I bought used. One headlight was working. The other one went out shortly after I got it. We replaced the hid lights with brand new halogen lights. Was working great! then I was driving to town late one night and my headlights went out. The low beams, I still had the high beams. Then I got pulled over cause my tail lights were not working. So I had to drive with my flashers on. Then the check airbag light came on and I need a new seat belt, cause it is not working right. The drivers door window would not roll down a little when I opened the door and the door would not lock. The lights and tail lights are making me mad cause no matter what we have done they never work. Help!!! I want it fixed!! I love my little convertible. I don't want to have to get rid of it.

- Kettle Falls, WA, USA

The driver seat belt buckle shorts out do to faulty wire routing causing the seatbelt tensioner harness to get cut or shorted by the driver seat.

- Forest Hills, NY, USA

The contact owns a 2005 Volkswagen new Beetle convertible. The contact stated that due to the way the seat belt buckles were designed, the wiring within the buckles fractured and disabled the air bag system. The contact stated that the seat belt buckles were designed in a way that they would bend inward, toward the passenger, when buckled. The vehicle was not taken to have the failure diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 40,000. The VIN was unavailable.

- Trumbull, CT, USA