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2008 Volkswagen NEW BEETLE Exterior Lighting Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	817025
Internal NHTSA #	10355989
Manufacurer	VOLKSWAGEN OF AMERICA, INC
Brand	VOLKSWAGEN
Model	NEW BEETLE
Model Year	2008
File date	31/05/09
Component	EXTERIOR LIGHTING
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	I currently own a 2008 vw beetle and it's an automatic. When first getting the car i could tell the transmission seemed not smooth at all. When driving through an intersection from a red light my car had trouble when pressing the gas. It had a pause. Then when going down the high way when i was changing lanes to go infront of someone i pressed the gas and my car jumps. This happens all the time. Not something that happens once and a while. It happens every time i drive my car. The dealership replaced the transmission at on 5,000 but the problem still happens! Then going down the road in the pouring rain my windshield wipers stopped working. They had to replace the motor. When i went through a drive through i rolled down my window and it made a horrible grinding noise that i thought the window was going to shatter. They had to replace the window motor. Then the same exact thing happened to the passenger side front and back window. Both my head lights keep going through $20. 00 bulbs. They had to replace the fuses. On my convertible top the side covers stopped going in and out. They had to replace those. Then on my way to work all the lights for the what gear you were in blinking. Which caused me to have the car towed because it was running in emergency transmission mode. They had to replace something with that. Right after that was replaced going down the road my car made a grinding noise so i turned around to take it back and it was something with the fuel intake that they had to replace. The dash board lights go on and off. The dealership said they could not find anything wrong with that.
Vehicle Mileage at Failure	5000
Number of Occurences	1
Source of the issue	NHTSA WEB SITE
City and State	HIRAM, GA
VIN pattern	3VWPF31YX8MXXXXXX
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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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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2008 Volkswagen NEW BEETLE Exterior Lighting Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

2008 Volkswagen NEW BEETLE Exterior Lighting Problems, Complaints and Defects

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