One problem related to automatic transmission cooler has been reported for the 2004 Volkswagen Beetle. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
I have been experiencing numerous problems with my transmission slipping and jerking on hi ways and stop and go traffic. My vehicle mileage was approx 68,000 miles at the time. I have had a few incidents where the car did not move on the freeway since the transmission was slipping. This problems occurs everyday after the car is ran for around 5 miles. My vw is a 2004 vw Beetle. I took the vehicle into vw thinking it was due for an adjustment or an oil change. I was given recommendations that the oil may needed to be topped off or the computer may needed to be checked. I was told that for 120. 00 I could have the car diagnosed. I took the car into the dealer and was told to come back in a few hours. After calling back I was told that the car was cooling off and that the dealer was going to top off the oil for 40 dollars more. I paid a total of 160. 00 and than was told that I would possibly need to buy a new transmission for 7,000 dollars. The service rep said I could purchase a part for 2,000 dollars and see if that would fix the problem but he already has 5 transmissions he is currently working on that need to be replaced. I felt that the service department new this was not going to help but saw the opportunity to take advantage of me since I was not familiar with this issue. I than checked the blogs for vw transmission and to my surprise found 240+ reasons why I was not alone on this issue. Please read the complaints of other consumers that are having the same problems. These people are our neighbors and friends who can not afford to spend their money on this kind of problem. . Read more...