Ownership Cost for 2017 Volkswagen Beetle Convertible (#PinkBeetle)
Estimated: $43469 over the next 5 years
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Total
Depreciation
$3732
$1791
$1567
$1418
$1269
$9777
Insurance
$2157
$2233
$2311
$2392
$2475
$11568
Fuel
$2229
$2295
$2376
$2471
$2582
$11953
Maintenance
$757
$1126
$965
$1320
$1368
$5536
Repairs
$226
$448
$497
$629
$767
$2567
Taxes & Fees
$1396
$1396
$1396
$1396
$1396
$2068
Total Ownership Costs
$10497
$8052
$7919
$8359
$8642
$43469
Air Bag Loc Side: 1st Row (Driver & Passenger)
Body Class: Cabriolet/Convertible
Displacement CC: 1800.0
Displacement CI: 109.84273937051
Displacement L: 1.8
Doors: 2
Engine Cylinders: 4
Engine HP: 170
Engine KW: 126.7690
Engine Manufacturer: VW
Fuel Type Primary: Gasoline
Make: VOLKSWAGEN
Manufacturer: VOLKSWAGEN GROUP OF AMERICA
Manufacturer Id: 1147
Model: Beetle
Model Year: 2017
Other Engine Info: Gasoline(50-st);Emissions Certification Test Group:HVGAV02.0VPD Federal/California Emission Standard:IntT3 Bin 30/LEVII PZEV
Plant City: Puebla
Plant Country: Mexico
Series: 1.8 TSI S,ClassicPink/1.8 TSI SE,SEL
TPMS: Indirect
Transmission Speeds: 6
Transmission Style: Automatic
Vehicle Type: PASSENGER CAR
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I CURRENTLY OWN A 2005 VW BEETLE WITH 56,000 MILES ON IT. I'M HAVING TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS THAT HAVE PUT MY LIFE IN DANGER. WHEN THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTS FROM GEAR TO GEAR THERE IS A LONG DELAY IN BETWEEN, THIS THEN MAKES THE ENGINE REV TO HIGH RPMїS. ONCE IT REACHES A HIGH RPM IT'LL ENGAGE THE NEXT GEAR CAUSE THE CAR TO JUMP. WHEN THE GEAR DROPS INTO A HIGH RPM IT ALSO CAUSES THE TIRES TO SLIP AND SKID AS WELL AS MAKING THE CAR HARD TO STEER. MOST OF THE TIME IT WILL GET STUCK IN BETWEEN GEARS WHICH MAKES THE CAR IN NEUTRAL EVEN THOUGH ITїS IN DRIVE. I HAVE BEEN STUCK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY DO TO THE TRANSMISSION NOT CHANGING INTO GEAR. I HAVE TAKEN MY CAR INTO VW SERVICE CENTER AND THEY HAVE TOLD ME ITїS BECAUSE OF LOW TRANSMISSION FLUID AND A BAD VALVE BODY. THESE TWO PROBLEMS ALONE COST OVER 2,000 DOLLARS. VW CLAIMS TO HAVE A CLOSED TRANSMISSION THAT DOES NOT NEEDS SERVICE, BUT MY BEETLE HAVING 56,000 MILES ON IT NEEDS ALL THESE WORK DONE. THEY ARE STILL NOT COMPLETELY POSITIVE IF THAT WILL FIX THE PROBLEM. VW NEEDS TO FIX THIS DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSION THAT HAS CAUSED THOUSANDS OF BEETLE OWNERS TO PUT THEIR LIFE IN DANGER AND OTHER LIFEїS IN DANGER. VW MAKING BEETLE OWNERS PAY FOR REPAIRS ON A DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSION IS NOT ACCEPTABLE. THEY NEED TO FIX THE PROBLEM BECAUSE THEY PRODUCED A DANGEROUS AND UNSAFE PRODUCT. *TR