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High pitch alarm noise

Volkswagen Beetle 2003 1.9L turbo manual hatchback  130000 miles
Intermittent high pitch alarm noise and interior lights come on
Clyde from Canada 7 years ago  
CL
5 reports 
Clyde from Canada 7 years ago
Seems like the cold weather was the problem. Working fine again. Have had strange intermittent electrical problems for a few years now. Only happens when really cold or very rainy
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Grinding noise when I turn around right corners.

Volkswagen Beetle 2012 Coup, 2.5, hatchback  191000 miles
My 2012 Volkswagen Beetle is making a grinding noise when I turn around right corners.
Love_my_beetle from United States 2 years ago  
LO

Humming noise

Volkswagen Beetle 2006 2.5 gls 80000 miles
When you start the car it makes a loud humming sound and won't stop
grammajan2555 from United States 5 years ago  
GR
6 reports 

My heater is making noise all of a sudden

Volkswagen Beetle 2003  12000 miles
I was driving along and all of a sudden I could hear something from the heater. Sounds bad any ideas were to start
Jenn from Canada 6 years ago  
JE

Drove fine hoped in now it wont start SolvedSolved

Volkswagen Beetle 2013 1.4tsi 125000 miles
Hi all brought a 2013 1.4 turbo supercharge one owner with full service history, drove the car one day drove perfect no issues, parked it in the driveway now it won’t crank or start had it towed to mechanic thought it was the starter replaced it still no start I checked and replaced every relay and checked all fuses again no start it makes a click and a warring sound like a starter. I don’t think the mechanic knows said it could be a blown motor I said it drove fine parked it and went to restart and she won’t. Any ideas would be much appreciated
Vermaditma from Australia a year ago  
VE
Rank 6
3 reports 
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Jellybean from United States 10 months ago
I have a 2004 turbo Super charge and I have the Same issue turned it off now nothing no sound when trying to start nothing at all and it was running fine ( So I have an update so I replaced the starter and now it starts right up ) Hope this helps!
Vermaditma from Australia 9 months ago
Thanks Jellybean, he didn’t even fit the starter shoved it in the boot unopened. Friggin idiot and told me I need a new motor. I think he wasn’t interested just wants to do quick servicing. He had my car for 6 weeks. Again thanks for the input and I’ll get someone to fit the starter with a new battery. Much appreciated
Vermaditma from Australia 9 months ago
Thanks for that, when I got my car towed back home from that mechanic, mind you he had my car for 6 weeks. He never even put the starter motor in he shoved it in the boot unopened. Hard to find a good mechanic in Wollongong that knows how to fix European cars. Had had an issue with 2 bmw’s I owned before 2 different issues had 6 mechanics both times to try to solve the issue. Not one could tell me what the problem was. I ended up fixing both cars by myself I’m not a mechanic, if I listened to them I would of been out of pocket for thousands one car cost me $65 to fix and the other cost me $5. Goes to show don’t trust some mechanics. I think with the VW it was to hard for him and just gave me the worse scenario just for me to take it away. Thanks again and I’ll definitely get the started put in and a new battery as it is 6 years old. I’ll let you know how I go,
Jellybean from United States 9 months ago
I'm glad I could be some help! Hope it all works out! Everyone need good mechanic. They can trust. 😃
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Lights flashing and bells and whistles then car eventually stops

Volkswagen Beetle 2005  133000 miles
2005 VW beetle convertible with 133,000 miles. Starts fine and after few minutes the top ajar light starts flashing then the lights on the display come on (one by one-temp light-ABS light-airbag light-check engine light) then the radio shuts off then warning beeps and eventually the car stalls and will not restart. We have recently replaced the battery-relay to the battery-fuses on the battery relay-alternator and another battery. Any ideas?
Deneen from United States 5 years ago  
DE
4 reports 
Dk DREADS from United States 4 years ago
Ignition coil maybe bad check and have tested. And the mass air flow sensor can also be bad
Damon from United States a year ago
Same car same issues here, was wondering if anyone found a solution. Seems to me like it may be a computer issue because everything starts going haywire and it runs in limp mode. Any ideas?
Fletch from United Kingdom 3 months ago
Have a problem with a yellow warning light coming on and staying. On. Taken my Volkswagen beetle year 2007 to a vw garage spend £500 and still not cured defect and failed MOT
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Turns over but won't start

Volkswagen Beetle 2004 Convertible 04 beetle. 1.8 turbo 75000 miles
My car stalled in the middle of the road, tried charging it and nothing so I replaced the battery and it still won't start. It tries but just doesn't catch. It made a weird noise like it was grinding I know if it was the alternator it should still start (I think anyways). My dad said possibly timing belt or some sensor. Please help me figure it out if anybody knows about this
Rosie from United States 8 years ago  
RO
Rank 1
10 reports 
Mickey from United States 7 years ago
My 2001 beetle did the same thing. Turned out was timing belt. If you have an interference engine it's a 50-50 chance valves got damaged. I lucked out since my husband is a mechanic knew right away. The more you try to start it the greater the chances of damaging the valves
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Engine noise

Volkswagen Beetle 2006 Beetle 70000 miles
When I start the car there is a loud whistling noise after a few miles it stops please help
Freddie from United Kingdom 8 years ago  
FR
7 reports 
Chuckawitz from United States 7 years ago
Secondary air pump makes noise at first
Loud whistling sound from United States 6 months ago
Has anyone else had or found the problem
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Strange noise

Volkswagen Beetle 2002  125678 miles
When starting my Beetle, it makes a noise which seems to be unloaded tappets. As I start driving it, the noise disappears. Once the car is warm, and when driving at low revolutions, the rattling begins. I then accelerate it till 2000 revolutions and it disappears as well. If I keep driving it at low speeds, instead, the rattling starts and after a while goes away by itself. The starting has not been easy lately either. What can it be?
kid from United States 9 years ago  
KI
2 reports 
nessa from United States 9 years ago
It might be the temperature sensor, and you can confirm this with a scanner.
beenthere from United States 8 years ago
You might compare it to a clutch problem, dual flywheel failure, throw out bearing? Is car in gear while trying go start with clutch in? Shifting harder? Trying to roll while in gear with clutch fully pressed down?
Only making noise with clutch pedal released? All related to the above! GoodLuck!
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Weird spaceship sound in engine

Volkswagen Beetle 2007 Convertible 2.5L FI DOHC 5cyl 92000 miles
This doesn't happen all the time but when it does, I start the engine and after about 60 seconds a humming starts up and gets louder and louder then maintains. When I shut off the engine in buzzes back down, it sounds like a nuclear reactor starting... I was thinking it might be the engine fan or a bad starter solenoid. I could use some advice...

Here is a link to a video of the noise: https://www.dropbox.com/s/i140y30tb7mx…
Kimberwitch from United States 5 years ago  
KI
1 report 
grammajan2555 from United States 5 years ago
Did you ever get this fixed? If so what was the problem? My beetle is doing the same thing. If you did could you email me the answer, [email protected] Thank you.
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Starting problems

Volkswagen Beetle 2003 2.0  189000 miles
My car has been acting funny. It started a few months ago once in a while it takes 2 times to start the car. Now its weak like it cant start. The battery was low. I charged it up and this morning it wouldn't start right away and sounded like there was no power. But with jumper cables i was able to start normally. Wondering if the battery is bad or do i need to get a new starter
melissa from United States 8 years ago  
ME
19 reports 
dweezilpuff from United States 3 years ago
Test the battery and the alternator then move to the starter.
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Whistling sound

Volkswagen Beetle 2008 2.5, beetle 132000 miles
After driving for a bit a weird whistling sound can be heard but driving above 40 miles per hour it stops but if i let go of gas or just stopped at a red light it begins whistling loud. When i shut off car it slowly shuts down as if im shitting down some nulclear plant. Please help
Loud whistling sound from United States 6 months ago  
LO

Top down alarm

Volkswagen Beetle 2003 Beetle convertible 162000 miles
My car thinks the top is down so an alarm sounds every time I take off. Is there any way to disconnect that alarm? It sounds like it's coming from dash and it's the same alarm that's sounds when headlights are on and I open my door. It's driving me insane. I can't afford $150 just to diagnose.
Myarose88 from United States 6 months ago  
MY

Making a loud whining noise while pressing the brake pedal

Volkswagen Beetle 2006 2.5 84000 miles
My 2006 Volkswagen beetle makes a very loud whining noise while in gear when pressing the brake pedal
Nelson from United States 4 years ago  
NE
3 reports 

Juddering noisy windscreen wipers

Volkswagen Beetle 2013 Automatic  89000 miles
I have had ongoing problems with noisy juddering windscreen wipers. When I first bought the car it was great%2C however since the blades were first changed the problem has been ongoing for years! Because I live in Australia QLD we go through long periods of no rain so the problem is forgotten about until the rain comes back. My car has been in and out of VW service dept many times. Phrases such as a 'design fault' are bantered about%2C things that have been said and done%2C we will clean the windscreen again with a special VW cleaner%2C we will change the blades etc%2C these things have been d… Read complete
Terri from Australia 7 years ago  
TE
1 report 

Replaced timing belt

Volkswagen Beetle 2001 Hatchback 166000 miles
Replaced timing belt. Car started up no problem. Yeah. Well now it sounds like a moped going down the road. Loud noise like hole in muffler when shifting into 1,2 and 3. Once into 5 all is fine. No hesitation no idling rough. No pressure loss. Could damage have been done while being towed to exhaust?
Mickey from United States 7 years ago  
MI
6 reports 

Battery die

Volkswagen Beetle 2008 New bettle se convertable 12000 miles
When I have my music playing my car die. I had a control arm problem I replace it and now I went thru to many pair of tire's and and it makes this noise ,that's not good also I been having electricity problems my light are not bright the sometimes the glove department light comes and goes I'm just sick of this car and my windows is sometimes work
Amill123 from United States 8 years ago  
AM
5 reports 
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