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#858 of 1064 Re: Looking for a little piece of mind here... [mrrk47] by bpeebles Sep 02, 2007 (5:26 pm)
Replying to: mrrk47 (Sep 02, 2007 1:55 pm) I sure hope noone is suggesting that!!   On these forums, you will read mostly BAD experiences from people who are disgruntled in some way. It is human nature to not say anything unless there is a problem. You should read these Edmunds forums whith this in mind.   VWs are very nice vehicles. VW would have gone out of business loonng ago if they were not. Lets keep things in perspective here.... VWs are sold in nearly every continent of this planet. The NorthAmerican (NA) VW market is MINISCULE compared to the rest of the world.   ALL vehicles have their share of issues/problems. These very forums are testamant to that fact.   The bigger problem with VWs here in NA is that decent repair shops are hard to find. There are not a lot of competent VW/Audi technition to be found. The result of this fact is overpriced repairs that may not fix the problem. (and may cause other problems)   Another thing about VWs (and German cars in general) is that the owners are EXPECTED to follow the maintainance schedules explained in the owners manual.   As a comparison... many Asian vehicles are designed for owners which generally ignore the maintainance schedules.... (You drive a reliable- but BOORING car)
#859 of 1064 Re: Looking for a little piece of mind here... [mrrk47] by arch07 Sep 02, 2007 (5:34 pm)
Replying to: mrrk47 (Sep 02, 2007 1:55 pm) We (my wife) had a 2000 NB that we bought new and put 88K miles on it. The car never really had any problems to speak of. It had a power relay ($30) fail at around 80K. The car was maintained as per the maintenance schedule, by the local dealer. Properly maintaining any vehicle will cost a fair amount of money, but we feel its money well spent. I just traded the car this past May. I needed a pickup truck for the kind of work that I'm doing now and the Beetle just wasn't big enough. My wife has a 2006 NB that we also bought new. Now this vehicle has had some problems, mainly failure of the coil paks. It has had 4 failures in less than 12,000 miles. The dealer has repaired the car to factory specs each time, but obviously there is something wrong with the coils or something is causing them to fail. VW has directed the dealer to replace them each time, I think the dealer has to have authorization before they can repair a repeat problem. The reason that we bought another Beetle was due to the service that we got from the 2000 model. I think the future of the 06 NB will be determined by a court of law, since VW and I have a difference of opinion about the reliability of this vehicle. Replies to this message: mrrk47 (Sep 03, 2007 6:36 am)
#860 of 1064 Re: New Beetle not starting or stalling on startup [bckermit] by ladybugblue Sep 03, 2007 (4:58 am)
Replying to: bckermit (May 23, 2001 5:12 pm) I have the same exact problem and thought I was crazy. I have just had the cat. converter replaced as the wrong one was put in. For a week it ran great and we didn't think this was the problem anyway. But yesterday it did it twice to me. The dealership thinks it may be the ignition reader coil which will be my next step. It also could be related to the fact that my unauthorized key entry light comes on sometimes when I am having start problems. This has been going on for a year now. Let me know if this helps.
#861 of 1064 Re: Looking for a little piece of mind here... [arch07] by mrrk47 Sep 03, 2007 (6:36 am)
Replying to: arch07 (Sep 02, 2007 5:34 pm) Thanks to the two posters who responded to my rant. I agree with the human nature thing and everything. I think the NB I got has been taken care very well, I plan to take this car up to 200,000 miles before it's done, with a mild investment it should happen.
#862 of 1064 Re: help-after every maintenance, repair, new problems [becksbug] by elias Sep 05, 2007 (4:45 pm)
Replying to: becksbug (Aug 31, 2007 3:50 pm) hey there beck. at 200 miles per day the car should be costing about $100 per day... about 50 cents per mile - maybe a bit less - check the "TCO" pages. so if you drive only weekdays, that's 52000 miles per year. so it ought to cost you about $25k per year to operate. maybe $20k. including insurance/depreciation/everything... the car should never stall like that of course. something is rotten if it stalls and you are right to suspect the previous service. dealer would have charged a lot more than $600 for that work, i bet. Replies to this message: becksbug (Feb 21, 2008 4:37 pm)
#863 of 1064 What is going on with this alarm ?? by mrrk47 Sep 06, 2007 (4:29 pm)
I know there have been a few threads about randomly sounding alarms on 2001 beetles..well.. I have one. My 2001 GLS 2.0 with 99,000 that I have only had for a little over a week sounds the alarm at nighttime or dusk only!    I can have it armed all day at work, then take it home at night and about 6pm or so it goes off, I can shut it off by pressing the unlock button on the remote, but a while later it may go off again. I just took it to the dealer for 2 days and they thought it was some wiring issue to do with the radio, I picked it up and at 5pm it goes off.     Has anyone had similar problems...please let me know..can I simply have them unhook the alarm all together? Replies to this message: bpeebles (Sep 06, 2007 6:19 pm) mrrk47 (Sep 06, 2007 7:28 pm) bpeebles (Sep 07, 2007 6:31 pm) elias (Sep 09, 2007 7:55 am) becksbug (Sep 05, 2008 2:24 pm)
#864 of 1064 Re: What is going on with this alarm ?? [mrrk47] by bpeebles Sep 06, 2007 (6:19 pm)
Replying to: mrrk47 (Sep 06, 2007 4:29 pm) you said ... I can shut it off by pressing the unlock button on the remote, but a while later it may go off again.   Are you suggesting that the alarm will go off again EVEN WHEN IT IS NOT ARMED?? (the doors are unlocked) Replies to this message: mrrk47 (Sep 06, 2007 7:28 pm) bpeebles (Sep 07, 2007 6:31 pm) elias (Sep 09, 2007 7:55 am)
#865 of 1064 Re: What is going on with this alarm ?? [bpeebles] by mrrk47 Sep 06, 2007 (7:28 pm)
Replying to: bpeebles (Sep 06, 2007 6:19 pm) No, if I leave it unarmed it will not sound, if I re-arm it after shutting off the alarm it may go off again while armed. Sorry for the confusion.. Replies to this message: bpeebles (Sep 07, 2007 6:31 pm)
#866 of 1064 Re: What is going on with this alarm ?? [mrrk47] by bpeebles Sep 07, 2007 (6:31 pm)
Replying to: mrrk47 (Sep 06, 2007 7:28 pm) OK- at least that makes some sense.   I know this much, the alarm will sound if ANY of the following are sensed as being opened. *) Hood *) Hatch/Trunk *) Any Door   I am suspecting that one of the micro-switches that sense the above may be the culprit. It may be very difficult to isolate the problem. You may have more luck using the process of elimination.   Since you did not mention that the indicator on dash which shows Doors and Trunk open has not been seen while driving... I am suspecting that the switch on the hoodlatch may be suspect. (because there is no indicator on the dash for it)   Try this, with alarm set... try to wiggle/jiggle the hood open and see if you can trigger the alarm.   Another thing you can try is to bypass the hoodswitch with a jumper. Leave jumper in place for several weeks to see if that fixes the problem. The hoodswitch is pretty easy to get at while the other switches are burried inside the body-panels. This is another reason to isolate that one first.
#867 of 1064 Re: What is going on with this alarm ?? [bpeebles] by elias Sep 09, 2007 (7:55 am)
Replying to: bpeebles (Sep 06, 2007 6:19 pm) in my experience this sort of failure is inevitable with car alarms. you might consider locating out which wire to cut in order to disable the alarm's power forever, and cut it. i've had to do this in the past, but not for a VW. (i think car alarms are essentially useless and far more trouble than they are worth).

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