2.4

hardly worth mentioning
Crashes / Fires:
0 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
0 / 0
Average Mileage:
64,000 miles

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problem #1

Jun 172009

Beetle

  • Manual transmission
  • 64,000 miles
With only 64000 miles on the car, my 2003 VW new Beetle convertible's manual transmission let go and something tore a 3/4" by 2" hole in the bell housing. Luckily, this did not happen on the open road. The resulting gush of tranny fluid could have caused major problems.

- Upland, CA, USA

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