Volkswagen Beetle owners have reported 330 power train related problems since 1996. Table 1 shows the 28 most common power train problems. The number one most common problem is related to the vehicle's power train (123 problems). The second most common problem is related to the vehicle's automatic transmission (81 problems). For details of each of the problem category, use the links in the table.
Upon pulling into my driveway, the vehicle would not shift into park. It got stuck in neutral and allows me to turn the vehicle on and off, but will not shift from neutral into park or drive or anything. The shifter is completely stuck, and the manual override button does nothing. Read details...
This vw Beetle a six speed automatic. Any time I drive slower than 40 miles per hour (after the car is warmed up - 15 minutes or so) it starts to lurch between gears - both when accelerating and decelerating. Speeding up, it revs high and then feels like it jumps into the next gear. Read details...
After driving the vehicle for about 10 minutes my daughter pull on to a main road and transmission slipped changing in to second and other gears. Vehicle would not get up to speed causing other cars to have to slow way down behind her. The vehicle only has 88,000 miles. Read details...
2010 Volkswagen Beetle. Consumer writes in regards to transmission failure. The consumer stated while driving the vehicle failed slowed down to about 10 mph and would not accelerate. The transmission needed to be replaced. Read details...
When in motion, the transmission fails to engage gears at appropriate engine speeds. Sometimes the engine revs way too high and slams into the next gear, producing dangerous jolts. Other times the gear fails to engage at all, resulting in complete loss of vehicle power. Read details...