2.5

hardly worth mentioning
Crashes / Fires:
0 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
0 / 0
Average Mileage:
60,000 miles

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problem #1

Feb 022004

Beetle 4-cyl Diesel

  • Automatic transmission
  • 60,000 miles
I have had to pay to have the engine on my VW decarbonized at 40,000 miles after a lengthy tow, and now it had to be towed again and needs to be decarbonized again at only 60,000 miles. I was told by a service technician about 1 year ago that VW had issued a notice to dealers to pay for decarbonizing the engines up to 80,000 miles. The service manager denies this notice was ever issued. This type of costly and potentially hazardous problem, ( my wife was stranded on the shoulder of a busy freeway in subzero temperatures) needs to be corrected.

- Chisholm, MN, USA

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