Bulletins
| Bulletin | Bulletin date | Replacement Bulletin | Item no. | Summary | Added |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | |||||
| TB-94-10-02 | 08/09/2010 | 10036467 | Volkswagen: headlights may intermittently dim slightly at idle. the headlamps or inside lights intermittently dim slightly at idle speed. at idle speed the alternator voltage can fluctuate, as the alternator cannot fully compensate the f | 03/16/2011 | |
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR | |||||
| TB-09-10-02 | 08/09/2010 | 10035204 | Volkswagen: headlights may intermittently dim slightly at idle. at idle speed the alternator voltage can fluctuate, as the alternator cannot fully compensate the fluctuations. some electric consumers come on in cycles or have no constant | 02/11/2011 | |
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - BATTERY | |||||
| TB-09-10-02 | 08/09/2010 | 10035204 | Volkswagen: headlights may intermittently dim slightly at idle. at idle speed the alternator voltage can fluctuate, as the alternator cannot fully compensate the fluctuations. some electric consumers come on in cycles or have no constant | 02/11/2011 | |
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - WIRING | |||||
| TB-94-10-02 | 08/09/2010 | 10036467 | Volkswagen: headlights may intermittently dim slightly at idle. the headlamps or inside lights intermittently dim slightly at idle speed. at idle speed the alternator voltage can fluctuate, as the alternator cannot fully compensate the f | 03/16/2011 | |
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | |||
| 05/12/2011 | 41048 | ||
| Faulty ignition coils, car will stall during driving in the middle of the road. when the weather is hot and after one -two hours driving stop and go the engine will stall or misfire. vw dealer identifies the problems by misfire of coil but replaces only one coil. the problem comes back within 2 month with different coil. vw should replace all 5 coils in order to avoid damage or accidents. | |||
| 11/15/2010 | 47364 | ||
| Sensor lights come on intermittantly. not consistant and go days between repeat issue. abs/brake/esp: comes on and when car is restart will not duplicate. dealer replaced modual and it came on again. seat belt alarm: will alarm even when seat belt is fastened. airbag sensor: came on then, when car was restart it would not duplicate. happened 3 time in a week. headlights replaced: both replaced twice in one year. locks: will lock/unlock while driving when they already had been locked. | |||
| 05/31/2009 | 5000 | ||
| I currently own a 2008 vw beetle and it's an automatic. when first getting the car i could tell the transmission seemed not smooth at all. when driving through an intersection from a red light my car had trouble when pressing the gas. it had a pause. then when going down the high way when i was changing lanes to go infront of someone i pressed the gas and my car jumps. this happens all the time. not something that happens once and a while. it happens every time i drive my car. the dealership replaced the transmission at on 5,000 but the problem still happens! then going down the road in the pouring rain my windshield wipers stopped working. they had to replace the motor. when i went through a drive through i rolled down my window and it made a horrible grinding noise that i thought the window was going to shatter. they had to replace the window motor. then the same exact thing happened to the passenger side front and back window. both my head lights keep going through $20.00 bulbs. they had to replace the fuses. on my convertible top the side covers stopped going in and out. they had to replace those. then on my way to work all the lights for the what gear you were in blinking. which caused me to have the car towed because it was running in emergency transmission mode. they had to replace something with that. right after that was replaced going down the road my car made a grinding noise so i turned around to take it back and it was something with the fuel intake that they had to replace. the dash board lights go on and off. the dealership said they could not find anything wrong with that. | |||
| 04/15/2009 | 5975 | 1 | |
| I purchased a 2008 new beetle in 2008, trading in a 2005 new beetle convertible model. i have also previously owned a 2000 model. after about two months of ownership with the 2008 new beetle, i began experiencing problems with the key not being able to turn in the starter. i found i had to use a great deal of force and over the course of the next four months broke two keys off in the ignition. in march 2009, i was down to my last key when the starter became stripped, with the key spinning and not triggering the starter at all. at this point, the car was towed to the vw dealer, which ordered a replacement starter. i waited 17 days for the repair to be completed because, i was told, there were hundreds of backorders nationally for this starter part. when i received the car back with the new part, i immediately began experiencing the same problem. i also noted the same problem in two loaner cars (2009 models of the vw new beetle) provided by my dealer. i never experienced this problem with my 2000 or 2005 models. i called to report this to the dealer and was told to call vw. i just called vw and they advised to take the car back for possible replacement of the part again. i told vw i would do so, but that i lack confidence that yet another replacement will solve the problem as i suspect there has been a change of design affecting the part. i asked vw if they had knowledge of a problem and was told they don't track warranty repairs for possible part problems, so i decided to file a complaint here. *tr | |||