Engine Problems of Volkswagen New Beetle Convertible

Broken engine mount bolt without any type of impact; broke after accelerating on a traffic light. Engine mount was replaced.

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Beginning around September 2010, my 2003 vw new beetle began experiencing hard shifting and engine revving during normal driving. When accellerating from first to second gear, and from second to third gear, the car idles at very high rpms while failing to actually shift for a few seconds, then shifts very hard into gear forcing the car to slow down, jerk and buck. Vw did issue a warranty extension some time ago but the extension was only to 100,000 miles and at the time, my car had approximately 104,000 miles on it and vw wouldn't do the work - which involves replacing a faulty transmission valve body. Since that time, the rpms have gotten stuck idling almost to red zone levels while I'm driving, though the car is not actually accellerating. It's as if the car is in neutral with the foot on the gas. This has happened at least 10 times and is remedied if I pull over and turn the car off, then restart it. In addition, when downshifting to exit the highway or upshifting to enter the highway, or simply when pulling away from a stop light or stop sign, the car has a tendency to skip a gear or shift so hard it jerks and bucks and revs very high until the gear engages (like it does when a kid is learning how to drive a stick shift, only it's an automatic). This happens every time I drive the car and has continually worsened. I haven't had an actual accident but believe it is imminent if the condition keeps getting worse.

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Transmission on the vw new beetles are faulty. Cars should last more than 45,000 miles before the transmission goes. This has been a documented problem on website forums like newbettle. Org and I hope that you can do something about it.

The contact owns a 2004 Volkswagen beetle convertible. The contact stated while traveling at 5 mph, the vehicle began jerking forward and hesitating to shift into gear. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where the contact was informed that the valve would need to be replaced. The vehicle was then taken to a local repair facility where the valve was replaced. There were no prior warnings of the failure. The failure mileage was 48,000 and the current mileage was 63,000.