2005 VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE Complaints

2005 VW BEETLE TRANSMISSION SLIPPING---SHIFTING FROM 2ND TO 3RD, ENGINE REVS AND TRANS SLAMS INTO 3RD. GIVES NO WARNING. HASN'T DEVELOPED A NOTICEABLE PATTERN. WITH JUST UNDER 47,000 MILES THERE IS NO MAINTENANCE RELATED REASON THIS SHOULD BE OCCURRING. ADD THIS ONE TO THE COMPLAINT FILE ALONG WITH THE SIMILAR TRANSMISSION ISSUES. AWAITING DEALER JUDGMENT TO DETERMINE NEXT COURSE OF ACTION. *TR

2005 VW BEETLE WITH 95,000 MILES. BEEN MAINTAINED AND TAKEN CARE OF. AS WITH MANY OTHER VW BEETLE OWNERS, THE TRANSMISSION IS MESSED UP. DOESN'T HAPPEN ALL THE TIME BUT HESITATES AND BUCKS WHEN SHIFTING UP AND DOWN. VERY WORRISOME IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. *TR

MY DRIVERS SIDE REAR WINDOW WILL NOT MOVE UP OR DOWN ANYMORE. THE FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED I WAS PUTTING THE TOP DOWN ON MY CONVERTIBLE AND WHEN YOU PRESS THE BUTTON FOR THE TOP TO COME DOWN THE REAR WINDOWS COME DOWN A LITTLE TO ALLOW FOR THE TOP TO MOVE. IT MADE A GRINDING NOISE THEN THE WINDOW WENT ALL THE WAY DOWN, WHICH HAS NEVER HAPPENED AND DID NOT HAPPEN ON THE OTHER SIDE. I PUT THE TOP BACK UP BUT THE WINDOW WOULD NOT ROLL BACK UP. I COULD HEAR THE MOTOR FOR THE WINDOW WORKING TO PULL IT UP. I ENDED UP HAVING TO PULL THE WINDOW UP MANUALLY WHILE PRESSING THE WINDOW UP BUTTON SO MY CAR WASN'T EXPOSED TO THE WEATHER OR BROKEN INTO. I HAVE BEEN TOLD IT IS THE REGULATOR THAT IS OUT AND DON'T HAVE THE $ TO FIX IT. *TR

VW REAR WINDOW REGULATORS IN MY 2005 NEW BEETLE HAVE BROKEN THREE TIMES IN 5 YEARS/56,000 MILES: ONCE UNDER WARRANTY, ONCE WE FIXED IT OURSELVES WITH AN $80 KIT (VERY, VERY DIFFICULT), AND NOW IT'S BROKEN AGAIN. IT COSTS $400 PER SIDE TO FIX AT THE DEALERSHIP. THE REGULATOR IS MADE OF PLASTIC PIECES THAT ARE UNDER A GREAT AMOUNT OF PRESSURE AND KEEP BREAKING UNDER THAT PRESSURE. VW NEEDS TO PERFORM A RECALL ON THIS AS IT WILL KEEP HAPPENING. FRONT WINDOWS HAVE ALSO BROKEN ONCE AND ARE NOW MAKING FUNNY NOISES. *TR

THE 2005 BEETLE I PURCHASED HAD 31K MILES ON IT WHEN I BOUGHT IT. I KNOW HAVE 41 K MILES ON IT AND BETWEEN 2ND AND THIRD GEAR THE ENGINE REVS THEN SHIFTS REALLY HARD. MY GIRLFRIEND HAS ALMOST BEEN INVOLVED IN SEVERAL ACCIDENTS RELATED TO THIS ISSUE. I HAVE READ OTHER BLOGS ON EDMONDS HAD HAVE TALKED WITH OTHER BUG OWNERS EVERY CHANCE I GET. SOME HAVE TOLD ME (WHO DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE BLOG SITE0 THAT THEY HAVE HAD THE SAME ISSUE. OBVIOUSLY THERE IS A PROBLEM CREATING A HUGE SAFETY ISSUE AND VW NEEDS TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE. THERE NEEDS TO BE A RECALL ON THE TRANSMISSIONS. AND NOT JUST MY YEAR BUT 03,02,01,04,05,06,07. FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND. A COP WOULD AND WILL EVENTUALLY PULL ME OVER DUE TO THE ERRATIC BEHAVIOR OF THE CAR. *TR

I HAVE A 2005 TURBO VW BEETLE WITH 56K MILES. THE TRANSMISSION JUMPS OUT OF GEAR. SOMETIMES IT STICKS IN 3RD GEAR AND ALSO SOMETIMES JUMPS OUT OF GEAR WHEN DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD. I BOUGHT THIS CAR AS MY DAUGHTER'S FIRST CAR AND SHE IS SCARED TO DRIVE IT BECAUSE SHE WAS NEARLY REARENDED WHEN IT JUMPED OUT OF GEAR. I ALSO HAVE THE BRACKETS AROUND THE GEARS, SO IT'S OBVIOUS IT DOESN'T KNOW WHAT GEAR IT'S IN. THE CAR IS AT A VW DEALERSHIP AND I WAS JUST GIVEN A $7100 REPAIR QUOTE. THEY WOULD NOT ACKNOWLEDGE THE 60K MILE DRIVETRAIN WARRANTY AND AFTER DOING RESEARCH ON THE WEB, I HAVE FOUND NUMEROUS OTHER 2005 VW BEETLE OWNERS EXPERIENCING SIMILAR PROBLEMS. *TR

ON MY 2005 VW BEETLE THE LEFT SIDE BACK WINDOW FELL OFF OF IT'S TRACKS. EVEN THOUGH THERE WERE NO INJURIES THIS COULD HAVE STARTLED MY WIFE AND PERHAPS CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. THERE ARE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ON MANY VW MODELS GOING BACK TO 1995, YET WHEN I CALLED THEIR VW OF AMERICA NUMBER TO SEE IF THERE IS A RECALL FOR THIS DEFECT THEY ACTED LIKE MINE WAS THE ONLY ONE!!!! I THEN DID A GOOGLE SEARCH AND DISCOVERED VWOFAMERICA IS NONRESPONSIVE TO MANY COMPLAINTS. EI; ODI NUMBER: 10282664. CAN YOU HELP??!!!! *TR

THE VEHICLE IS A 2005 VOLKSWAGEN NEW BEETLE CONVERTIBLE WITH THE 1.8 TURBO MOTOR. SINCE OWNING THE CAR FROM NEW, WE HAVE HAD FIRST ONE AND NOW THE OTHER REAR WINDOW MALFUNCTION. ONE WAS REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY. THE OTHER WOULDN'T YOU KNOW WENT OUT SOON AFTER THE WARRANTY EXPIRED. THE WINDOW WILL NOT GO ALL OF THE WAY UP WITHOUT SOME STRONG PHYSICAL ASSISTANCE. NOT HAVING THE WINDOW OPERABLE ALSO MEANS THAT WE CAN NO LONGER USE THE CONVERTIBLE TOP. THERE SEEMS TO BE A GROWING NUMBER OF VW NEW BEETLE CUSTOMERS EXPERIENCING THIS PROBLEM AND/OR PROBLEMS WITH THE FRONT WINDOWS AS WELL. FOR SOME STRANGE REASON THE CONVERTIBLE WERE LEFT OUT OF A SOMEWHAT RECENT TSB/RECALL FOR WINDOW FAILURE. OUR CAR HAS HAD THE ISSUE FOR THE FRONT WINDOWS RESOLVED UNDER WARRANTY. BUT WE ARE CONCERNED THAT WE MAY NOT HAVE SEEN THE LAST OF THIS. BUT THE COMPLAINT AT THIS TIME IS ABOUT THE REAR WINDOWS. WITH THE CAR NOT BEING VERY OLD, GARAGED, COVERED AND WELL CARED FOR, WE SHOULD NOT BE EXPERIENCING THESE ISSUES, AND NEITHER SHOULD SO MANY OTHERS. IT SEEMS TO US THAT VOLKSWAGEN GROUP HAS A PARTS QUALITY ISSUE HERE THAT NEEDS TO BE CORRECTED NOT BY EXPERIMENTING ON THE CONSUMER OR AT THE CONSUMERS EXPENSE. WE ARE PUTTING UP WITH ENOUGH BY HAVING TO WORK AROUND THE INCONVENIENCES IN LOST FUNCTIONALITY OF THE VEHICLE AND LOST TIME GOING TO THE SERVICE CENTER. *TR

FRONT WINDOW REGULATOR/CABLE. HAD ONE OF MY BACK WINDOWS REPLACED ALREADY THE DRIVER SIDE BACK WINDOW REGULATOR/CABLE IS BROKEN MY DRIVER SIDE WINDOW REGULATOR/CABLE IS BROKEN AND MY PASSENGERS SIDE WINDOW REGULATOR/CABLE IS GOING STARTING TO MAKE THAT FUNNY NOISE RIGHT BEFORE IT BREAKS. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE. A HEADLIGHT BULB BLEW OUT IN THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE ENTIRE HIGH INTENSITY DENSITY SYSTEM NEEDED TO BE REPLACED; HOWEVER, DUE TO THE REPAIR COST THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE SO THAT HE COULD PASS THE VIRGINIA STATE INSPECTION. THE CONTACT IS CONCERNED ABOUT THE SAFETY RISK SPECIFICALLY SINCE THE STATE OF VIRGINIA PROHIBITS DRIVING WITHOUT HEAD LAMPS. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 26,000.