- September 12: Volkswagen ID.4 Recall Issued Over Passenger Airbags recalls | 7 days ago
- August 16: Volkswagen Suction Jet Pump Recall Precedes Class Action Lawsuit news | 34 days ago
- July 4: Volkswagen Suction Jet Pump Recall Closes Investigation investigations | 77 days ago
- June 30: Volkswagen Golf and Atlas Recalled Over Backup Cameras recalls | 81 days ago
- June 27: VW Atlas and Atlas Cross Sport Airbag Recall Affects 307,000 SUVs recalls | 84 days ago
8.3
pretty bad- Typical Repair Cost:
- $210
- Average Mileage:
- 66,600 miles
- Total Complaints:
- 7 complaints
Most Common Solutions:
- not sure (4 reports)
- replace regulators (3 reports)
windows / windshield problem
Helpful websites
- No one has added a helpful site for this 2005 Beetle problem yet. Be the first!
A D V E R T I S E M E N T S
Just bought this 2005 GLS Beetle 2-door Hatchback in November 2015 for our youngest daughter's use. The Driver's window will raise about 1/2 way up, slows down, stops, then does not close the last 1/4 distance. Opened up the door panel to expose the window regulator which appears to be intact - no broken cables. Replace it with a new regulator anyway. This did not fix the problem - still have to pull/push it up the rest of the way up. The window somehow senses it like a blockage and the window automatically goes back down when the door is open. There has to be another sensor causing this. How extremely disappointing! From what I have been reading online, it is a known issue. This should be a recall. What else could be causing it besides poor design? Can the window track channels be binding the window's upward progression in some way? Time to rethink this. (The passenger side is also running slow. We've read spraying silicone in both ends of the window track helps the window slide. We'll be trying that next.)
Now we remember why we stopped buying VWs; cheap plastic parts that forever needing replacement, - just another thing in a long list of a lot of issues. We'll be buying Hondas (long lived >300,000-mi and minimal repairs) from now on.
- chasemn, Saint Paul, MN, US