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2004 Volkswagen BEETLE Power Train Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	893392
Internal NHTSA #	10436691
Manufacurer	VOLKSWAGEN OF AMERICA, INC
Brand	VOLKSWAGEN
Model	BEETLE
Model Year	2004
File date	04/08/11
Component	POWER TRAIN
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	In city traffic, my vehicle has a violent jerky down-shift when approaching a stop, approximately 25mph to 20 mph. It feels like the bottom of the car is falling out. When these occurrences first happened, they were occasional. On the highway i believe it slips from one gear to another. Today, a few months later the occurrences are more frequent and i am forced to seek professional care for my vehicle. I have regularly maintained my vehicle with care and attention to the maintenance requirements. My online research has indicated that this event is not an isolated event, but this occurrence describes a typical vw beetle transmission with mileage between 50k and 70k; there are hundreds if not thousands of like complaints. I have found two separate forums online supporting this very complaint. This is very low mileage for a failed transmission, especially when many similar small vehicles are offering warranties for 100k miles or more. The vw customer care has failed to respond to my inquiries. I believe my car has become unsafe to drive and i am fearful that it will break down on the freeway or a potentially dark road or in bad weather. I would ask that the nhtsa please look into these recurrent issues with volkswagen and make volkswagen accountable for the failing transmission, or, at the very least look into the valve bodies and whether they are up to standards, standards that would prevent this vehicle from failing on the highway and causing potential hazards to drivers and passengers. Thank you,
Vehicle Mileage at Failure	63250
Number of Occurences	1
Source of the issue	NHTSA WEB SITE
City and State	BELLEVUE, WA
VIN pattern	3VWCD31Y64MXXXXXX
Was vehicle invloved in a crash?	N
Was vehicle involved in a fire?	N
Was incedent reported to police?	N
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Date of purchase	07/08/26
Was original owner?	N
Anti-lock brakes	N
Cruise control	N
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Vehicle speed	22
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A recall is when a product is removed from the market or a correction is made to the product because it is either defective or potentially harmful.
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Failure is the state or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, and may be viewed as the opposite of success. Product failure ranges from failure to sell the product to fracture of the product, in the worst cases leading to personal injury, the province of forensic engineering.
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Non-conformance of a car component with the specified requirements, or non-fulfillment of user expectations, including the safety aspects.

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2004 Volkswagen BEETLE Power Train Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

2004 Volkswagen BEETLE Power Train Problems, Complaints and Defects

What is Recall?

What is Failure?

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