Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | |||
| 11/12/2012 | 55000 | ||
| The vehicle starts up fine and accelerates normal at first. just before the vehicle switches to second gear it gets stuck. the only way to get it to properly shit to second gear is to give it more gas, which makes the rpms go up to 7,000. at this point the vehicle changes to second gear and lunges forward. i have almost rear ended multiple people do this this problem. once the vehicle gets into second gear it accelerates normally again, just until it changes to third gear and does the same problem that i described above. this problem is not only dangerous, but also financial hurtful. i have read hundreds of reviews on this problem and they all describe the same thing, along with their vehicles being very low in mileage. | |||
| 01/05/2013 | 83000 | 1 | |
| I bought my 2003 vw beetle a few months ago from a private seller. in the past week, the shifting has gotten really difficult and it very often will not accelerate easily. my husband drove the car and reported having no problems, so he didn't believe me. yesterday, i was driving on the highway and couldn't get the car to accelerate past 50 mph. it was especially scary when i tried to cross the highway and the car didn't want to accelerate at all. that could have been a horrible accident. after crossing the highway, i was unable to accelerate past 20 mph. i parked the car at a relatives home and had her drive me home as i was afraid to drive the car again. i started doing research and was blown away by the number of people facing the same problems. this is a dangerous situation that needs to be resolved. *tr | |||
| 01/05/2013 | 83000 | ||
| I bought my 2003 vw beetle a few months ago from a private seller. in the past week, the shifting has gotten really difficult and it very often will not accelerate easily. my husband drove the car and reported having no problems, so he didn't believe me. yesterday, i was driving on the highway and couldn't get the car to accelerate past 50 mph. it was especially scary when i tried to cross the highway and the car didn't want to accelerate at all. that could have been a horrible accident. after crossing the highway, i was unable to accelerate past 20 mph. i parked the car at a relative's home and had her drive me home as i was afraid to drive the car again. i started doing research and was blown away by the number of people facing the same problems. this is a dangerous situation that needs to be resolved. | |||
| 10/10/2007 | 70000 | 1 | |
| When cruise control is engaged, suddenly, without warning, the vehicle will accelerate at ever increasing speeds until disengaged. this happens intermittently, without warning and seemingly without a common denominator (such as 30 min after engaged or at a particular speed). it does happen with more regularity exceeding speeds of 70 mph on the highway, but it has also happened at 45-50 mph as well. the dealer was unable to duplicate the problem so subsequently did not repair the problem. *tr | |||