Window regulator broke during regular usage. Car has only 30,000 miles.
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My 2005 volkswagen new beetle has the same bad window regulators as the rest of the recalled ones. The airbag light is also on without any wrecks to my auto VIN # [xxx]. I've reported it twice to stevens volkswagen of wichita,ks and once to volkswagen of america reference number: 810010103. I have not received any answer from volkswagen of america . The only reply I got from stevens volkswagen of wichita,ks is that they will charge me 130.00 just to decide if I'm covered under the window regulator recalls and or the airbag light malfunctions.
The driver's side rear window no longer opens or closes. This has happened before on the passenger side and, luckily, vw replaced the regulator on that side under warranty during the 1st year of ownership. All it does now is make a 'grinding' noise. A local vw repair shop said they have had a lot of these - there is a defect in vw's regulator. It's a convertible, and you can't put the top down now. The window will not go up or down, and is presently held in place with a rubber door stop. Last vw in our stable, for sure!
2005 volkswagen beetle convertible - window regulator problem, already had back window replaced last year, now front getting replaced.
Rear window regulator, window will not roll up. First occurrence on 8/26/2010. Waiting to hear response from shop on repair options.
I have a 2005 vw beetle with 52k miles. A few weeks ago both rear windows quite working within a few days of each other.
Faulty window mechanics, both rear windows have broken in the last six months, cheap made and very expensive to fix.
Defective window regulator - driver's side rear power window 2005 vw new beetle convertible.
Driver side rear window regulator is broken. While rolling window down, I heard a loud snap. The window will only roll up half way, and then automatically rolls down again. I cannot secure my vehicle as the window will not go up. I brought the car to kimball volkswagen, and they told me that it was a common problem with the window regulators, and that it is "re-occurring" problem! The cost to repair the window is $75 for the repair kit, and $105 per hour labor by the dealership. My neighbor has an 05' red convertible, he told me he has fixed the back windows three times! This is a consumer rip off. I have not fixed my window, because I cannot afford to, because the convertible top is now broken as well. A plastic rivot has broken off and now my convertible boot does not fold correctly! This of course is not under warranty.
2005 vw beetle rear left window regulator has failed. The glass is not broken, and the motor works, but the window does not go up or down with the switch. It will move by pushing/pulling on it. I have noticed this same complaint on many websites. I did not see when the window failed, it happened just before I purchased it on july 13, 2010.
My daughter drives a 2005 volkswagen convertible. It has numerous safety issues: 1. The tail lights cease working although the bulbs are good. The bulb contacts are inadequate for both tail lights. This has occurred four times on her car in the past three years. 2. The convertible headliner pulls away from the rear window and droops in front of the rear window blocking the view in the rear view window. This has occurred 5 times in the past 4 years and she has stopped using the convertible top to prevent her from having a accident. 3. The power windows have failed while she was driving. The windows would not come up. This has happened three times in three years. These problems have been experienced by many vw owners (do a google search). They are all safety issues.
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.
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.
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??!!!!
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.
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.
Vw beetle convertible window regulator.
Purchased 2005 vw beetle with 7,300 miles assured full warranty....guaranteed paint on front bumper would be corrected...did it twice still peeling off....electric windows repaired twice....began making noises when weather was damp...took it to be checked out and was assured it would not always happen but normal...told them transmission seemed to be slipping....one headlight had a short, and then recall on brakelight...they did repair that...but informed me that was all they had time to do that do due to recall...gas cap cover was sticking as well...didn't fix it either....then my air bag light came on...took it in for recall on that ...after it was supposedly fixed airbag light did not go off, insisted it had nothing to do with sensor that was recalled...noise in front end began and floorboard flooded during heavy rain....with no obvious entry point....did search for problems with vw beetles and there are thousands having the very same problems I have been experiencing....now heat gauge light comes off and on, alarm randomly sounds.....but noise in front end concerns me greatly...would not even diagnose car without $98 bucks an hour labor charge to find problems.... This car only has 34,952 miles on it and it is falling apart...no way can all these problems be fixed and me make payments....but thousands are having these very same problems...why has our government not insisted on a recall.....
I brought my car in a few days to not receive a call at all on the status as I brought it in to have the back driver side window fixed due to it would not go up at all. The dealer kept it for two days and not even provide me with a loaner car- worse customer service I have ever received!!!! I will never get a vw car ever !! Nor would I recommend it to anyone else. I just received my car back to not even have the window fixed nor a date of when it will be fixed due to the part is on national back order. I purchased the car a few months ago and I have nothing but issues with this car nor does the dealer want to assist in resolving them. I received my car back to have tubes sticking out of the back window preventing me from putting it down and it looks horrible which I believe rain would go in and they seem okay that I should be fine with this.
For several days vw shrewsbury motors failed to call me on the status of my car due to the rear driver side window not being able to go up nor a loaner car provided. The worse customer service I received!!!! But my car was not fixed at all but to receive the car back with a window that still does not go up but to have tubes sticking out to prevent me from putting the window. But to top this all off they can not give me a date of when the part will come in because it is on national back order which to my is not acceptable at all!!!! I have one month of good weather and I can not put the top down nor the windows and I purchased the car a few months ago and I do not have a date of when it will be fixed. I will never buy a vw again!!!!
I own a 2005 volkswagen beetle convertible. The passenger side window "exploded" making a very loud noise,while my wife was driving it in our subdivision. This same window had been repaired about 6 months prior because it was rattling. It was repaired by the dealer. The morning the window exploded was the coldest morning since it had been repaired-39 degrees. I car had been parked in our garage that evening. The garage was much warmer than the outside ambient air. Within one minute of my wife driving the car from the garage the window exploded. Had she been on a major road this could have turned into a serious accident. I think volkswagen is having problems with their side windows rattling on their convertible models. The drivers side window has started to rattle. This incident may have something to do with the manner the dealer fixed it from rattling.
Drivers side window exploded .
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