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2004 Volkswagen Beetle power train problems

157 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the power train on the 2004 Volkswagen Beetle45% of all complaints for this model year.

157
Power Train complaints
45%
share of all complaints
69,760 mi
median reported incident mileage
1 / 3
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • Driving my 2004 volkswagen beetle is dangerous. The tiptronic transmission in the 2004 vw beetle is known by volkswagen to be defective. At any point the valve body can fail, which causes delayed shifting, and hard jerking between gears. My 2004 beetle fails to shift when accelerating between 2nd…

    filed May 4, 2021

  • Tl* the contact owns a 2004 volkswagen beetle. While driving 60 mph, the battery and abs indicators illuminated and the vehicle downshifted into first gear. The vehicle seized and was moved to the side of the road. The contact attempted to restart the vehicle, but was unsuccessful. The vehicle was…

    filed Jul 15, 2019

Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.

Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.