Volkswagen Beetle Complaints

2,629 consumer complaints on file.

#10081280July 18, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:HORN
ONE RELAY SENSOR IN MY HORN FAILED WHICH CAUSED HORN NOT TO FUNCTION. HAD TO REPLACE ALL FOUR RELAY SENSORS IN ORDER TO CORRECT PROBLEM. DEALERSHIP CHARGED ME $ 300.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10081281July 18, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:STARTER ASSEMBLY:SOLENOID
CHECK MILL LIGHT CAME ON AT 41K. HAD TO REPLACE AIR MASS FLOW METER, AIRFLOMETER, HOSE, AND INSTALL NEW VACUUM VALVE. ALSO SOMETHING TO DO WITH INJECTION SOLENOID TO THE COMBI VALVE AND A FAULTY MASS AIRFLOW SENSOR. COST ME CLOSE TO $300.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10081282July 18, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY
BATTERY HAS TO BE JUMPED WHENEVER LEFT FOR 5 DAYS. HAD TESTED AT 39K BUT VW SERVICE SAID WAS FINE. PROGRESSIVELY GOT WORSE UNTIL HAD TO BE REPLACED AT 45K AS WOULD NO LONGER START IN MORNINGS. REPORT STATES FAULTY BATTERY AND REPLACED WITH STATELINE (CANNOT AFFORD VW BATTERY WITH ALL THE REPAIRS I'M HAVING TO DO) AT $182.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10082019July 15, 2004
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
WHILE DRIVING AT 60 MPH. THE CONSUMER SMELLED A STRONG CHEMICAL ODOR IN THE CABIN OF THE VEHICLE. THE SMELL CAUSED THE CONSUMER TO FEEL NAUSEOUS AND MADE IT IMPOSSIBLE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10081443July 7, 2004
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED GAS FUMES LEAKED THROUGHOUT THE VEHICLE. GAS SMELL BECAME OVERWHELMING WHEN VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN FOR A WHILE. DEALERSHIP INSPECTED VEHICLE SEVERAL TIMES, BUT DID NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10072216July 6, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
THE VEHICLE WARNING PANEL LIGHT ILLUMINATE FOR NO APPARENT REASON. THE BATTERY DIED. THE VEHICLE INDICATED IT WAS OVERHEATING WHEN IT WASN'T. THE VEHICLE INDICATED IT WAS OUT OF GAS WHEN IT WASN'T. THE VEHICLE HAS HAD CONSTANT ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS THAT AFFECT THE LIGHTS, DOOR LOCKS, SEATS, ENGINE AND WARNING LIGHTS. THE CONSUMER HAS STOPPED DRIVING THE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10080357July 5, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR
2001 VW BEETLE, 10,000, WELL MAINTAINED MECHANICALLY/GARAGE PARKING - ALTERNATOR SHUT DOWN ON I-66 IN VIRGINIA WITH NO PREVIOUS WARNING; NUMBER OF LIGHTS ON THE PANEL LITE UP ON THE MORNING OF JUNE 20, 2004 ON A TRIP TO TENNESSEE AND CAR JUST SHUT DOWN, LOST POWER. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10078586June 22, 2004
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING, EQUIPMENT
MY 1998 VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE IS FALLING APART. I'VE HAD TO REPLACE MY HEADLIGHTS 6 TIMES WITHIN THE PAST 4 YEARS THAT I'VE OWNED THIS USED VEHICLE. MY INTERIOR TRIM, WINDOW SWITCHES, GEARSHIFT KNOB & SEVERAL PLASTIC COVERS IN THE CAR HAVE FALLEN NOW FALLEN APART. MY 6 HEADLIGHTS HAVE COST ME APPROX. $600.00 PLUS RENT-A-CAR FEES WHICH MY WARRANTY DOESN'T COVER! PLEASE HELP ME.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10075863June 8, 2004
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH ABS LIGHT APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD.THEN, CONSUMER HEARD A POPPING NOISE COMING FROM THE BRAKE PEDAL. CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A MECHANIC FOR INSPECTION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10075729June 4, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
WHILE DRIVING CHECK ENGINE LIGHT APPEARED ON DASHBOARD AND REMAINED ON. THEN, VEHICLE STALLED. CONSUMER TRIED TO RESTART VEHICLE, BUT WAS UNABLE TO DO SO. CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. CONSUMER INFORMED THE MECHANIC THAT PROBLEM OCCURRED MORE THAN ONCE, AND HAD NOT BEEN RESOLVED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10074073May 21, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
CONSUMER STATED THAT VEHICLE GOT STUCK IN PARK, AND WOULD NOT MOVE. CONSUMER CALLED THE DEALER, AND THEY TOLD HER THAT SHE NEEDED TO TAKE HER VEHICLE TO A VOLKSWAGEN DEALER. CONSUMER JUST BOUGHT THE VEHICLE IN JANUARY 2004, AND DID NOT TAKE IT TO A REPAIR SHOP. HOWEVER, CONSUMER FELT THERE WAS A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10067847April 26, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE:TURBO/SUPERCHARGER
I WAS DRIVING AT 65 MPH ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE WHEN THE VEHICLE "COUGHED OR SPUTTERED" AND THE ENGINE QUIT. I TURNED THE KEY TO OFF POSITION AND BACK ON AND THE ENGINE RESTARTED. I PROCEEDED TO DRIVE ON DOWN THE HIGHWAY APPROXIMATELY ONE TO TWO MILES WHEN I HEARD A LOUD EXPLOSION, LIKE A BACKFIRE, COME FROM UNDER THE CAR. THE CAR BEGAN SMOKING IMMEDIATELY A BLUISH SMOKE. I KNEW SOMETHING WAS NOT RIGHT SO I SLOWED DOWN, TURNED AROUND AND BEGAN HEADING BACK TOWARD THE CITY. THE CAR DID NOT HAVE FULL POWER AND SO I WAS ONLY GOING TWENTY TO THIRTY MILES PER HOUR AND HAD TRAVELED ABOUT ONE HALF MILE WHEN ANOTHER CAR BEGAN PASSING ME AND FLAGGED ME DOWN TELLING ME THAT MY CAR WAS ON FIRE. BY THE TIME I GOT STOPPED THE SMOKE WAS COMING OUT THE HOOD AND OUT FROM THE DASH. I IMMDEDIATELY GRABBED MISCELLANEOUS PERSONAL ITEMS AND CARRIED THEM ABOUT 5O FEET BEHIND THE VEHICLE AND WAS ABLE TO RUN BACK FOR ONE MORE TRIP BEFORE IT LOOKED ENTIRELY UNSAFE TO ATTEMPT ANOTHER TRIP. THE WITNESS CALLED 911 BUT THE CAR WAS COMPLETELY BURNT UP BEFORE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT GOT THERE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10066308April 16, 2004
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL
DURING CRUISE CONTROL OPERATION, CRUISE CONTROL DISENGAGES, THEN REENGAGES WHEN VEHICLE STRIKES A RIDGE OR HOLE IN THE ROAD. ON ONE OCCASION, THE CRUISE CONTROL FAILED TO REENGAGE WHEN PASSING THROUGH CASUAL WATER ON THE HIGHWAY. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10066202April 14, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH
FAN SWITCH WOULD TURN OFF, THEN STARTED SMOKING AND CAUGHT FIRE, BURNING THE ENTIRE DASHBOARD IN A MATTER OF MINUTES. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10066769April 7, 2004
VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS, AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:SENSOR/CONTROL MODULE, EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HAZARD FLASHING WARNING LIGHTS
WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH AND WITHOUT HAZARD FLASHING WARNING LIGHTS BLINKED ON AND OFF ON THEIR OWN. ALSO, DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE WINDOWS ROLLED UP AND DOWN, AND SRS LIGHT APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD AND REMAINED ON. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. BUT, MECHANIC WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE OR RESOLVE THE PROBLEMS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10064273March 31, 2004
AIR BAGS
I HAVE A 2000 VOLKSWAGEN BETTLE AND SINCE THE CAR HAS HAD ABOUT 30000 MILES I HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE AIR BAG SYSTEM. ACCORDING TO VOLKSWAGEN THE PROBLEM IS THE WIRING FOR THE AIR BAGS IS LOCATED UNDER THE SEATS AND BECAUSE OF THIS I HAVE HAD THE AIR BAG LIGHT RESET 2OR 3 TIMES FINALLY THEY SAID I WOULD NEED A WIRE HARNESS INSTALLED SO I PAID A COUPLE HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR THAT TO BE DONE IN AUG 2003 NOW THE AIR BAG LIGHT IS ON AGAIN EVERY TIME THE LIGHT COMES ON IT CAUSES THE AIR BAG SYSTME TO SHUTDOWN THIS IS A BIG SAFTEY ISSUE SINCE 2/3 RDS OF THE TIME THE CAR HAS BEEN ON THE ROAD THE AIRBAG LIGHT IS ON I FOUND OUT THIS IS A PROBLEM WITH THE BEETLE AND THEY INSTALLED THE HARNESS ON THE NEW ONES TO FIX THIS WELL I HAD THAT INSTALLED AND IT IS BROKEN AGAIN I CALLED VW AND THEY WANT ME TO PAY ANOTHER 95 FOR A DIOGNOSTIC PLUS AND THEN THEY WILL DECIDE IF THEY WILL REPAIR IT AT NO COST THIS SHOULD BE A RECALLED ITEM IT PLAGUES THE BEETLE AND IT IS A SAFTEY ISSUE AND I CANT KEEP PAYING FOR THE SAME REPAIR PLEASE HELP ME. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10065222March 30, 2004
SEAT BELTS, AIR BAGS
CONSUMER FELT THAT THE AIRBAGS AND SEAT BELTS SHOULD NOT BE HOOKED UP TOGETHER. BOTH AIRBAGS AND SEAT BELTS WERE INOPERABLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10064060March 29, 2004
AIR BAGS, EQUIPMENT
DRIVE TIME SOLD ME A CAR THAT HAD THE AIR BAG LIGHT ON, AND SAID THEY WERE GOING TO FIX IT, BUT THEY NEVER DID, NOW THEY HAVE CHANGED MANAGEMENT AND THE PERSON WHO PROMISSED TO REPAIR IS NO LONGER THERE, LEAVING ME IN A POSITION WHERE THE NEW MANAGER SAYS THAT THE COST TO FIX THE PROBLEM IS NOT COVERED BY THEIR BUSINESS. THE CAR SPENT A WEEK AND A HALF ON THEIR REPAIR SHOP, AND NOTHING WAS FIXED, MY DASH WAS SCRATCHED FROM THE OUTSIDE AND THEY BROKE A PIECE BETWEEN THE SEATS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10063960March 26, 2004
FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER
POSSIBLE GAS LINE LEAK. HASN'T BEEN OFFICIALLY DETERMINED..BUT DEALERSHIP OFFICIALS ARE SAYING THAT WAS THE CAUSE OF A FIRE IN THE ENGINE.DRIVING ON FREEWAY WHEN ENGINE BURST INTO FLAMES.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10059276February 18, 2004
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC
VEHICLE IS PULLING TO THE LEFT WHEN BRAKING. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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