Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIR BAGS | |||
| 01/18/2012 | 62000 | ||
| Tl* the contact owns a 2006 volkswagen beetle. the contact stated that the air bag off warning light illuminated. the vehicle was taken to the dealer for inspection where they informed the contact that the seat belt sensor needed to be replaced. the vehicle was not repaired. the manufacturer was not notified. the vin was not available. the failure mileage was 62,000. | |||
| 01/18/2012 | 62000 | ||
| Tl- the contact owns a 2006 volkswagen beetle. the contact stated that the air bag off warning light illuminated. the vehicle was taken to the dealer for inspection where they informed the contact that the seat belt sensor needed to be replaced. the vehicle was not repaired. the manufacturer was not notified. the vin was not available. the failure mileage was 62,000. kmj | |||
| 01/18/2012 | 62000 | ||
| Tl- the contact owns a 2006 volkswagen beetle. the contact stated when she sat in the driver seat the air bag illuminated on the instrument panel meaning the air bag is deactivated. the vehicle was brought to the dealer for inspection and they informed that the seat belt censor needed to be replaced. the vehicle was not repaired. the manufacturer was not notified. the vin was not available. the failure mileage was 62000. | |||
| 03/08/2011 | 79000 | ||
| I own a 2006 vw new beetle convertible. the air bag warning light started to light intermittently and now it always remains lit. i have taken it into my vw dealership a few times for this issue. at first,they were able to reset the code and the air bag light went out. however, the last time i went in they were unable to reset the light. to correct the problem, the vw dealership says that i need to pay them a signifiicant amount of money to troubleshoot and correct the problem. i have never before had a problem with any air bag warning lights on any of my other vehicles. i believe that this is a definite safety issue that is caused by the unreliability of vw's design implementation of their air bag safety system. people should be able to have high confidence that their safety systems will be utra reliability throughout the life of the car and should not have to expect to pay additional for that assurance. my daughter was just in a minor rear end collision. the air bags did not deploy either because the collision was insufficient to set off the air bag system or because the air bag sensor light was on. thankfully, my daughter was no seriously injured. | |||
| 08/06/2010 | 40000 | ||
| Tl-the contact owns a 2006 volkswagen beetle. the air bag light began illuminating on the dashboard. the vehicle was not his so he was unsure how the failure started. the vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer where he was informed there was a sensor within the seat belt receptor that needed to be replaced. the vehicle was not repaired and the failure continues to recur. the failure mileage was 40,000 and the current mileage was 43,000. sm. | |||