2002 Volkswagen Beetle

CURRENTLY HAVE VERY LOW MILEAGE(NOW UNDER 20000) 2002 VW NEW BEETLE PURCHASED NEW. AFTER TIME WARRANTY EXPIRED BOTH POWER WINDOW(PASSENGER AND DRIVER SIDES) REGULATORS FAILED (AT DIFFERENT TIMES AND MILEAGES) SPONTANEOUSLY NOT DUE TO ANY EXTERNAL EVENT.. BOTH REGULATORS REQUIRED REPLACEMENT AT CONSIDERABLE COST. THIS IS VERY UNUSUAL BECAUSE AUTO WINDOW REGULATORS USUALLY ARE VERY DURABLE WHEN NOT DAMAGED BY EXTERNAL CRASH OR THE LIKE. I REPORTED THIS TO VOLKSWAGEN BUT GOT NO SATISFACTION. ON THE INTERNET I HAVE FOUND MANY OTHER COMPLAINTS FROM OWNERS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM TO THEIR DISMAY AND WITHOUT SATISFACTION FROM VOLKSWAGEN. THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN A RECALL FOR THE DEFECTIVE PARTS! *TR

THE BLUE TEMP GAUGE COMES ON FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME...THEN WHEN I SLOW DOWN THE JUMPS/JERK REALLY HARD...I NOTICE IT ONLY DOES WHEN I SLOW DOWN....TO AVOID IT I TRY TO LET THE CAR SLOW DOWN ON ITS OWN BUT IT STILL DOES IT....OTHERS THAT IVE DISCUSSED THE ISSUE WITH ADVISED ME THAT IT MAY BE THE TRANSMISSION...AND UPON RESEARCHING THE VW BEETLE I FOUND OUT THAT IM NOT THE ONLY PERSON EXPERIENCING THIS IS ISSUE AND THAT IT IS INDEED THE TRANSMISSION

THERE IS AN UNUSUALLY STRONG, AND OBNOXIOUS, ODOR (SMELLING OF BURNT CRAYONS) COMING FROM THE INTERIOR OF THE CAR. THE SMELL IS SO OVER-POWERING I HAVE TO OPEN THE WINDOWS, AND LEAVE THEM OPEN, THE ENTIRE TIME I AM DRIVING THE CAR, OTHERWISE I BECOME DIZZY AND NAUSEOUS. I SEARCHED THE INTERNET, AND THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE WHO HAVE BLOGGED THEY HAVE A CAR MADE BY VOLKSWAGEN WITH THE SAME ODOR PROBLEM -- A FEW OF THESE WEBSITES ARE; ----(1) HTTP://WWW.FIXMYSTINKYCAR.COM/?P=706 ----(2) HTTP://FORUMS.AUTOMOTIVE.COM/70/6371584/VOLKSWAGEN/CHEMICAL-ODOR/INDEX.HTML ----(3) HTTP://WWW.CARSURVEY.ORG/REVIEWS/VOLKSWAGEN/JETTA/2001/PAGE-57/ ----(4) HTTP://WWW.WEBANSWERS.COM/AUTOMOBILES/WHAT-IS-CAUSING-MY-CAR-SMELL-5B4BD0. *TR

SINCE I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE, I HAD ALL KINDS OF PROBLEMS ALL THE WAY FROM CHANGING MY WHOLE ENGINE, AND CHANGING ALL KINDS OF SENSORS AND NOW I HAVE THIS BIG CONCERN WITH THIS STRANGE SMELL PROBLEM WHICH I CAN'T GET RID OFF, I HAD SPRAY AND BOUGHT ALL KINDS OF DEODORANTS AND STILL CAN'T GET RID OFF. I'M HAVING LIGHT HEADACHES AND ALLERGY PROBLEMS, BUT ONCE I GET OUT OF THE CAR I'M OK NOW IM TO THE POINT THAT I HAVE TO DRIVE WITH MY WINDOWS DOWN BCUZ THIS SMELL IS HORRIBLE AND I GET A HEADACHE. *TR

MY FIANCEE AND I PURCHASED THIS BEETLE IN NOVEMBER OF 2010 AND HAVE HAD NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS WITH IT. IT HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP A NUMBER OF TIME (5-7) AND WE HAVE SPENT HUNDREDS IN TRYING TO FIX IT. YET NO LUCK. IT IS A DANGER TO MY FIANCEE AND NEW BORN BABY. ON DAY IT WILL RUN FINE BUT THEN AFTER DRIVING FOR TEN MINUTES THE EPC LIGHT COME ON AND THE BRAKES BARELY WORK IF AT ALL, AND IT WONT SPEED UP EVEN IF SHE HAS HER FOOT TO THE FLOOR. SO NOW WE HAVE A $6000 DOLLAR CAR THAT NOT EVEN THE VW DEALERSHIP CAN FIX. IT SITS ON OUR ROAD. I HAVE SEEN SO MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT PEOPLE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM AND I BELIEVE ITS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE SOME ONE GETS SERIOUSLY INJURED OR EVEN WORSE. PLEASE DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS MONSTROSITY THAT VW REFUSES TO ADMIT. *TR

I OWN A 2002 VW BEETLE,THE AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON,AND TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY WANT TO CHARGE AROUND $600.00 DOLLARS TO GET IT FIXED.I WAS DOING SOME RESEARCH ON LINE ABOUT THE AIRBAG LIGHT COMING ON,AND FOUND OUT THAT ALOT OF PEOPLE WHO OWNED THE SAME MODEL YEAR ARE HAVING THE SAME ISSUE.I THINK THIS ISSUE SHOULD BE A RECALL SINCE LOTS OF OTHER CONSUMERS ARE HAVING EXACTLY THE SAME ISSUE WITH THE AIRBAG LIKE ME. *TR

AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON. TOOK IT TO THE DEALER TO DIAGNOSE. DEALER STATED THAT THE DRIVERS SIDE (SEAT) SIDE IMPACT AIRBAG (THE ONE BUILT INTO THE SIDE OF THE SEAT NEAREST THE DOOR) WAS NOT COMMUNICATING WITH THE AIRBAG SYSTEM AND STATED THAT IT WOULD COST $680 TO FIX. LESS THAN A YEAR AGO I SPENT $500 ON THE DRIVERS SEAT BELT LATCH REPLACEMENT TO CURE THE AIRBAG LIGHT. *KB

02M TRANSMISSION 6 SPEED; SHIFT FORK IN 1ST AND 2ND GEAR FAIL, A SMALL RIVET IS USED TO SECURE THIS FORK (BRASS FORK AND STEEL SHAFT) TOGETHER. MY 1ST AND 2ND GEAR WERE HARD TO GET INTO AND PROGRESSIVELY GOT WORSE OVER TIME; UNTIL THE SHIFT FORK FAILED AND 1ST, 2ND GEAR ARE NONEXISTENT; ALL OTHER GEARS WORK FINE. THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE AND WIDELY REPORTED PROBLEM ON WEBSITES SUCH AS VWVORTEX. THIS PARTICULAR CAR; 2002 NEW BEETLE TURBO S; ONLY HAS ABOUT 70K WHICH IS LOW FOR A CATASTROPHIC FAILURE SUCH AS THIS. *TR