:OWNERS/SERVICE/OTHER MANUAL
MY COMPLAINT CONCERN OUR VW BEETLE AIRBAG CRASH SENSOR BACK IN JANUARY 2008 I RECEIVED A EMAIL FROM SAFETY ENGINEER STEVE CHAN REGARDING A INVESTIGATION WHICH SEVERAL SIMILAR COMPLAINTS HAD BEEN FILED WITH THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMIN REGARDING THE SAME MATTER. THERE WAS A RECALL ON THESE SENSORS. WE DID HAVE OUR REPLACE ON OUR 2003 VW BEETLE WHICH WE GOT REIMBURSTMENT. HOWEVER NOW, AGAIN THE SAME (FRONT) CRASH AIRBAG SENSOR HAVE WENT OUT (FAIL) AGAIN. OUR VEHICLE IS BEEN SERVICE AT MURRITEIA VW SERVICE ADVISOR STEVE (951) 894-6555 EXT 1358 DUE TO CONSIST FAILURE OF THIS MANUFACTURER PART. I FEAR THAT MY LIFE IS IN DANGER EVERY TIME I DRIVE OUR VW BEETLE VEHICLE. I FEEL THIS GREAT BIG SAFETY ISSUE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10286921October 9, 2009
VISIBILITY, STRUCTURE:BODY
ON MY 2005 VW BEETLE THE LEFT SIDE BACK WINDOW FELL OFF OF IT'S TRACKS. EVEN THOUGH THERE WERE NO INJURIES THIS COULD HAVE STARTLED MY WIFE AND PERHAPS CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. THERE ARE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ON MANY VW MODELS GOING BACK TO 1995, YET WHEN I CALLED THEIR VW OF AMERICA NUMBER TO SEE IF THERE IS A RECALL FOR THIS DEFECT THEY ACTED LIKE MINE WAS THE ONLY ONE!!!! I THEN DID A GOOGLE SEARCH AND DISCOVERED VWOFAMERICA IS NONRESPONSIVE TO MANY COMPLAINTS. EI; ODI NUMBER: 10282664. CAN YOU HELP??!!!! *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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