general problems of the 2006 Volkswagen Beetle

My car shifts hard between 1st and 2nd gear and between 3rd and 4th gear.

I have a 2006 Volkswagen Beetle convertible that I bought about a year ago. The Beetle is in excellent condition and has extremely low miles. It has been well taken care of to say the least. However, I have noticed a very strong odor that smells like crayons. The odor is so strong that my hair, clothes and skin smells like this scent. I have a special needs child and he coughs and sneezes the whole time while riding. Not to mention both of us get horrific headaches and our eyes water from the odor. I have no idea if this crayon smell is toxic or what fumes we are breathing in but it cannot be good from the side effects we are having from it. I have tried to sell it but no one will buy it because of the strong odor it has. I have had it professional cleaned, changed the cabin air filter etc and the smell is still there.

Oil leaking and vacuum pump needed replaced with less than 60,000 miles on it. From online research this appears to be a common issue with 5 cyl Volkswagens. I contacted Volkswagen of America and was informed that there was not a recall on this part.

The catalytic converter has gone bad in a vehicle that is under 55,000 miles and barely over the 8 year warranty time frame. I wanted to report this issue for a possible extension to the year time frame for vw.

When driving at 65 m/h the vehicle suddenly began to decelerate. Thankfully no one hit the back. It was able to drive at 20-30 m/h. Two weeks prior a warning signal went off for the air compressor. When taken to an authorized dealership, I was informed that the transmission was out and it would cost $5,000.

Cpsc:i1380279a. 2006 Volkswagen Beetle. Consumer stated the car is emitting strong fumes that smells like burning wax or crayons. Also stated it is making her sick.

We purchased a used, one owner, 2006 vw Beetle convertible (45,000 miles) for our daughter in college, four months ago. Since then she has complained about respiratory infections constantly. She drove it home over easter break and I had my husband detail the car to see if he could find out what was causing the odor. When we took the floor mats out they wreaked of toxic nose burning crayons. I threw the old mats out, sprayed the carpets with a nontoxic cleaner and left the hood down in the garage for 3 days. The smell didn't go away. This week-end she drove home and by the time she came in the door she wreaked of crayons, had a stomach and head ache so bad she had to go to bed. This is very unusual for her. I brought in all of her luggage and it smelled just as bad. We removed the new mats because the smelled as bad as the old ones. I phoned the dealership in savannah and they had never heard of any problems with the smell. I went on the internet and there are hundreds of people complaining about it, yet when I called vw they said they had never heard of the problem. We were told to contact the hilton head dealership and pay a $115. 00 for a diagnostic test and when I phone them the service manager said he could look at it but he'd never heard of the problem before and the best thing would be to buy her a new car. I'm sorry, this is a college kid and $10,000 is plenty to pay for a car. I'm not looking to cause problem or get any handouts but this is our only child and her health is important to me. She loves the car and doesn't want to get rid of it so we would like to see if we can remedy the problem without paying an arm and a leg. Have you had any complaints about this. ? thank you.

My Beetle smells like melted crayons since the day I bought it. It gives me a major headache on long trips and everything that goes into the car for more than an hour gets contaminated with the crayon smell, hope its not toxic. Google search shows this is a problem in most 2006 Beetles made in mexico. I'm not sure what can be done, but I would not have bought the car if I had known. Its the first thing I noticed when I test drove the car but thought maybe a crayon was stuck in the defroster - not the case. Let one of the vw executives take a long road trip and see for themselves. Also the headlights are extremly poorly designed. Bulbs blow regulary and are hard to change and I even had the entire headlight assembly pop out of the car while driving on the highway. It could have killed the people behind me, easily. Apparently the wind/air rushing thru the grill forced the entire assembly to pop out and go bouncing down the highway like a bowling ball. Im sure it had something to do with the dificulty of installing the assembly and it not being secured correctly by the dealership employees. You shouldnt need a phd to change a bulb. Cute will only get you so far vw!.

Transmission check for valve assembly body-jerking-instability. Volkswagen won't fix. Airbag light won't go off. Windows don't work. Headlight won't work. Repaired over & over. Please google vw Beetle issues or go to edmunds. Com and check. Thousands of vw Beetle owners have the exact same problems. Vw refuses to acknowledge.

Both headlights turn themselves off while driving, leading to distressing conditions at night. This has been an ongoing problem since I first purchased the vehicle, continuing today. The headlights must be manipulate from inside the engine compartment to 're-lock' them into position for them to work again. Vw offered to sell new headlight assemblies, but offered no reason for them turning themselves off except to say that they see this issue a lot. I have also had tremendous problems with the windows, both front and back windows not operating and not fully moving up to the stop position. Again, volkswagon says they have had a lot of issues with the windows not operating correctly. These have been ongoing problems, first addressed by the dealer under warranty, but not replace, and later after warranty the dealer offered to sell new headlight assemblies and window controllers to me to fix the problem. Why wouldn't they replace them when they were under warranty. This is a very dangerous situation when driving and the headlights shut off.