Ignition Coils Failure Problems of Volkswagen New Beetle

Faulty ignition coils, car will stall during driving in the middle of the road. When the weather is hot and after one -two hours driving stop and go the engine will stall or misfire. Vw dealer identifies the problems by misfire of coil but replaces only one coil. The problem comes back within 2 month with different coil. Vw should replace all 5 coils in order to avoid damage or accidents.

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Purchased vehicle new in 1999. Was plagued with electrical problems through 2001 such as faulty radio ( 2 occurrences) ,faulty door lock switch and 1 occurrence of non functioning lights( inside and out) , horn, door chime . Complained of smoke streaming from steering column in 2004. Smoke was consistent with melted plastic odor. Dealer was able to locate origin of odor in Feb 2006. Ignition coil + wiring overheated and melted. Relay also overheated. Parts were replaced by dealer. Defective ignition coil retained.

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Within 5,500 miles of purchasing my 2000 beetle I started experiencing sudden major power loss while driving the car. When I took it in they would run a diagnostic and come up with nothing. According to them the problem did not exist. They said to me, they were not going to start throwing parts at it. They refused to take any corrective steps to try and correct this problem because it wasn't showing up on the diagnostic equipment. Now with a total of 12,455 mile on this car ( I don't drive it much because of this problem) vw has recalled their vehicles with the 1. 8 liter engines due to an ignition coil problem. I have this same type engine but the recall did not cover my model year. I had to argue and insist that they look at my vehicle. The dealer finally agreed , according to them my coil is fine . They did not replace it and they still refuse to take any corrective action to start to fix this problem. I can not sell my car because I will be held responsible for any accident created by this pre-existing problem, and if I disclose this problem to a perspective buyer they will not buy it. If I was able to afford to trade it in, let's say, on a new vw, the dealer would not give me much on the trade in ( knowing it has this problem) and then they would have to turn around and finally fix it. They couldn't resell it otherwise. This is a major potential accident problem waiting to happen. Update: the dealer called me. They finally did something. They replaced the "fuel pump relay". They would not cover it under the original warranty so now I have a big repair bill to deal with. That is another issue I will have to deal with separately. I hope this will correct my problem, time will tell. I will still file this complaint for the record (hoping the replacement part works). If the problem continues I will follow up with another complaint.

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I am frustrated and scared by a problem Volkswagen and Audi are having with the ignition system on their turbocharged four-cylinder engines. The sibling automakers, parts of Volkswagen ag of germany, admit there is a "higher-than-normal" failure rate of the four ignition coils on 2001 and 2002 turbocharged, 1. 8-liter engines used in about 300,000 vehicles, including the golf, New Beetle, jetta, passat and Audi a4. I have already had one coilpac replaced, and fear for the time when the others will go too. I have been told that they are going to fail at some point. So why didnt vw just replace all of the coil packs with the improved ones.

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