Six problems related to air bag have been reported for the 2004 Volkswagen Beetle. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
My transmission went out all at once my airbag/seatbeilt light on all the time.
Air bag module lite stays on. Took to dealer and was told it would cost 800 to replace module. This vehicle at this has only 71802 miles as of June 26,2013. I feel this is a major safety and should be replaced by a vw dealership free of charge.
The contact owns a 2004 Volkswagen Beetle. The contact stated that the air bag warning lamp illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where the technician diagnosed that the air bag warning lamp illuminated. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 59,000. The current mileage was 79,000.
I recently purchased a vw Beetle in may of 2010, for my birthday from hollywood auto brokers in los angeles, CA. The car ran smooth for about a course of five to six months, I had to return to the dealership early on because my head lights were out when I first bought the car. As I continued to drive the car, a jerking and extremely weird deceleration of the car would begin, but it would "pop back to normal" after a while, maybe three to ten seconds. This had gone on and has been going on since five months after I brought it. I finally made it back into the dealership and he rode with me on a test drive around the corner and of course it didn't repeat the previous show of defects. He assured me the car is just being broken in. A year goes by and I decided I want to trade in my car for another car, so I head to Nissan. I test drive a car and love it and then go in for the paper work. The guy runs my VIN to see my car value and come backs and tell me my car title is salvaged. To my disbelief and disgust, I immediately called my financial company, al financial of glendale, CA that I am leasing the car from. They give me the run around and assure me that the title is clean and not a salvage. I continue on my investigation and come to a carfax website to get the real facts on my defected vehicle. The information reveals that not only is the title salvage but it had bodily damage and had been totaled out from the insurance company from it's previous owner. The car had been brought back from mexico and registered in the states again as a new car I believe. I would really love to get to the bottom of this situation ASAP and get some closure on a recurring problem that is messing with my income as I am a travel nurse for hospice patients. Recently the water pump has gone out and I'm not sure yet if I need to replace the head gaskets. I hope I can hear an response in a good enough amount of time so I can work out an reimberursement of some kind with payment on either behalf.
2004 Volkswagen Beetle convertible turbo. . . 2. 0 liter engine. . . The transmission jerks when shifting down or up. . . . Feels like someone has rearened it in the back. . . . Have taken it to dealership and couple of other transmission places. . . They said they couldn't find any thing wrong while it was still under warranty. . . Now that it has 94000 miles and is out of warranty they decide it needs a new transmission. . . . . We have had it serviced just like we should. . . It doesn't matter. . . We don't have 6000. 00 to get it fixed. . . Something should be done. . . I've talked with many, many Volkswagen owners experiencing the same problem. . How many does it take before you guys do a recall?.
I was driving 25 mph and my front bumper hit a parked car, airbag deployed and rendered me unconscience it caused $12,000 to my teeth and possible head injury and 18 months at a specialist dental, had to have a bone graph and stint in my mouth, liver and abdominal contusion had to pay an attorney $9,000 to an attorney to represent me in court, I lost my job and am now on ssd.