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Replying to: bckermit (May 23, 2001 5:12 pm) |
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Replying to: arch07 (Sep 02, 2007 5:34 pm) |
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Replying to: becksbug (Aug 31, 2007 3:50 pm) 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.
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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? |
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Replying to: mrrk47 (Sep 06, 2007 4:29 pm) Are you suggesting that the alarm will go off again EVEN WHEN IT IS NOT ARMED?? (the doors are unlocked)
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Replying to: bpeebles (Sep 06, 2007 6:19 pm)
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Replying to: mrrk47 (Sep 06, 2007 7:28 pm) 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. |
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Replying to: bpeebles (Sep 06, 2007 6:19 pm) (i think car alarms are essentially useless and far more trouble than they are worth). |
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Hello I'd like ask a few owners of New Beetle's if they or people they know have positve reports and good ownership experiences with this good little cars,....that brings up a question, are they good cars? I understand that these forums are mostly for disgruntled owners who want to share their bad electrical systems, stuck-on headlights, and faulty power windows with the rest of us, but are their Beetle owners out there who have owned one of these for a while and have gotten a good one? I just bought an used 2001 GLS,auto that seems to a diamond in the rough...after 400 miles of my use that is. It has 99,000 miles on it and according to the carfax and various records I have has had it's small share of the problems...brakelights, window motor replaced, but that's largely it. It had a radiator replaced at 99,000 miles, but isn't that kind of expected? Does a car have to be a Honda or a Toyota to last a long time and provide reliable service? I do read the Toyota forums because I am also a Camry owner and it has had it's share of bad PUB recently, but it still retains that gleeming reputation of great reliability with the public at large. Can I expect to get to 150,000 miles or more without a terrible multi thousand dollare repair bill. Thanks for reading my post .
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I HAVE A 99 BEETLE AND HAVE HAD IT FOR 8 YEARS. I HAVE HAD MANY OF THE PROBLEMS THAT OTHERS HAVE LISTED. I HAVE HAD THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COME ON SEVERAL TIMES OVER THE YEARS. WE WERE TOLD BY SEVERAL PEOPLE THAT THIS SOMETIMES HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH YOUR GAS CAP. THIS ALSO HAPPENS TO MY HUSBAND'S 2001 JEEP. SOMETIMES WE FILL THE JEEP UP TO THE TOP WITH GAS AND THE LIGHT GOES OUT AND ABOUT A FEW WEEKS TO A MONTH MAY GO BY AND IT COMES ON AGAIN AND OFF AGAIN. MY LIGHT CAME ON IN THE BEETLE AFTER I HAD THE TIMING BELT, WATER PUMP REPLACED. MY HUSBAND NOTICED THE OIL FILTER WAS LOOSE AND TIGHTENED IT AND IT WENT OFF AND THEN CAME BACK ON AGAIN ABOUT A WEEK LATER. HE FOUND OUT THAT THE TEMPERATURE SENSOR WAS UNPLUGGED AND HE PLUGGED THAT BACK IN BUT THE LIGHT IS STILL ON. MY CAR IS NOW PAST INSPECTION AND WE ARE TRYING TO GET THE LIGHT TO GO OUT. ANY IDEAS? THANKS MUCH!
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