Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| UNKNOWN OR OTHER | |||
| 04/29/2010 | 87000 | ||
| I bought a 2006 new beetle convertible. it is a 5 speed. at approx. 10,000 miles it jerked, wouldn't shift and then was disabled in the fast lane of traffic. it was pushed onto the shoulder, towed back to dealer. i was then given instructions on how to drive a 5 speed (after approx. 35 year of it). i was also told that you cannot drive this 5 speed in traffic - you cannot let it get hot. i was also told i must be driving my clutch. all in all - it was my fault it became a bucking bronco out there. thank god i'm a driver. vw has a wonderful 100,000 warranty on their drive train but they do not consider the clutch a part of the drive train. i have always said go ahead - drive your car without your clutch fellas. at any rate - i have been painfully loyal to vw all my life. this was and is my first dog. i was told to give them $3,500 to fix my faulty flywheel assembly. i said no. took it to 3 other places and they said drive it. i did. i totally changed my driving habits to accomodate the car. no hills - no traffic. god forbid i was in traffic. got off the road - on the shoulder. stopped the car. mind you - this is right from the beginning of my ownership. everyone is all owner the consumer websites about this problem. i am so insulted by what vw did to us. in the meantime they quietly stopped making 5 speeds. oh no kidding? why do you think that was?? so - no traffic, no hills - no hot days. it finally took it's last breath last week. and that $3000 is now due plus the $150 to tow it from where where i was stranded. little did i know everyone also had the headlight issues - sometimes yes. sometimes no. the car is a death trap. for someone as ethnocentric as me the car is quite a disappointment. but far more disappointing is the way vw treated me. it had a manufacturing defect. thousands have had it. i don't have the money for this. it is disgraceful. there should have been a recall. they knew all about it. | |||