Consumer Complaint Detail
VOLKSWAGEN / BEETLE / 1998
1 Injured
0 Death
No Fire
| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 000068560 | Incident Date: Oct, 20 2000 |
| Consumer's City: IRVINE | Consumer's State: CA |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: | Manufacturers Name: Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. |
| Model Name: BEETLE | Model Year: 1998 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: Yes | Component's Description: Power train:automatic transmission |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 1 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: 3VWBB61COWM | Date added to File: May, 25 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Apr, 02 2001 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: Yes | Purchase Date: Jul, 31 1998 |
| Was Original Owner: Yes | Anti-lock Brakes: No |
| Number of Cylinders: 0 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: Battery problem. i stopped at signal and when i restarted the engine stopped and i was almost rear end. the abs and brake lights came on. the car was towed. apparently the battery was falling out of the car at 13,000 miles. a few months later i heard a noise and slipping within the transmission. as it turned out, engine coolant had leaked into the transmission and a rebuilt was put in. within a few weeks after the rebuilt was put in, it was making some noise and it had intermittent lurching. i complained to vw of america and the dealership. they took care of the noise and said they would be unable to help with the lurch problem. i was in an accident a month and a half after getting the rebuilt. i went into a pole sideways. i had an independent transmission specialist test drive it after the car was repaired. he reported an unusually long pause for engagemet. i believe that when i was in a roll forward motion and would put my foot to the gas, it would not engage properly and lurched. the reason it was intermittent , is due to the fact that sometimes when you would be in a rollforward motion it would be in gear and not lurch. if it was not in gear due to the long pause, you would get a lurching movement. my first transmission never had this problem. there is a potential design flaw with this transmission. when i was talking to the service manager at commonwealth, with my first transmission, he had stated they were having problems with the jetta transmissions.*ak |