Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| STEERING - HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST - PUMP | |||
| 05/16/2000 | 1 | 02/01/2000 | |
| Consumer stated there was a noise from power steering pump when making turns, dealer infomred consumer that noise was normal from pump.*jb | |||
| STEERING - LINKAGES - TIE ROD ASSEMBLY | |||
| 08/04/2003 | 12000 | 6 | 10/15/2000 |
| 2000 vw beetleought the car new. at 12,000 miles had a bent tie rod which vw insisted that i damaged which i didn't. if i did i would have blown the tire out. troddle box needs replacing because of a bad censor. total cost over $500 not including what i spent replacing the tie rod. lost power in the car, twice and service cannot find the problem. check engine light keeps on coming on along with the epc light. air bag indicator light had to be reset due to the power failure. vw customer service is worthless. don't even want to acknowledge the problems.*ak | |||
| STEERING - RACK AND PINION | |||
| 07/15/2003 | 80000 | 5 | 11/11/2000 |
| Cooling system failed causing the original overheating. the car has continued to peridodically overheat since. the car was fully repaired from the first incident and has been in for repair many times since. now there are several failures with the car. | |||