Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| UNKNOWN OR OTHER | |||
| 09/06/2011 | 77500 | ||
| My 2003 new beetle convertible with a 2.0 automatic transmission (code: ggz) has a bad transmission that needs to be replaced and i see many other people are having the same problem. i cannot afford $6,000 for a new transmission and $3,500 for used. the used transmissions have more miles than my poor car. i want to file a complaint against vw. | |||
| 09/09/2011 | |||
| Rear driver side window- regulator. | |||
| 09/06/2011 | 77500 | ||
| My 2003 new beetle convertible with a 2.0 automatic transmission (code: ggz) has a bad transmission that needs to be replaced and i see many other people are having the same problem. i cannot afford $6,000 for a new transmission and $3,500 for used. the used transmissions have more miles than my poor car. i want to file a complaint against vw. | |||
| 09/09/2011 | |||
| Rear driver side window- regulator. | |||
| 09/06/2011 | 77500 | ||
| My 2003 new beetle convertible with a 2.0 automatic transmission (code: ggz) has a bad transmission that needs to be replaced and i see many other people are having the same problem. i cannot afford $6,000 for a new transmission and $3,500 for used. the used transmissions have more miles than my poor car. i want to file a complaint against vw. | |||
| 09/09/2011 | |||
| Rear driver side window- regulator. | |||
| 09/06/2011 | 77500 | ||
| My 2003 new beetle convertible with a 2.0 automatic transmission (code: ggz) has a bad transmission that needs to be replaced and i see many other people are having the same problem. i cannot afford $6,000 for a new transmission and $3,500 for used. the used transmissions have more miles than my poor car. i want to file a complaint against vw. | |||
| 09/09/2011 | |||
| Rear driver side window- regulator. | |||
| 04/25/2008 | 73525 | ||
| On april 25, 2008 we took our 2003 vw beetle convertible to our vw dealer for service and a complaint about the transmission shifting hard or clunking at times. they said the noise was the exhaust and adjusted it and signed off. that was not the problem. the hard shifting continued occasionally for some time. then it started to happen more often and be more severe. on october 23, 2009, we returned to our dealer for service and told them again about our concerns about the hard shifting as we had on several occasions in the past. at this time they ran a diagnostic ($90.00) on the transmission. they had to order a part and we returned on november 5, 2009 to have the cable installed. ($1406.36) the problem got worse and we returned november, 10, 2009 for another diagnostic and another cable install.($179.78) still not fixed the car goes into limp mode when you try to drive it. we left the car with our dealer for them to try to find a used transmission. no luck. on december 2, 2009 we decided to contact a transmission shop a friend told us about. i called a transmission shop to pick up the car at our dealer and take it to their shop to look into rebuilding the transmission. all to no avail they could not get parts for that transmission. the next step was to look for a used one again. still unable to locate a used transmission we decided to have a vw rebuilt transmission installed. ($5469.60) this was done and the car was picked up on january 7, 2010. now on december 14, 2010 we receive a letter that describes our original complaint about the hard shifting. the letter was extending the warranty on the transmission. i then sent a claim to vw to ask for reimbursement. that claim was not accepted. | |||
| 09/14/2010 | 59000 | ||
| The car has a transmission that is needing replacing after only 60,000 miles. | |||
| 08/17/2010 | 5000 | ||
| 2003 vw beetle rear window issues. 3 times this has happened where the rear window wont roll up.3 times vw dealership charged us close to a thousand dollars to fix because of there design flaw.so many people have had this problem its time to investigate...please! i have put the latest date this occured, but as i say this has happened 3 times | |||
| 05/01/2010 | 35000 | ||
| While the rear driver's side window was being lowered by the 20 year old female driver it made a horrendous grinding noise which caused the driver to nearly lose control as she tried to stop quickly. she feared something in the rear wheel was breaking. a short time later the pasenger side window ground to a state of disrepair. now the driver's side front window needs to be lowered very carefully to avoid engaging the automatic feature as this causes the window to make a terrible noise. this is very distracting to the driver to have to stop the window just before it reaches the fully open position. the rear windows have to be manually positioned just right to allow the convertible top to be lowered properly. also, when small children are in the back seat they may be able to cause the windows to fall down all the way subjecting them to ejection or the ability to fall out of the vehicle on their own. when it is raining or snowing the elements fly in throught the windows because they won't stay up. this is also very distracting and dangerous especially with small children in the back seat. repair estimates for the rear windows start at $1500.00 which this particular owner/driver cannot begin to afford!. vw refuses to address this problem. | |||
| 08/17/2010 | 5000 | ||
| 2003 vw beetle rear window issues. 3 times this has happened where the rear window wont roll up.3 times vw dealership charged us close to a thousand dollars to fix because of there design flaw.so many people have had this problem its time to investigate...please! i have put the latest date this occured, but as i say this has happened 3 times | |||
| 05/01/2010 | 35000 | ||
| While the rear driver's side window was being lowered by the 20 year old female driver it made a horrendous grinding noise which caused the driver to nearly lose control as she tried to stop quickly. she feared something in the rear wheel was breaking. a short time later the pasenger side window ground to a state of disrepair. now the driver's side front window needs to be lowered very carefully to avoid engaging the automatic feature as this causes the window to make a terrible noise. this is very distracting to the driver to have to stop the window just before it reaches the fully open position. the rear windows have to be manually positioned just right to allow the convertible top to be lowered properly. also, when small children are in the back seat they may be able to cause the windows to fall down all the way subjecting them to ejection or the ability to fall out of the vehicle on their own. when it is raining or snowing the elements fly in throught the windows because they won't stay up. this is also very distracting and dangerous especially with small children in the back seat. repair estimates for the rear windows start at $1500.00 which this particular owner/driver cannot begin to afford!. vw refuses to address this problem. | |||
| 08/17/2010 | 5000 | ||
| 2003 vw beetle rear window issues. 3 times this has happened where the rear window wont roll up.3 times vw dealership charged us close to a thousand dollars to fix because of there design flaw.so many people have had this problem its time to investigate...please! i have put the latest date this occured, but as i say this has happened 3 times | |||
| 05/01/2010 | 35000 | ||
| While the rear driver's side window was being lowered by the 20 year old female driver it made a horrendous grinding noise which caused the driver to nearly lose control as she tried to stop quickly. she feared something in the rear wheel was breaking. a short time later the pasenger side window ground to a state of disrepair. now the driver's side front window needs to be lowered very carefully to avoid engaging the automatic feature as this causes the window to make a terrible noise. this is very distracting to the driver to have to stop the window just before it reaches the fully open position. the rear windows have to be manually positioned just right to allow the convertible top to be lowered properly. also, when small children are in the back seat they may be able to cause the windows to fall down all the way subjecting them to ejection or the ability to fall out of the vehicle on their own. when it is raining or snowing the elements fly in throught the windows because they won't stay up. this is also very distracting and dangerous especially with small children in the back seat. repair estimates for the rear windows start at $1500.00 which this particular owner/driver cannot begin to afford!. vw refuses to address this problem. | |||
| 08/17/2010 | 5000 | ||
| 2003 vw beetle rear window issues. 3 times this has happened where the rear window wont roll up.3 times vw dealership charged us close to a thousand dollars to fix because of there design flaw.so many people have had this problem its time to investigate...please! i have put the latest date this occured, but as i say this has happened 3 times | |||
| 05/01/2010 | 35000 | ||
| While the rear driver's side window was being lowered by the 20 year old female driver it made a horrendous grinding noise which caused the driver to nearly lose control as she tried to stop quickly. she feared something in the rear wheel was breaking. a short time later the pasenger side window ground to a state of disrepair. now the driver's side front window needs to be lowered very carefully to avoid engaging the automatic feature as this causes the window to make a terrible noise. this is very distracting to the driver to have to stop the window just before it reaches the fully open position. the rear windows have to be manually positioned just right to allow the convertible top to be lowered properly. also, when small children are in the back seat they may be able to cause the windows to fall down all the way subjecting them to ejection or the ability to fall out of the vehicle on their own. when it is raining or snowing the elements fly in throught the windows because they won't stay up. this is also very distracting and dangerous especially with small children in the back seat. repair estimates for the rear windows start at $1500.00 which this particular owner/driver cannot begin to afford!. vw refuses to address this problem. | |||