Volkswagen New Beetle owners have reported 98 engine and engine cooling related problems since 1996. Table 1 shows the 24 most common engine and engine cooling problems. The number one most common problem is related to the vehicle's engine and engine cooling (12 problems). The second most common problem is related to the vehicle's engine (9 problems). For details of each of the problem category, use the links in the table.
The contact owns a 2010 Volkswagen New Beetle. The contact stated that the vehicle would not start after several attempts. The vehicle was towed to an authorized dealer. The contact was uncertain of the repairs performed on the vehicle. Two months later, the failure recurred. Read details...
Engine computer randomly detects fault in turbo system and reduces engine power to unsafe level. Then any traffic maneuver that requires acceleration, I. E. Merging onto a freeway, etc. , becomes extremely unsafe. Volkswagen service department had the car for three weeks and was unable to repair it. Read details...
2001 vw beetle. From the very beginning, it has been nothing but problems. For the first few years it was covered under the warranty, free of charge repairs. I have low mileage so I thought that by the time these items were repaired it would be fine when the warranty expired. Read details...
Throttle body goes out (02-03-2009) cv axel goes out (03-31-2009 brake lights go out (02-18-2010) cv axel goes out again (4-31-2010) alternator goes out (06-21-2010) ignition coils fail (09-13-2010) ignition coils fail again(01-21-2011) brake switch replaced again (01-21-2011) air flow sensor fails Read details...
To whom it may concern, my 16 year old daughter drives a 2004 Volkswagen beetle with automatic transmission that has been very well maintained and only has about 47,000 actual miles. Recently she has been having some very scary experiences with the vehicle and we are highly concerened for her Read details...