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#59 of 94 warranty gold by gsleve Feb 08, 2002 (1:29 pm)
is a decent policy many have had good success I know 5 indivduals personally had no hassles with their policies and all dealers accepted company's credit card for payment deductible on some of their policies was no higher than $50.00
#60 of 94 Rear tail lightbulb burned out by fungus440 Feb 22, 2002 (10:10 pm)
A friend has a '99 New Beetle with the left brake light bulb burned out.   How is the bulb to be replaced? Thanks.
#61 of 94 by wain Feb 27, 2002 (5:53 pm)
these VWs seem troubled by electrical things.
#62 of 94 My 2001 Beetle burns oil too by iinvnt Mar 06, 2002 (5:29 pm)
My 2001 Beetle has 26000 miles. I lost 2 quarts of oil over the last 3000 miles. This is worse than the oil consumption of most bad old american cars of the 70's! Atamian VW is my dealer in Tewksbury MA. As soon as I mentioned OIL, they kept on insisting that absurdly high oil consumption was normal. But, worst of all, VW agrees. VW has figured out that their engines are prone to burning a lot of oil. Their cheap solution is to write a memo declaring this glaring defect normal!
#63 of 94 New Turbo S Purchase? by texaszach Mar 08, 2002 (4:12 pm)
I ran a search for Beetle topics and am amazed at how many have been started or archived relating to Beetle problems. Has Volkswagen corrected the plethora of problems I read about or are the 2002 models still exhibiting these same characteristics? I'm starting to rethink my need of a 1.8 Turbo engine. One older post suggested buying a Golf GTI because it is still made in Germany and is better quality. Any and all feedback is welcome, friends.   Zach in Dallas
#64 of 94 engine type-oil useage by fowvay Mar 16, 2002 (4:15 am)
Just out of curiosity, is the oil problem related specifically to the 2.0 litre model? I have not been hearing of troubles with the 2.8 litre, the 1.8 turbo, or the 1.9 litre diesel.
#65 of 94 Cold engine light problem by dgordon12 Mar 18, 2002 (8:41 pm)
My friend has a 2000 New Beetle. When the car is cold, the cold engine light comes on. That is normal. The light goes off after the car is warmed up. The problem is, after some time when the engine is warm and the cold engine light goes off, the light will come back on! The dealer can't seem to fix it.   Has anyone else experienced this problem and, if so, did the problem get fixed and how?
#66 of 94 Oil Consumption - 2002 GLS 2.0 L Model by puengineer Apr 10, 2002 (4:27 pm)
I'm considering the purchase of a 2002 GLS Beetle with the 2.0 L engine. Is the Beetle still having oil consumption problems (1 qt / 1000 miles), or was that with pre-2002 models? Did they ever get the problem "fixed" (really) or does the problem persist? Any thoughts / recommendations from any of you about my possible purchase?
#67 of 94 oil consumption - 2000 GLS 2.0 L by mposh372 Apr 10, 2002 (6:42 pm)
Add me to the list of 1qt/1000mi VW Beetle drivers. My beetle now has 46000 miles and the oil consumption has been about the same from day 1. The dealer is monitoring the consumption(and adding necessary oil) but so far it's "normal." Is it really a problem? What are the long-term effects?   The only other problems I've had have been with the "MLI" indicator which was replaced free under the recall and with a airbag sensor which cost about $40 to have fixed. On the whole I'm pleased, unless, of course the oil consumption is going to cause problems that will surface at higher mileage???
#68 of 94 by 8u6hfd Apr 11, 2002 (3:38 am)
The only fix, has been to tear down the engine and install thicker piston rings.

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