In august 2008 I went to have my oil changed at a volkswagen dealer in kalamazoo, mi. They said that the aluminum oil pan plug had been overtightened and the pan was ruined. I was told that potentially the plug could have fallen out at any point in time, leaving me in a dangerous situation, either stranded somewhere but most likely causing a crash. They told me that the aluminum pans wear out and need to be replaced, but this car had only 35,000 miles on it at the time. Something like an oil pan shouldn't just "wear out" after that short a time. They also told me I was better off replacing the aluminum pan with the steel because the aluminum was susceptible to punctures from almost anything. The new volkswagens are being manufactured with steel pans and volkswagen should be willing to replace the old aluminum free of charge. The new pan cost me $293.69.
2002 Volkswagen Beetle engine complaints
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In the fall of 2007 the engine overheating light would come on while driving 40mph+. Car remained at a decent temperature until that speed. Checked everything possible before going to the dealer. Dealer said the water pump was bad and it cost $800 to replace the pump and a couple of cheap belts they had to remove in the process. At the time the car was 5 years old and had around 30,000 miles on it. Very upset that the water pump went out after 30,000 miles.
2002 volkswagen beetle diesel turbo seals and/or bearing failure which resulted in oil filling the inner cooler and air tubes--this resulted in oil being taken into the intake and filling the cylinders--this LED to hydro lock of the engine and cylinder damage--had the vehicle not just been started when incident occurred, this condition could have resulted in runaway engine RPM's and no way to shut the engine off, eventually leading to the engine blowing up and/or fire.
Vw new beetle - in shop for 3 months out of 24 months owned. Engine trouble, window trouble, starter trouble and now clutch problems.
2002 volkswagen beetle electric fan failed.*mr the stated that an object must have hit the fan to cause it to fail. The consumer stated the fan was protected on all sides by steel and aluminum. The consumer stated the only way to access the fan was to remove the entire front end of the vehicle.
I was driving at 65 MPH attempted to accelerate when the vehicle "coughed or sputtered" and the engine quit. I turned the key to off position and back on and the engine restarted. I proceeded to drive on down the highway approximately one to two miles when I heard a loud explosion, like a backfire, come from under the car. The car began smoking immediately a bluish smoke. I knew something was not right so I slowed down, turned around and began heading back toward the city. The car did not have full power and so I was only going twenty to thirty miles per hour and had traveled about one half mile when another car began passing me and flagged me down telling me that my car was on fire. By the time I got stopped the smoke was coming out the hood and out from the dash. I immdediately grabbed miscellaneous personal items and carried them about 5o feet behind the vehicle and was able to run back for one more trip before it looked entirely unsafe to attempt another trip. The witness called 911 but the car was completely burnt up before the fire department got there.
Vehicle turbo hose came loose on 2002 new beetle.*mr
Vehicle vibrates. Dealer has been notified.
Consumer states that while driving at 65mph and no warning the vehicle will shut off causing consumer to pull over and it will be hard to get the vehicle back started. Dealer notified.
Consumer states he get very poor gas mileage and his auto smokes when he starts it up and also smiles while he is driving it. He sates also his auto runs very rough. Consumer states he took his auto to a dealer and he was told that he has a clogged manifold and a clogged egr valve. He also states that volkswagen knows about this and won't do anything about it. He says they won't admit there is a problem with these cars. Ts
I have claimed to volkeswagen why this has not been on recall although the service is advising me that they cannot keep up with service since they keep having the same models of car with the same problems. My car has been at the service for over a week and a half now since vw is out of stock on this particular parts. Service can not start working on vw told me that they are not calling for recall for this problem but just wait for the owner of the cars with defected parts to find out this problem. I do not feel volkeswagen is taking a proper action on this defected parts. Wish some kind of proper action would be taken seriously soon. Dt
While traveling on the highway the vehicle has stall more than one occasion. Please furnish additional information. Dealer is aware of the problem. Mr
Consumer states that vehicle loses power while driving on freeway. Vehicle "sputters" and then stalls. Mr
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