1999 Volkswagen Beetle

AT 25,000 MILES THE CAR STARTED BURNING EXCESSIVE AMOUNTS OF OIL. AT 28,516 VW FINALLY AGREES THE CAR IS BURNING OIL EXCESSIVELY. VW REPLACED PISTON RINGS. BUT AT 35,000 THE PROBLEM RETURNS! NOW VW STATES THIS IS "NORMAL". WHY IS THIS NORMAL NOW AND THE SAME PROBLEM WAS NOT NORMAL BEFORE? I HAVE RECENTLY LEARNED PER VOLKSWAGEN,IS SUPPOSED TO USE A QUART OF OIL EVERY 1,000 MILES. I WAS NEVER INFORMED OF THIS BY THE DEALERSHIP. THIS IS TOTALLY RIDICULOUS AND UNACCEPTABLE!!! ITS MY OPINION, BUT I SUSPECT THAT VW IS WELL AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM. THEY PROBABLY DON'T WANT TO EAT THE COST OF REPLACING THOUSANDS OF ENGINES. SO....THEY DECLARED THIS SITUATION "NORMAL".I AM TOTAL DISCUSSED WITH VW OF AMERICA. BECAUSE THIS CAR BURNS MORE OIL THEN THE OLD HEAP I GOT TIRED OF. I WOULD LIKE A NEW ENGINE THAT DOES NOT BURN OIL!!!! "NORMAL" IS JUST A STANDARD WAY TO WEASEL OUT OF TAKING ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE VERY REAL PROBLEMS THAT MYSELF AND OTHER HAVE WITH THEIR VEHICLES!!!! *PH

#1 MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND THEY REPLACED A SENSOR AND IT DID NO GOOD, IT CAME ON AGAIN, AND THEY COULD NOT FIX IT, I TOOK IT BACK FOUR TIMES AND THEY STILL DID NOT GET IT FIXED PROPERLY. # AFTER THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH A NOISE IN THE FRONT END AND I TOLD THEM ABOUT IT AND THEY SAID IT WAS OK, BUT I TOOK IT BACK AFTER MY STEP DAD TOLD ME TO AND THEY LOOK AT IT AND TOLD ME IT WAS MY SWAY BAR AND TOLD ME THEY HAD TO ORDER A NEW PART BUT IT WAS OK I TOLD THEM I HAVE TWO KIDS AND I WAS WORRIED ABOUT THE SAFETY OF THE CAR AND THEY TOLD ME TO TAKE IT WAS OK TO DRIVE . THIS IT THE FIFTH TIME IT HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP AND I AM WORRIED ABOUT THE SAFETY OF THE CAR AND WANT SOME ONE TO CHECK IT OVER AND CLEAR IT TO DRIVE SO I DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT GETTING IN TO A ACCIDENT WITH A UNSAFE CAR WOULD YOU PLEASE HELP ME TO TAKE CARE OF THIS SO I HAVE A SAFE CAR TO TAKE MY CHILDREN IN AND DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT IT GOING OFF THE ROAD . *JB

1999 VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE UNDER WARRANTY OF 10 YEARS OR 100,000 MILES-POWER TRAIN-TRANSMISSION. BECAUSE PARTS WERE LEFT OUT OF THE TRANSMISSION DURING REPAIR IN 2001 AND BECAUSE THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT SHIFT PROPERLY FROM THE PURCHASE DATE OF 4-28-1999, MANY CLOSE CALLS/NEAR ACCIDENTS WERE EXPERIENCED ON THE FREEWAY. THE BEETLE JUMPED OUT OF 1 GEAR OR ANOTHER AND IN FREEWAY TRAFFIC THAT IS LIFE THREATENING. THE MANUFACTURER AND DEALER CLASSIC VW OF ESCONDIDO, CA. DID NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM. FROM 1999 TO 2-03, 7 ATTEMPTS AT REPAIR WITH THE ONE 2-13-03 BY PARADISE VW OF INDIO, CA, 110 MILES FROM HOME. ONE DEALER WOULD NOT EVEN ATTEMPT BECAUSE THEY WOULDN'T GET PAID. PER PHONE 2 OTHER DEALERS TOLD US TO GO BACK TO CLASSIC WHERE WE PURCHASED THE BEETLE AND HAVE THEM FIX THEIR OWN BAD WORK. THE TRANSMISSION JUMPED OUT OF GEAR AT FREEWAY SPEEDS, 70 MPH, AND WHEN YOU LOOSE GEAR IN THAT KIND OF TRAFFIC IN THE 2ND OR 3RD LANE YOU ARE IN REAL DANGER. ABOUT 10 OF THIS KIND OF NEAR ACCIDENT OCCURRED. LUCKILY ACCIDENTS WERE AVOIDED. FREEWAY TRAVEL CANNOT ALWAYS BE AVOIDED. COULD NOT GET THE CAR REPAIRED SO WE DROVE IT. CLASSIC ALWAYS MAINTAINED THE CAR WAS REPAIRED OR DIDN'T NEED REPAIR, AND WE DROVE IT. WE ALWAYS FELT IN DANGER. THIS TYPE OF DEFECT NEEDS MORE ATTENTION BECAUSE IT IS LIFE THREATENING, A DEATH WAITING TO HAPPEN. *JB

THE 5TH GEAR IN THE MANUAL TRANSMISSION SLIPPED OUT OF GEAR A NUMBER OF TIMES RENDERING ME HELPLESS IN FREEWAY TRAFFIC. I HAD MADE AT LEAST 5 ATTEMPTS TO HAVE REPAIRS DONE ON THE TRANSMISSION BUT THE DEALERSHIP WAS UNABLE TO REPAIR THE TRANSMISSION PROPERLY AND WHEN IT WAS REPAIRED IT WAS IMPROPERLY REPAIRED, WITH PARTS LEFT OUT. BECAUSE THE PROBLEM WAS NOT DUPLICATED BY ANOTHER DEALER NO REPAIRS WERE DONE UNTIL THE CAR WAS SEEN BY A 3RD DEALER WHO FOUND THE PROBLEM AND CORRECTED IT. THE TRANSMISSION WAS UNDERWARRANTY OF 10 YRS/100,000 MILES. . WE, THE CONSUMER, MUST LEARN TO BE AGRESSIVE AND GET PROPER REPAIRS DONE ON OUR AUTOMOBILES AND WE MUST USE EVERYMEANS AVAILABLE TO US TO ENCOURAGE/FORCE THE DEALERSHIPS TO BE MORE AWARE OF CONSUMER SAFTEY. I COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED OR KILLED OTHERS ON THE FREEWAY DUE TO THE CAR SLIPPING OUT OF GEAR. I NEED TO USE MY CAR AND I DID TRY TO GET IT FIXED SO IT WOULD BE SAFE ON ALL ROADWAYS AND IN ALL DRIVING CONDITIONS ON ROADWAYS. IF A CAR CANNOT BE REPAIRED BY A DEALER THEY SHOULD BE HONEST ENOUGH TO ADMIT THEIR LACK OF SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE AND THE CONSUMER REFERRED TO A PLACE OF REPAIR THAT HAS THE KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND TOOLS OF THE TRADE TO ACCOMPLISH THE REPAIR. A CAR OUT OF GEAR AT FREEWAY SPEEDS ON A FREEWAY IS AS DANGEROUS AS ANY OF THE TOP 3 DANGERS LISTED AND SHOULD BE ADDED TO THE LIST. SO SHOULD THE NAMES OF THE DEALERS WHO ARE SO LAX IN ACCOMPLISHING LIFE SAVING REPAIRS.

ON 01/28/2003 WHILE CRUISING AT APPROXIMATELY 45MPH MY DIESEL ENGINE SIMPLY SHUT DOWN WITHOUT ANY ADVANCE WARNING WHATSOEVER. I WAS STRANDED ON THE SIDE OF A VERY BUSY ROAD WITH MY 3 YEAR OLD GRANDDAUGHTER. I THEN HAD IT TOWED TO JIM ELLIS VW ON PEACHTREE INDUSTRIAL BLVD, ATLANTA, GA 30341 (PHONE: 770-458-6811). THEY WERE ABLE TO REPEAT THE PROBLEM AND DIAGNOSED A FAILED POWER SUPPLY RELAY WHICH WAS SUBSEQUENTLY REPLACED. THUS FAR THE PROBLEM HAS NOT REPEATED ITSELF. THIS WAS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION!!!!