Volkswagen Beetle Complaints

2,629 consumer complaints on file.

#10853113April 2, 2016
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), ENGINE, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
WHEN I DRIVE THE CAR GO SLOW THEN FAST
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10851989March 28, 2016
ENGINE
VOLKSWAGEN HAS DEFECTS VIE CAMSHAFT SO WHICH THEY KNOW OF AND HAVE A RECALL FOR BUT THEY ARE NOT FIXING THE PROBLEM. THEIR ONLY CONCERN IS TO MOVE THE FAILURE OUT OF WARRANTY SO THEIR CUSTOMERS GET STUCK WITH THE BILL. IT IS AFAILURE WHICH IS DIRECTLY RELATED TO SAFETY OF THE DRIVERS. CAMSHAFT FAILS AND CAUSE LOSS OF ENGINE POWER AND VACUUM FOR BRAKE OPERATION. THEY SAY A ELECTRIC DOWNLOAD WILL FIX A MECHANICAL FAILURE. IMPOSSIBLE !!!!!!!!!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10851341March 24, 2016
STRUCTURE:BODY:ROOF AND PILLARS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REAR WINDOW WAS UNATTACHED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ROOF NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 78,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10850281March 17, 2016
ENGINE
APRIL 2015 ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. SECONDARY AIR INJECTION HOSE WAS BAD. MARCH 2016 ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN. SECONDARY AIR INJECTION PUMP NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THERE WAS NO ISSUES AS FAR AS THE PERFORMANCE OF THE CAR. CAR WAS STATIONARY WHEN THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON BOTH TIMES.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10849939March 16, 2016
POWER TRAIN
AFTER WARMING UP TRANSMISSION IS SLIPPING, BUCKING, AND CLUNKING. HAPPENS AFTER DRIVING FOR A WHILE (ABOUT 10 MILES).
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10849784March 15, 2016
AIR BAGS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, A FREIGHT TRUCK CRASHED INTO THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE OF THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED. THE CONTACT FELT PAIN IN THE RIGHT ARM AND NECK, WHICH REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A BODY SHOP. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 4,300.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10846319March 13, 2016
AIR BAGS, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
WHILE SLOWLY APPROACHING A PARKING SPACE IN A SHOPPING CENTER MY 2009 VW BEETLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED, JUMPING OVER THE CURB AND SIDEWALK, AND CRASHING INTO THE SIDE OF THE BUILDING. IT THEN REBOUNDED ABOUT 6-8 FEET. THE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG DEPLOYED BUT THE DRIVER SIDE AIRBAG DIDN'T.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10846226March 12, 2016
STRUCTURE:BODY, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
THE TRUNK LATCH DOES NOT WORK INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE HAS KEYLESS ELECTRONIC LOCKS. BROUGHT TO DEALER BUT THE LATCH WORKS FINE. WHEN THIS OCCURS, THE TRUNK IS NOT ACCESSIBLE UNLESS SOMEONE CRAWLS NOT THE THE TRUNK VIA THE BACK SEAT. CONDITION HAS BEEN INTERMITTENT SINCE PURCHASE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10846228March 12, 2016
STRUCTURE:BODY, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
TRUNK LATCH INTERMITTENTLY DOES NOT OPERATE. VEHICLE HAS ELECTRONIC KEYLESS LOCKS AND IGNITION.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10845673March 9, 2016
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE. WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE FAILURE RECURRED MULTIPLE TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE WIRING HARNESS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 8,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10840365March 7, 2016
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
FIRST THIS IS MY 2ND COMPLAINT ON THIS SME VEHICLE. I ALSO POSTED LAST YEAR ON THIS SITE WHEN THIS VEHICLE STALLED IN MIDDLE OF FREEWAY GOING 60 MPH. NOW THIS CAR HAS TROUBLE STARTING. ESPECIALLY AFTER SITTING A FEW DAYS. WAS PARKED AT AIRPORT PARKING FOR 4 DAYS. SPUTTERED A FEW MINUTES BEFORE STARTING BUT FINALLY STARTED. DROVE 30 MILES IN RAIN & STOPPED TO GET GAS. THEN THE CAR WOULD NOT START. ALL LIGHTS CAME ON. GOT SEVERAL WARNINGS LIKE "KEY NOT IN RANGE" BUT IT WAS IN RANGE. "STABILITY CONTROL ERROR" LOTS OF CLICKING SOUNDS BUT ENGINE WOULDN'T START. HAVE TO HAVE TOWED AND TAKE BACK TO DELEARSHIP. I SEE LOTS OF SERVICE BULLETINS ON THIS SITE FOR THIS SAME ISSUE. NOT SURE IF IT'S THE FUEL PUMP, STARTER, OR SOMETHING ELSE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10840386March 7, 2016
AIR BAGS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE PASSEGER SIDE AIR BAG SENSOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 28,792.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10840219March 7, 2016
STEERING:RACK AND PINION:RACK
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL MADE AN ABNORMAL NOISE WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE POWER STEERING RACK NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 26,399. UPDATED 04/29/16*LJ *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10839864March 4, 2016
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
JUST PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE IN NOVEMBER 2015, FEBRUARY 29, 2016 THE VEHICLE WOULDN'T START, HAD MY SONS JUMP IT AND DROVE IT TO WORK, AFTER TURNING VEHICLE OFF TRIED TO START AGAIN RIGHT AWAY, VEHICLE DEAD. MADE AN APPOINTMENT MARCH 4, 2016 WITH VOLKSWAGEN DEALERSHIP, THEY STATED THAT THE ISSUE IS A BURNT ALTERNATOR CABLE AND MELTED FUSE BOX. AFTER READING NUMEROUS ACCOUNTS ONLINE, IT SEEMS THAT IS GOES OUT BETWEEN 70,000 - 80,000 MILES, MY VEHICLE HAD 79,000 MILES WHEN IT HAPPENED. VOLKSWAGEN ISN'T DOING ANYTHING ABOUT IT EVEN THOUGH IT IS A COMMON COMPLAINT I'VE SEEN...WANTING VOLKSWAGEN TO PAY FOR REPAIR...VERY FRUSTRATED, DON'T THINK I WOULD OWN ANOTHER VOLKSWAGEN AGAIN!...IF THIS IS THE WAY THEY TREAT CUSTOMERS. THERE WASN'T A FIRE, BUT IT COULD'VE HAPPENED, ISN'T VOLKSWAGEN CONCERNED ABOUT INDIVIDUALS SAFETY, THINK THEY SHOULD RESOLVE THE ISSUE BY PROVIDING A DIFFERENT SOLUTION TO HOW THE VEHICLE IS DESIGNED PERTAINING TO THE FUSE BOX, ETC.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10839379March 2, 2016
ENGINE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V505000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING). THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10839081February 29, 2016
POWER TRAIN
I BOUGHT A USED 2005 VW NEW BEETLE WITH TRIPTONIC TRANSMISSION WITH 82,000 MILES A FEW WEEKS AGO. VERY QUICKLY THE CAR STARTED HAVING TRANSMISSION ISSUES WHICH APPEAR WHEN THE CAR HAS WARMED UP AFTER ~10/15 MINS. THE PROBLEM I'M EXPERIENCING IS THAT THE CAR WILL NOT SHIFT SMOOTHLY WHEN RUNNING BETWEEN THE 3 AND 4TH GEAR AND OFTEN REVS UP TO 5000 RPM BEFORE IT "CLUNKS" INTO HIGHER GEAR. IT'S ALSO HARD SHIFTING VERY ABRUPTLY SOMETIMES WHICH GIVES ME VERY LITTLE CONFIDENCE IN DRIVING THE CAR. IT SEEMS UNSAFE TO DRIVE AS IT SUDDENLY LUNGES FORWARD OR GETS STUCK IN GEAR AND DOESN'T ACCELERATE. ONE OF THE WORST INCIDENT FOR ME WAS WHILE IN TRAFFIC GOING SLIGHTLY UPHILL THE CAR GOT STUCK IN THIRD AND STARTED REVVING UP WITHOUT ACCELERATING AND I ALMOST GOT HIT BY A CAR BEHIND WHO DIDN'T EXPECT MY CAR TO MOVE SO SLOWLY. I TOOK THE CAR TO A VOLKSWAGEN DEALERSHIP AND THEY DIDN'T FIND ANYTHING WEIRD THE FIRST TIME WHEN I TOOK IT FOR THE 80.000 MILES REVISION. AFTER REPEATEDLY EXPERIENCING THE ISSUE I TOOK IT AGAIN TO THE DEALERSHIP TO EXPLICITLY CHECK THE TRANSMISSION AND THEY RECOMMENDED TO CHANGE THE VALVE BODY OF THE TRANSMISSION. I HAVE NOW READ A LOT OF INFORMATION ON THE INTERNET AND THIS IS A VERY WELL KNOWN ISSUE BY VW AS WELL AS BY MANY PEOPLE WHO OWN BEETLES WITH TRIPTRONIC TRANSMISSION. VW EXTENDED THE WARRANTY OF THE VALVE BODY OF THE TRANSMISSION TO 7 YEARS OR 100.000 MILES WHICHEVER HAPPENS FIRST. UNFORTUNATELY THEY DIDN'T WANT TO COVER THE REPLACEMENT FOR MY CAR SINCE IT'S 2016 AND THE 7 YEARS WARRANTY EXPIRED IN 2012 FOR THIS CASE. THIS IS EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTING AND I FEEL SCAMMED BY VW NOT WANTING TO COVER FOR AN ISSUE THAT'S VERY WELL KNOWN BY THEM. THEY SOLD DEFECTIVE CARS AND KNOW PERFECTLY WELL THAT THE TRANSMISSION IS FAILING WAY FASTER THAN IT SHOULD YET THEY NOW DISMISS THIS BECAUSE OF THE AGE OF THE CAR.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10838858February 28, 2016
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
I WAS DRIVING THIS CAR AND JUST STALLED ON AN INTERSECTION AND SMOKE JUST CAME OUT UNDER THE HOOD AND I SMELLED IT TOO, OPENED THE HOOD AND FUSE BOX HAD MELTED WHICH IS LOCATED ON TOP OF BATTERY AND FIRE INSIDE THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT, UNDER THE BATTERY HAS BEEN BURNING AND ALSO MELTED THE WIRES.
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10838104February 25, 2016
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY, ABOUT 70 MPH, CAR BUCKED AND SEEMED TO BEGIN TO LOSE POWER. TACHOMETER DROPPED TO 0 THEN SWUNG BACK UP TO 2-3. EPC LIGHT CAME ON. I COULDN'T ACCELERATE BEYOND 65 MPH. DURING SLOWED TRAFFIC, CAR BEGAN IDLING EXTREMELY HIGH. HAD TO CONTROL IT WITH CLUTCH. (IT'S A MANUAL.) CAR IS DRIVABLE, BUT CONTINUES TO BUCK AND EPC CONTINUES ON. DEALERSHIP SUGGESTED REPLACE THROTTLE BOARD, BUT ALL MY RESEARCH SUGGESTS THAT MOST DRIVERS WHO HAVE DONE SO SAY THIS DID NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM. THERE ARE HUGE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM ON MULTIPLE MESSAGE BOARDS, SO IT SEEMS TO BE AN ONGOING, RECOGNIZED, CONSISTENT PROBLEM, AND PROBABLY A SAFETY HAZARD, AS A CAR STALLING ON THE HIGHWAY, OR IDLING TOO HIGH IN TRAFFIC IS NOT A GOOD SITUATION.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10838048February 24, 2016
ENGINE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2014 VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE REAR ENDED THE PRECEDING VEHICLE. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. AFTER APPROXIMATELY 25 MINUTES, THE VEHICLE BECAME ENGULFED IN FLAMES AND BURNED TO THE GROUND. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED AND TOWED. THE AMBULANCE HAD TO TRANSPORT THE CONTACT AND A PASSENGER TO THE HOSPITAL DUE TO BRUISES FROM THE AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 22,000. UPDATED 05/25/16*LJ UPDATED 6/6/18*JB
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#10837791February 23, 2016
ENGINE, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
IT IS ACCELERATING ON IT OWN WHEN STOPPED OR IN GEAR OR NOT. REALLY SCARY
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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