1998 Volkswagen New Beetle

DRIVER SIDE WINDOW "FELL OUT". I WAS DRIVING THE CAR, TRYING TO PUT THE WINDOW UP WHEN IT BECAME STUCK. ONCE STOPPED, I AGAIN TRIED TO PUT THE WINDOW UP WHEN THERE WAS A CRACKING SOUND AND THE WHOLE WINDOW JUST FELL INTO THE DOOR. WHEN I CALLED THE DEALER THE SECRETARY WAS VERY FAMILIAR WITH THIS TYPE OF PROBLEM AND WAS EVEN ABLE TO TELL ME THAT THE ORIGINAL CLIPS TO HOLD THE WINDOW WERE PLASTIC AND THEY REPLACE THEM WITH METAL ONES. IF THIS PROBLEM IS THAT COMMON THAT THE SECRETARY KNOWS EXACTLY WHAT THE PROBLEM IS AND WHAT THE REMEDY IS, VOLKSWAGEN NEEDS TO TAKE CARE OF THIS PROBLEM. *JB

WHILE IN MOTION, THE POWER WINDOWS FAILED. THE DRIVER SIDE WINDOW FAILED WHEN CONSUMER WAS OPERATING IT AND IT JUST STOPPED MOVING AND THEN FELL DOWN INTO THE CAR DOOR. THE PASSENGER SIDE WINDOW FAILED IN AUGUST 2002. CONSUMER POWERED THE WINDOW DOWN AND THEN IT WOULD NOT GO BACK UP, LEAVING IT OPEN. THE DRIVER WINDOW WAS FIXED AT THE DEALERSHIP IN VERMONT AND THE PASSENGER WINDOW WAS REPAIRED AT THE DEALERSHIP IN WASHINGTON, DC. A VOLKSWAGEN REPRESENTATIVE INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THE POWER WINDOWS WERE A CHRONIC PROBLEM WITH THESE VEHICLES, BUT THAT NO RECALL HAD BEEN ISSUED. CONSUMER REQUESTS REIMBURSEMENT FOR MONIES PAID FOR REPAIRS. *JG *SCC

THE WINDOW SWITCHES HAVE BROKEN TWICE. THEY WERE REPAIRED UNDER WARRANTY THE FIRST TIME. I HAVE NOT HAD THEM REPLACED A SECOND TIME, AS THE WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED DUE TO MILEAGE (EVEN THOUGH THE SWITCHES BROKE TWICE WITHIN A YEAR OF PURCHASE OF THE VEHICLE). I DO NOT PLAN ON HAVING THE SWITCHES REPLACED AGAIN, AS I AM CONVINCED THAT THEY WILL SIMPLY BREAK AGAIN. I HAVE SEEN SIMILAR COMPLAINTS ON THIS WEBSITE, SO I WANTED TO SUBMIT FURTHER EVIDENCE THAT THERE MAY BE A PROBLEM WITH THE SWITCHES. THE AIR CONDITIONER STOPPED WORKING ABOUT 2 YEARS AFTER PURCHASE OF THE VEHICLE. UPON INSPECTION BY AN INDEPENDENT SERVICE STATION, A LEAK IN THE AIR COMPRESSOR VALVE WAS DIAGNOSED. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THIS WAS UNUSUAL AND THAT THERE DID NOT APPEAR TO BE ANY TRAUMA TO THE UNIT. I HAVE CONTACTED VOLKSWAGEN REGARDING THIS PROBLEM, BUT AM NOT OPTIMISTIC ABOUT A RESOLUTION, DUE TO THEIR RESPONSE TO THE HIGH MILEAGE ON THE CAR WHICH NEGATES THE WARRANTY. AS WITH THE SWITCHES I HAVE SEEN SIMILAR COMPLAINTS ON THIS WEBSITE AND WANTED TO OFFER FURTHER EVIDENCE.

THE SWITCHES THAT CONTROL BOTH THE DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S SIDE WINDOWS HAVE BROKEN. THE FIRST TIME THEY BROKE, I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER AND HAD THE SWITCH REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY. THE SWITCHES SOON BROKE FOR THE SECOND TIME WITHIN A YEAR OF PURCHASE, BUT SINCE I HAVE A LONG COMMUTE TO WORK I WAS OUTSIDE OF THE 24,000 MILE WARRANTY. I HAVE NOT HAD THE SWITCHES REPLACED A SECOND TIME, BUT HAVE COME TO ACCEPT THIS INCONVENIENCE. HOWEVER, AFTER READING SOME OTHER SIMILAR COMPLAINTS ON THIS WEBSITE, I WANTED TO OFFER FURTHER EVIDENCE THAT THERE MAY BE A PROBLEM WITH THESE WINDOW SWITCHES.