Four problems related to front air bag sensor control have been reported for the 2000 Volkswagen New Beetle. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2000 Volkswagen New Beetle based on all problems reported for the 2000 New Beetle.
Air bag fault lights has been coming on and going off for over a year,,, everytime I get time to go by and get it fixed, it goes off, hooked the computer up and it shows no fault. . . Now it is on all the time, I was told that it needs to be repaired but at great expense to me,,, however it was not really hurting anything. . I was told that it does not affect the air bag deploying, but I wonder. . . The only way to find out is have an accident and I do not want to do that, so we , the owners are at the mercy of the vw corporation.
I got in my car one day and the air bag light was on for no apparent reason. No consequences other than it is probably the sensor rather than the air bag that is damaged. It has to be repaired or replaced. Not sure if that means the sensor or the air bag as well to be on the safe side. I am driving with the light on.
I turn on my car and suddenly the airbag sensor turn on without reason.
The air bag warning light came on and stayed on. The dealership indicated the instrument cluster was bad and needed to be replaced.