Underbody Shield problems of the 2003 Volkswagen New Beetle

One problem related to underbody shield has been reported for the 2003 Volkswagen New Beetle. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2003 Volkswagen New Beetle based on all problems reported for the 2003 New Beetle.

1 Underbody Shield problem

Failure Date: 01/15/2004

2003 olkswagon New Beetle-the rear bumper had been removed to repair damage to the left drivers side fender. Once removed it was noticed that the right rear passangers side, foam underbumper guard was cracked in 2 places, the crackes were filled with a black strip of sticky glue. This is the 5mph impact guard, it was cracked which caused its interigity to be gone. During manufacturing the piece should have been replaced with a new non-broken piece of foam.


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