Volkswagen New Beetle owners have reported 113 power train related problems since 1996. Table 1 shows the 23 most common power train problems. The number one most common problem is related to the vehicle's automatic transmission (51 problems). The second most common problem is related to the vehicle's power train (13 problems). For details of each of the problem category, use the links in the table.
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...
Transmission valve body malfunctions and causes the card to shift harshly. This causes loss of control during acceleration and deceleration. Read details...
Dual mass flywheel blew apart at 2200 miles then at 7,800 miles on a 2006 beetle tdi. I am now on both times happened down shifting from 5th to 4th gear. Have driven manual shifts all my life never had this happen. Was told by dealer that dmf has a hard time handling torque. Read details...
There appears to be an issue with the transmission on the beetles. I took it to a local transmission repair shop and was told by the mechanic that there has been several of the transmission failures in his shop recently. Read details...
02m transmission 6 speed; shift fork in 1st and 2nd gear fail, a small rivet is used to secure this fork (brass fork and steel shaft) together. My 1st and 2nd gear were hard to get into and progressively got worse over time; until the shift fork failed and 1st, 2nd gear are nonexistent; all other Read details...