general problems of the 2012 Volkswagen Beetle

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.

While turning out of a driveway I heard a bang noise. It was night and at the time I did not see what went wrong until an inspection later removing the driver side front wheel. The top of the strut spring broke. The top of a mcpherson strut is a pivot for the steering. The car is a 2012 with 86,000 miles.

Tl-the contact owns a 2012 Volkswagen bw bettle. The contact states when coming to a complete stop and putting the vehicle into park the vehicle ignition and steering wheel locks up. Addition when trying to start up the vehicle the contact states its also difficult to turn on. The vehicle was taken to the dealership where it was diagnosed that the ignition and steering tumbler lock needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 88,000. Ng.

Under certain daytime lighting conditions several of the dash panel instruments (speedometer, and tachometer) can not be read, since these are not illuminated unless the headlights are on. There are no options in the supplied controls to turn these dash lights on without turning on the headlights. Vw of America has been contacted with regard to this concern and has indicated there is not 'fix' for this condition. My wife and I are very concerned with this condition. We are pursuing an alternative lighting arrangement to solve this condition.

The contact owns a 2013 Volkswagen Beetle. The contact stated that while driving 35 mph, the vehicle would veer to the right abnormally. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who stated that there was a problem with the alignment machine. The vehicle was not aligned. The manufacturer was notified of the issue who advised that they would research the failure at a later date. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 13,000. ## VIN passed ## 2013 Volkswagen Beetle ##.