Table 1 shows one common unknown or other related problems of the 2004 Volkswagen Beetle.
| Problem Category | Number of Problems |
|---|---|
| Unknown Or Other problems |
My car lurches forward when I stop. Took it to the dealership and they ran it on the computer stated found nothing. Mechanic said he took it out for a drive and no problems encountered while driving. When vehicle lunges forward ;I feel like I am going to be rearended by the car behind me because it is so sudden; no way to warn the car behind me. Please help me and others that have posted the same problems on internet. Thank-you.
I have a 2004 volkswagon 1. 8 turbo convertible Beetle. The car is is jumping back and forth when it tries to shift gears. I brought it in to the local vw dealer and they told me that they would need to run diagnostics in order to see what the problem was. By looking on line we had a pretty good idea that it was the valve body or the transmision. After they ran the diagnostics they confirmed that it was the valve body. They had extended the warranty from 5 years 70,000 to 7 years 100000 miles. We where then advised that the car had missed the warranty by a few months but that we should still process diagnostics as vw normally assists when so close to warranty expiring. They know these cars have this default. The dealer contacted vw America and told me that they would not assist with the repair because I was the third owner of the car. I purchased the car in 2007 from a vw dealer and it was a certified vehicle. I am the 2nd owner. I am afraid that I will have an accident the way the car thrashes back and forward when the transmision shifts. I am also very concerned as I am pregnant. It is unaceptable that vw is unwilling to make this repair when they know that they have this problem. This was our third Volkswagen. The car only has 72000 miles.
Window regulator faulty on all windoes.
This is for a convertible Beetle: the rear window rolled down while opening the top, made a grinding sound, and now will not go up either with the convertible top close button, nor with the individual window button - the window motor works, but the regulator mechanism makes a grinding sound and the window stays in open position (on-line entry system won't accept correct phone # so I list it here: correct daytime phone is [xxx]) . Information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u. S. C. 552(b)(6).
All the windows appear to have major problems, the back right makes a horrible grinding noise and won't budge, the driver's side window makes a weird noise but moves, and the overall placement of the windows is odd and leaks air.
In city traffic, my vehicle has a violent jerky down-shift when approaching a stop, approximately 25mph to 20 mph. It feels like the bottom of the car is falling out. When these occurrences first happened, they were occasional. On the highway I believe it slips from one gear to another. Today, a few months later the occurrences are more frequent and I am forced to seek professional care for my vehicle. I have regularly maintained my vehicle with care and attention to the maintenance requirements. My online research has indicated that this event is not an isolated event, but this occurrence describes a typical vw Beetle transmission with mileage between 50k and 70k; there are hundreds if not thousands of like complaints. I have found two separate forums online supporting this very complaint. This is very low mileage for a failed transmission, especially when many similar small vehicles are offering warranties for 100k miles or more. The vw customer care has failed to respond to my inquiries. I believe my car has become unsafe to drive and I am fearful that it will break down on the freeway or a potentially dark road or in bad weather. I would ask that the NHTSA please look into these recurrent issues with Volkswagen and make Volkswagen accountable for the failing transmission, or, at the very least look into the valve bodies and whether they are up to standards, standards that would prevent this vehicle from failing on the highway and causing potential hazards to drivers and passengers. Thank you,.
I have a 2004 vw Beetle convertible. The driver's side window does not drop down in order to clear the canvas top. I was told this was a regulator issue. Now my back passenger window is frozen in half down position. It can not be pulled up or pushed down. There have been numerous complaints regarding the window on these models. I have also had the glass in the canvas top to become detached. My insurance will not cover this as during their investigation they found that it is so common with this model of vehicle that they can deem it "normal wear and tear. " this is not right! my car is garage kept and should not be having these problems! I am not able to replace any parts at this time because of income. The consumer is made to pay the bill for vw's faulty manufactoring.
Right rear window regulator failed, vw payed for regulator but charged $389. 00 labor to fix (window up and down less then 20 times up to this point. Left rear window regulator failed June 2011, labor charge $403. 05 vw payed for regulator. Left driver window regulator failed Aug 2011. Vw will not cover regulator, or labor of $375. 00 to repair. Vw knew these parts would fail and had issued a tech bulletin to this effect with no notice to owner! failed parts are known by vw as failure parts, cost to customer for known bad parts is extreme.