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2012 Volkswagen BEETLE Unknown Or Other Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	920597
Internal NHTSA #	10458748
Manufacurer	VOLKSWAGEN OF AMERICA, INC
Brand	VOLKSWAGEN
Model	BEETLE
Model Year	2012
File date	15/05/12
Component	UNKNOWN OR OTHER
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	On 5/15/12, i parked my car at 1:20 p. M. In an off road small private parking lot (a small assisted living complex in stockton, ca), temperature less than 80 degrees, no trees overhead, perpendicular, facing the side of the building. When i came out 3 hours later, from the inside of the car, i noticed what seemed to be a semi-circle hairline fracture on my front windshield, that hadn't been there before; starting at the upper roofline approximately 10 inches to the left of the rearview mirror, arching downward through the center location of the mirror bracket (siliconed to the windshield from the inside) arching back upwardly approximately 8" to the right of the mirror ending at the upper roofline. Closer examination from inside showed one vertical fracture to the right of the bracket position, from the roofline as the actual possible origin of the left arch, the right arch separate from the previous branching into an additional hairline fracture, and yet another smaller attached hairline semicircle fracture arching below the first observed semicircle!! There is a very tiny loop of silicone hanging from the inside roofline. Previous to this observation, there had been no fractures! This was totally "out of the blue". In my 4903 miles of driving, i had not experienced anything but rain "hitting" the windshield... No other drivers have driven the car without my being in the car... And i have only used "touch less" car washes. I contacted the dealership where i purchased the vehicle and the national vw customer care center, after reading multiple vw owners' comments online with similar "spontaneous" fractures to their 2012 beetle's windshields!!
Vehicle Mileage at Failure	4903
Number of Occurences
Source of the issue	NHTSA WEB SITE
City and State	STOCKTON, CA
VIN pattern	3VWJP7AT0CMXXXXXX
Was vehicle invloved in a crash?	N
Was vehicle involved in a fire?	N
Was incedent reported to police?	N
Was medical attention required?
Was part original equipment?
No. of injured persons	0
No. of fatalities	0
Date of purchase	07/08/26
Was original owner?	N
Anti-lock brakes	N
Cruise control	N
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Vehicle speed	0
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What is Recall?
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.
What is Failure?
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.
What is Defect?
Non-conformance of a car component with the specified requirements, or non-fulfillment of user expectations, including the safety aspects.

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2012 Volkswagen BEETLE Unknown Or Other Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

2012 Volkswagen BEETLE Unknown Or Other Problems, Complaints and Defects

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