Bulletins
| Bulletin | Bulletin date | Replacement Bulletin | Item no. | Summary | Added |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING - COOLING SYSTEM - HOSE | |||||
| 010702 | 01/11/2007 | 10021315 | Dtc's p1297 (17705) or p1557 (17965) stored in dtc memory. this may be caused by intake hoses leaking (during boost conditions) due to incorrect torque on clamps or improper placement, worn or torn intake hoses. *kb | 04/03/2007 | |
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING - ENGINE | |||||
| TB-01-12-04 | 02/10/2012 | 10043602 | Volkswagen: gasoline engines have rough idle, have significant loss of power or stalling with reduced performance. *pe | 04/13/2012 | |
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING - EXHAUST SYSTEM | |||||
| 2015831 | 08/28/2008 | 10026848 | Volkswagen: exhaust heat shield, replacement guidelines. heat shields are to be inspected after completion o any type of repair to the underbody (exhaust system transmission, etc.), and if damaged, replaced. *pe | 12/29/2008 | |
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | |||
| 07/01/2009 | 70000 | 1 | |
| 2002 turbo vw beetle. seems to be jerking when shifting into gear. last week it jerked me forward quite hard. scary!! car has 70,000 miles. i see there is alot of people with this same problem. i've spent 1200.00 in the last year on various repairs. as i saw with other complaints, a/c stops working and then this. wondering if this is a safety issue with the seriousness of this jerking affect. jerking now has gotten harder and is everytime it shifts into gear. this is an automatic! when recently taken into a vw shop they did a computer scan on it and nothing comes up. various hoses, water pump, thermo reader have been replaced. *tr | |||
| 01/31/2003 | |||
| Vehicle vibrates. dealer has been notified. | |||
| 12/26/2002 | |||
| Consumer states that while driving at 65mph and no warning the vehicle will shut off causing consumer to pull over and it will be hard to get the vehicle back started. dealer notified. | |||
| 12/23/2002 | |||
| Consumer states he get very poor gas mileage and his auto smokes when he starts it up and also smiles while he is driving it. he sates also his auto runs very rough. consumer states he took his auto to a dealer and he was told that he has a clogged manifold and a clogged egr valve. he also states that volkswagen knows about this and won't do anything about it. he says they won't admit there is a problem with these cars. ts *dt | |||
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING - COOLING SYSTEM - FAN | |||
| 07/01/2005 | 1 | 09/24/2002 | |
| 2002 volkswagen beetle electric fan failed.*mr the stated that an object must have hit the fan to cause it to fail. the consumer stated the fan was protected on all sides by steel and aluminum. the consumer stated the only way to access the fan was to remove the entire front end of the vehicle. *jb | |||
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING - COOLING SYSTEM - HOSE | |||
| 01/01/1901 | 1 | ||
| Vehicle turbo hose came loose on 2002 new beetle.*mr *cb | |||
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING - ENGINE - GASOLINE | |||
| 11/25/2002 | 1 | 10/01/2002 | |
| I have claimed to volkeswagen why this has not been on recall although the service is advising me that they cannot keep up with service since they keep having the same models of car with the same problems. my car has been at the service for over a week and a half now since vw is out of stock on this particular parts. service can not start working on vw told me that they are not calling for recall for this problem but just wait for the owner of the cars with defected parts to find out this problem. i do not feel volkeswagen is taking a proper action on this defected parts. wish some kind of proper action would be taken seriously soon. dt | |||
| 04/01/2002 | |||
| While traveling on the highway the vehicle has stall more than one occasion. please furnish additional information. dealer is aware of the problem. mr | |||
| 10/01/2002 | |||
| Consumer states that vehicle loses power while driving on freeway. vehicle sputters and then stalls. mr | |||
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING - ENGINE - GASOLINE - TURBO-CHARGER | |||
| 04/23/2004 | 9000 | 03/21/2004 | |
| I was driving at 65 mph attempted to accelerate when the vehicle coughed or sputtered and the engine quit. i turned the key to off position and back on and the engine restarted. i proceeded to drive on down the highway approximately one to two miles when i heard a loud explosion, like a backfire, come from under the car. the car began smoking immediately a bluish smoke. i knew something was not right so i slowed down, turned around and began heading back toward the city. the car did not have full power and so i was only going twenty to thirty miles per hour and had traveled about one half mile when another car began passing me and flagged me down telling me that my car was on fire. by the time i got stopped the smoke was coming out the hood and out from the dash. i immdediately grabbed miscellaneous personal items and carried them about 5o feet behind the vehicle and was able to run back for one more trip before it looked entirely unsafe to attempt another trip. the witness called 911 but the car was completely burnt up before the fire department got there. *ak | |||