Battery Problems of Volkswagen Beetle

I purchased a 98' vw new Beetle 3 days ago from a dealer and everyhting seemed fine w/ it until today. The car started over heating and come to find out the engine fuse had melted over the battery teminal that runs the coolant fan. After the fuse was replaced the temp. Light went out the engine light came on. I had the codes read and it sad it was a p0332 knock sensor 2 circuit low. I've read alot of sights and alot of people have said they have had this problem too, but I haven't had a chance to fix yet. I also have had the same problem I have read in other posts about not being able to get your car started. I turn the key evrything comes on it cranks it sounds like it just about to start but it just won't turn over. I would like to know more about that too. It's a good idea about sights like this, but there's alot of people out there that have alot of complaints that have no idea about these sights. There should be a way to advertise somewhere to get to more people on how they could make complaints on this sight or sights like these and maybe eventually something could be done and we could get some help to get these cars fixed instead of fixing all the same exact problems ourselves.

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We have a 2000 vw Beetle with automatic transmission that has some sort of electrical problem that drains the battery if no one drives the car for a few days. We didn't really notice the problem until our daughters both went off to school and no one was driving the car on a regular basis. We are at the point where aaa and amoco motor club will no longer jump the car. We have purchased several batteries in the last 3-4 years or replaced them under warranty to the point where sears told us today to not come back. The vw dealer told us to go someplace else because they couldn't help us and vw itself has nothing to say other than go to the local dealer who told us to call vw. This car has been a problem from the beginning and we have done everything asked of us, expended funds and an inordinate amount of time to no avail. Today the vw dealer did say that there was a problem with vw's of this vintage because they had problems with cars sitting on the lot and dying. We now need to our daughter to use in chicago, but we can't risk giving it to her and having her come out to the car late at night after work and find that the car is dead.

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Battery has to be jumped whenever left for 5 days. Had tested at 39k but vw service said was fine. Progressively got worse until had to be replaced at 45k as would no longer start in mornings. Report states faulty battery and replaced with stateline (cannot afford vw battery with all the repairs I'm having to do) at $182.

2002 vw Beetle would drain all battery power parked more than a few days. It was returned to dealer under warranty several times. Owner self diagnosed problem as radio keep alive power was pulling excessive current due to internal radio fault. The radio was replaced and solved the issue. It took at least 4 visits to the dealer to get this resolved.

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When jump starting or replacing the battery vehicle would run approximately three miles or less before it stalls completely out. Vehicle had to be towed to a dealer shop to reset all of electrical components to get vehicle to run again . If this occurs in a town or city that does not have a Volkswagen dealer shop, what can one do? asking NHTSA to look into this matter.

When jump starting or replacing battery vehicle would run approximately three miles or less before it stalls compelety out. Vehicle had to be towed to dealers shop to reset all electrical components in order to get vehicle to run again. If this occurs in a town or city that does not have a Volkswagen dealer shop, what can one do? asking NHTSA to look into this matter. Feel free to provide any further information concerning this matter.

Three months prrior to the engine fire, a battery blew up in this car after turning the ignition key. Prior to that the headlights have been replaced three times and the a/c condenser replaced. We believe this car has some serious electrical problems. Vw decided it was an "insurance" issue, because of the mileage of the car. In short, they are saying that it is ok for the engine to burn up on a 1999 car with 44,000 miles.

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Intermittently vehicle will stall out while driving approximately 20-25 mph, battery light will come on. Consumer must restart vehicle. Dealer has replaced fuel pump relay switch and ran test, but defect still occurs. Dealer cannot determine cause. Consumer states dealer has also replaced the throttle body and vehicle continues to stall.

Battery problem. I stopped at signal and when I restarted the engine stopped and I was almost rear end. The abs and brake lights came on. The car was towed. Apparently the battery was falling out of the car at 13,000 miles. A few months later I heard a noise and slipping within the transmission. As it turned out, engine coolant had leaked into the transmission and a rebuilt was put in. Within a few weeks after the rebuilt was put in, it was making some noise and it had intermittent lurching. I complained to vw of America and the dealership. They took care of the noise and said they would be unable to help with the lurch problem. I was in an accident a month and a half after getting the rebuilt. I went into a pole sideways. I had an independent transmission specialist test drive it after the car was repaired. He reported an unusually long pause for engagemet. I believe that when I was in a roll forward motion and would put my foot to the gas, it would not engage properly and lurched. The reason it was intermittent , is due to the fact that sometimes when you would be in a rollforward motion it would be in gear and not lurch. If it was not in gear due to the long pause, you would get a lurching movement. My first transmission never had this problem. There is a potential design flaw with this transmission. When I was talking to the service manager at commonwealth, with my first transmission, he had stated they were having problems with the jetta transmissions.

Many problems/failures between 10600 and 19000 miles. Dashboard left turn signal indicator intermittent failure persists for >1 year and devonhills vw refuses to fix the problem because it would be expensive for them (in the mean time, the light is useless since half the time it is on, half off).

Multiple problems with car since purchase.

Consumer has been having alot of problems with electrical features. Consumer has replaced 2 batteries/ 1 cd changer/ 4 headlight bulbs, and air conditioner outlet didn't work. Dealer stated vehicle had too many miles. Problems existed since day 1.

Battery was cracked causing acid to leak onto power steering reservoir.

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Defective battery on a 1998 Volkswagen Beetle. The battery was replaced. The battery did not accept charging due to a dead cell. The battery was only 7 1/2 months old.

Battery blew up, causing windows to lock/ door locks not to work. Volkswagen was contacted.