2004 Volkswagen Beetle

2004 VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE CONVERTIBLE TURBO...2.0 LITER ENGINE...THE TRANSMISSION JERKS WHEN SHIFTING DOWN OR UP....FEELS LIKE SOMEONE HAS REARENED IT IN THE BACK....HAVE TAKEN IT TO DEALERSHIP AND COUPLE OF OTHER TRANSMISSION PLACES...THEY SAID THEY COULDN'T FIND ANY THING WRONG WHILE IT WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY...NOW THAT IT HAS 94000 MILES AND IS OUT OF WARRANTY THEY DECIDE IT NEEDS A NEW TRANSMISSION.....WE HAVE HAD IT SERVICED JUST LIKE WE SHOULD...IT DOESN'T MATTER...WE DON'T HAVE 6000.00 TO GET IT FIXED...SOMETHING SHOULD BE DONE...I'VE TALKED WITH MANY, MANY VOLKSWAGEN OWNERS EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM..HOW MANY DOES IT TAKE BEFORE YOU GUYS DO A RECALL? *TR

I HAVE A 04 VW BEETLE CONV. THE TRANSMISSION IS ACTING UP. IT SHIFTS LATE & BANGS INTO GEAR OR DOESN'T SHIFT AT ALL. THE DEALER SAY THE TRANS NEEDS TO BE REPLACED @ A COST OF 6K. I BROUGHT IT TO A TRANSMISSION SHOP & THEY CAN NOT FIX THE PROBLEM AFTER HAVING THE VEH FOR OVER 2 MONTHS. IN READING THE WEB PAGES I FIND MANY OTHERS WITH THIS VEH HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM, WITH LOW & HIGHER MILEAGE. VW KNOWS THERE IS A PROBLEM, BUT WILL NOT ADDRESS IT. I ENDED UP HAVING THE TRANS REBUILT, BUT ITS STILL DOING THE SAME THING, NO CHANGE. THE TRANS SHOP IS BAFFLED. *TR

WHILE DRIVING THE CAR IT WILL NOT SHIFT OUT AND THEN JERK REAL BAD. DOWNSHIFTS EXTREMELY HARD AND SOMETIMES WILL NOT COME OUT OF GEAR WHEN SLOWING DOWN TO A STOP. IT HAS BEEN TO THE DEALERSHIP AND SEVERAL OTHER PEOPLE ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. WHEN TAKING OFF THE CAR WILL STALL AND THEN ENGAGE IN GEAR ALMOST CAUSING ME TO BE REAR ENDED SEVERAL TIMES. *TR

I HAVE A 04 VOLKS.BEETLE THAT HAS TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. IT JERKS REAL HARD WHEN YOU BREAK AND SWITCHING FROM 3RD TO 4TH GEAR THEN FROM 4TH TO 3RD. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU GO TO STOP AND IT SEEMS NOT TO CATCH THEN JERK. MY CAR HAS ONLY 53,000 MILES AND ALREADY NEEDS A TRANSMISSION. I BROUGHT IT TO A MECHANIC AND THEY QUOTED ME $5000.00 TO REBUILD THEY ALSO SAID THAT THE TRANSMISSION DOES NOT HAVE A COOLANT SENSOR AND THAT'S WHY IS JERKING CAUSE ITS HOT. THE DEALERSHIP WANTS $7000.00. I'M A SINGLE PARENT OF 4 WHO TRULY CANNOT AFFORD THIS. *TR

MY VW BEETLE WILL NOT SHIFT OUT OF GEAR AND GETS STUCK IN 3RD GEAR. IT SHIFTS HARD AND SURGES AT TAKE OFF . HAS ALMOST CAUSED ME TO GET HIT SEVERAL TIMES WHEN LEAVING A REDLIGHT. THE LATEST WAS TODAY WHEN TRYING TO TURN AND IT WAS STUCK IN 6TH GEAR. I HAVE TO STOP THE CAR AND TURN IT OFF IT RESET THE COMPUTER TO GET IT BACK IN FIRST GEAR. THIS OCCURS ONCE THE CAR HEATS UP AND SOMETIMES WILL NOT SHOW YOU WHAT GEAR IT IS IN AND WILL NOT SHIFT DOWN. HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE VW DEALERSHIP AND THEY WANT A NEW TRANSMISSION. HAVE LOOKED AT EDMONDS.COM AND MY VW IS NOT THE ONLY ONE HAVING THIS PROBLEM. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 VOLKSWAGEN NEW BEETLE CONVERTIBLE. WHEN HE TRIED TO PLACE THE VEHICLE IN "DRIVE" OR SHIFT GEARS THEY LOCKED BETWEEN 3RD AND 4TH GEAR. THE VEHICLE ALSO LOST SPEED WHILE DRIVING AND THE DASHBOARD ILLUMINATED DISPLAYING ALL OF THE GEARS AT ONCE ( P, R, N, D, S,). A MECHANIC STATED THAT THE FAILURE COULD BE THE TRANSMISSION OR THE TIP TRONIC SYSTEM. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT SINCE THERE WERE NO RELATED RECALLS, THEY WOULD NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REPAIRS. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 124,000.

TRANSMISSION HARD TO SHIFT AND JERKING AT ALL SPEEDS THEN LOCKS IN 5TH GEAR. REPAIR SHOP WANTS $6,000. TO REPAIR. HAVE SEARCHED FOR HELP IN THIS MATTER WENT TO VW DEALERSHIP BUT WAS TOLD DON'T WORRY THAT JERKING WAS NORMAL. NOW I HAVE LOST THE USE OF MY 2004 VW RED CONVERTIBLE BEETLE. MY WIFE IS HEART BROKEN. THE CAR IS USELESS WITHOUT A TRANSMISSION. THE DEALERSHIP COULD HAVE PREVENTED THE PROBLEMS ON THE ONSET WHEN WE FIRST TOLD THEM OF THE PROBLEM. SHE WAS SO IMPRESSED WHEN WE PURCHASED THE CAR NEW THAT AN EXTENDED WARRANTY WAS BOUGHT ON THE INSET WITH THE CAR. WHEN THE TRANSMISSION FAILED WE FOUND OUT THAT THE WARRANTY COMPANY HAS SINCE WENT OUT OF BUSINESS THE YEAR BEFORE IN 2008 AND WAS NEVER INFORMED OF THIS FACT. *TR

I RECENTLY BOUGHT A 2004 NEW BEETLE TDI WITH THE DSG TRANSMISSION FOR MY DAUGHTER. THE CAR HAD APPROXIMATELY 75,000 MILES ON IT WHEN THE FAILURE OCCURRED. THE CAR HAD BEEN MAINTAINED AT A VW DEALER AND WAS IN EXCELLENT SHAPE. WHILE MY DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING TO SCHOOL THE DUAL MASS FLYWHEEL SELF DESTRUCT AND TOOK OUT THE TRANSMISSION WITH IT. I THOUGHT THAT MAYBE IT WAS JUST MY BAD LUCK UNTIL I GOOGLED THE PROBLEM AND FOUND OUT THAT MANY VW'S WITH THE DUAL MASS FLYWHEEL HAVE SUFFERED FROM THIS CATASTROPHIC FAILURE. VW OF AMERICA STATED THAT THEY WERE UNABLE TO HELP ME WITH THIS PROBLEM. THE VW TDI'S ARE NOT RACE CARS AND THIS TYPE OF FAILURE SHOULD NOT OCCUR ON A CAR THAT OPERATES AT THE LOWER RPM RANGE AS THESE CARS DO. THIS IS EITHER A DESIGN FLAW OR A MANUFACTURING PROBLEM AND IS LEAVING PEOPLE WITH HUGE REPAIR BILLS, $6600 IN MY CASE. *TR

THE CAR WENT INTO "LIMP MODE" ABOUT 12 MILES FROM HOME. IT DROPPED INTO FIRST GEAR AND LIMPED HOME AT 15 MPH. NEXT MORNING IT PERFORMED NORMALLY. THAT NIGHT STARTED INTO TOWN, IT DUMPED AGAIN DOWN TO LIMP MODE, THEN REFUSED TO MOVE AT ALL. HAD TO DOLLY IT HOME. DOLLIED IT TO DEALER A WEEK LATER. THEY DID THE COMPUTER SCAN AND SAID IT WAS THE "VALVE BODY" ON THE TRANSMISSION. WANTED $1700 TO REPLACE IT. DOLLIED IT BACK HOME. TRIED TO GET SOMEONE TO LOOK AT IT FOR A SECOND OPINION. NO ONE WOULD TOUCH IT. A GERMAN IN THE GERMAN AIR FORCE WHO WORKED FOR VW IN GERMANY AGREED TO WORK ON IT. SCAN HE DID INDICATED "VALVE BODY", SO HE REMOVED THAT AND WE TRIED TO ORDER ONE FROM THE SAME DEALER. THE DEALER NOW TELLS US THE PART IS NOT AVAILABLE AND A NEW VALVE BODY WON'T FIX IT ANYWAY. THAT TELLS US THEY HAVE OTHER BEETLES WITH THE SAME PROBLEM AND THEY COULDN'T FIX THOSE EITHER. TALKED TO VW OF AMERICA SEVERAL TIMES. THEY WERE NOT HELPFUL AT ALL AND BASICALLY WOULD NOT COOPERATE IN ANY WAY. NOT UNDER WARRANTY AND THEY WON'T DO ANYTHING. WE HAVE SINCE LEARNED THAT IT HAS A UNIQUE TRANSMISSION USED ONLY DURING 2004 AND ALMOST EVERYONE WHO HAS A BEETLE WITH THAT TRANSMISSION HAS HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. CAN'T GET PARTS. NO ONE WILL WORK ON IT. VW OF AMERICA IS AWARE OF THESE PROBLEMS AND MAKE NO EFFORT TO HELP. WE WOULD LIKE TO FIND OUT HOW TO START A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT! BASICALLY, WE HAVE A $16,000 PIECE OF JUNK THAT WE DROVE FOR ABOUT A YEAR AND IT IS NOW COMPLETELY WORTHLESS! RECENTLY THEY TOLD US THERE WERE NO PARTS AVAILABLE TO FIX THE TRANSMISSION. *TR