Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | |||
| 11/16/2011 | |||
| I just bought a 2000 volkswagen new beetle, and my transmission is slipping i have taken this vehicle to more than one location including the volkswagen dealership and everyone is telling me the code read gear ratio incorrect. my car is very dangerous for me too drive the dealership told me that the transmission i need is 5000 and there is no warranty that they could offer me. i just bought this car i don't have 5000 for a new transmission and i have done my research about this situation and everyone is saying the same exact thing im complaining about how fast beetles transmission go out and half of them took there beetle to volkswagen just for them to tell them they need 5000 to 7000 transmission and later find out that was jot even the problem and the car is still driving very reckless. i'm putting my life n danger every time i drive the car i have two jobs and i cant afford to miss one day. so u tell me miss days from work because i don't have safe transportation or drive the car i have n rest my life everyday. i need someone to hear me out and help me with this situation. i'm sorry to say i will keep complaining intel someone gets to bottom of this. | |||
| 12/29/2004 | 49600 | 1 | |
| The consumer states when applying the brake pedal the vehicle accelerates without warning. no impact reported. please provide additional information. *nm | |||
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL - CRUISE CONTROL | |||
| 04/24/2007 | 2 | ||
| While driving on a highway at 65 miles per hour, i attempted to turn the cruise control off. it did not go off. then i applied the brakes and the brake pedal went all the way to the floor with no tension. there was no braking action at all. i drove along some grassy areas on the side of the highway to slow the car, turned off the ignition because the car was no decelerating, and hit a tree at about 50 mph. the airbags did not go off. the car was totalled. the car was sold to a junk yard because the repair costs were too high and because the repair facility said they could not determine why the cruise control and brakes failed. | |||
| 06/14/2003 | 06/12/2003 | ||
| I bought a volkswagen beetle on the 12th of june before we went on vacation. we traveled 860 miles one way. the cruise light would never come on, not even when you started the vehicle. anyway we could go anywhere from 10 miles to 100 miles and the cruise would automatically kick off, jerking the car. we called our dealer immediately but he could not help. when we got back from vacation we took it up there. they said that it was supposed to do that. also in the manual it says that there is supposed to be a fuse for cruise: there is not one. they test drove another one that was on their lot and that cruise light didn't work either. i'm just wondering is there a recall on this or how can someone fix it. *nlm | |||
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL - LINKAGES | |||
| 12/02/2001 | 8 | 03/01/2000 | |
| While coming to an intersection and downshifting, instead of the car slowing down, the cruise control turned itself on and proceeded to accelerate. by pressing the brake pedal, the cruise control turned off. the cruise control switch has already been replaced one time. my car has now been in the shop 8 times for numerous electrical problems and vw of america doesn't seem too interested on solving the problems. | |||