NHTSA — Fuel System, Diesel Problems

1.3

hardly worth mentioning
Crashes / Fires:
0 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
0 / 0
Average Mileage:
138,097 miles

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1999 Volkswagen Beetle fuel system problems

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1999 Volkswagen Beetle Owner Comments

problem #1

Oct 282013

Beetle 4-cyl Diesel

  • 138,097 miles

A D V E R T I S E M E N T S

The speedometer stopped working. Shortly after this the drive by wire throttle also stopped working returning the vehicle to an idle (approx. 1100 RPM). This can occur at any time. You have to restart the vehicle to get the throttle to work again. This is very dangerous when it happens in heavy traffic. The manufacturer (VW) can offer no solution to the problem. I have discovered this issue, at some point in time, could affect all of the 1999 -2009 new Beetles along with the Audi tt. Again VW and the speedometer cluster manufacturer magneti morelli can offer no fix for the problem.

- San Diego, CA, USA

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