Three problems related to power train have been reported for the 2005 Volkswagen New Beetle. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2005 Volkswagen New Beetle based on all problems reported for the 2005 New Beetle.
Transmission valve body malfunctions and causes the card to shift harshly. This causes loss of control during acceleration and deceleration.
Recall for transmission valve, brought to dealership, replaced valve and then transmission went out. Vw said this had nothing to do with the valve being replaced and would not cover the transmission, which was 6500 in addition to another 1500. With that being said, the car is now just suddenly losing all power at red lights or whenever stopped, this is a real road hazard, it is an accident waiting to happen. These 2005 vw are dangerous cars on the road. Vw needs to step up and reimburse folks for the transmission so that they can go and get new cars. It's difficult in these times to be able to go and get a new car when I have just socked 8000 into this one. I cannot believe that vw is getting away with this transmission issue, just unbelievable. And the car will go back in the shop again next week. I am really asking for this government agency to investigate and do what's right for all vw beetle owners that are going through this. The recall is surely a cover up for the real issue, a "faulty" transmission.
This is on a car with a 1. 9l bew engine and 6 speed dsg gearbox. Problem emerged as a rough idle (like a cylinder was missing) and knocking sounds while at idle and during engine shutdown as engine comes to a stop. Car was taken to dealer and dealer diagnosed as failing dual mass flywheel, $1398 to fix. I got lucky and mine didn't explode/disintegrate as some others have, although I don't know yet if it has caused other damage to engine or trasmission. Car has 73,000 miles on it and is out of waranty, spent extra money on extended waranty when I bought the car new to hopefully avoid situations like this - the longest waranty I was offered was 7 years or 70,000 miles. Vw has re-designed the dual mass flywheel to improve it and they have recalled the cars in other countrys because of this failure but not here in the u. S. They obviously know there is a problem, otherwise why the re-designed part or recall? the failing flywheel could also cause sever damage to the trasmission and engine.