Five problems related to equipment have been reported for the 2012 Volkswagen Beetle. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2012 Volkswagen Beetle based on all problems reported for the 2012 Beetle.
After getting in my car and turning on the ignition, I put my foot on the brake. After pulling the gear shift out of park and as I am taking my foot off the brake pedal, sometimes the car would jump a little as if has a glitch in the shifting from park to the next gear.
While the car was in motion the steering locked up, preventing any kind of turning of the steering wheel, causing a catosrophic crash injuring the driver on a city street.
The timing tensioner broke causing damage to the engine. Volkswagen paid for timing and 60% of engine work. Shortly after I noticed I needed to add oil and right after an oil change the oil would be low. Meanwhile the oil light never came on. Now Volkswagen dealership says the pvc is bad and when questioned about it they claim they never touched the pvc. I find that hard to believe since they replaced the upper part of my engine. The engine was fixed December of 2018. I just took it to the dealership today. May 28, 2019.
Vehicle dies while driving. Has happened on countless occasions while driving straight, turning, stopped at light, etc. No warning. Engine completely shuts off. Major safety hazard as this has happened while turning left into oncoming traffic and while traveling down a road at 50 mph with other vehicles doing the same speed behind me. Started about 1 year ago and have been to the dealership multiple times trying to fix. So far they have tried a computer reset and replacing the crankshaft sensor, neither have worked. Car is currently back in the dealership for the second time in a week for the same problem.
Purchased 2012 vw Beetle in 2014 used and service engine light came on 6shortly after. Dealer replaced secondary air injector sensor under warranty. Light came back on and was told it was a secondary air injector valve that was bad but would not cover due to being out of warranty even though issue occurred while under warranty and was not corrected. Local mechanic cleaned valve and checked system which worked for 6 months. Continued to fail safety inspection for a p0491 secondary air injector system. Has failed 2016 & 2017 for same code. Have had over $700 worth of work to correct with no fix. 2017 had a p0106 code that cleared but has come back again. Currently still producing both codes for 2018 and not passing safety inspection.
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