Front Air Bag Sensor Control problems of the 2005 Volkswagen New Beetle

The contact owns a 2005 Volkswagen New Beetle. The contact received a safety recall notice for NHTSA campaign id number 08v178000 (air bags:frontal:sensor/control module), and called Volkswagen to schedule a repair appointment. He had two scheduled appointments that were cancelled because the parts were unavailable. He was informed that Volkswagen was only allotting ten parts per week to the dealers for the repair. The failure mileage was 49,000. Updated 08/29/08. Updated 09/03/08.