2001 Volkswagen NEW Beetle Other or unknown Problems
- Complaints
- 2about this part
- Share
- 5%of 39 total for the year
- Median mileage
- —not reported
- Trend
- Not enough dataFewer than 15 complaints, too few for a reliable trend.
NHTSA recorded 2 complaints about the other or unknown of the 2001 Volkswagen NEW Beetle, 5% of the 39 complaints for this model year.
Fewer than 15 complaints name this part, so treat the figures as a rough indication only.
Example complaints
Selected from NHTSA records; personal details are removed. They are consumer reports, not findings.
“Epc and check engine lights come on///car loses power......extremely dangerous as most of my drive to work is on freeway...happened 7/4 and 7/5..taken into metro vw 7/5....told ot problems found....happened again 7/9 returned to metro vw/checked/nothing wrong....happened again 7/12/13...eturned to metro vw....throttle replaced....happened again 7/12 7/13 again to metro vw throttle body replaced......happened again 7/30 throttle body replaced.....again 9/10 9/11...control mod. …”
NHTSA complaint #752498, filed 2001-09“A family member of mine recently bought, I believe, a 2001 Volkswagen beetle. After waiting a while for her tags she and her father looked into the documents given to her by the dealership and noticed a discrepancy in mileage after they did a full carfax report on the car. The carfax reported that the car had 76000 miles on it in november of 2003 but the document atesting to mileage from the dealership stated it had only 66k when bought in march on it and the vehicle was not sold to the dealership until february with who knows how many miles. …”
NHTSA complaint #10074638, filed 2004-06Other or unknown: other model years
Other parts of the 2001 Volkswagen NEW Beetle
10 complaintsBrakes
7 complaintsEngine cooling
5 complaintsVehicle speed control
5 complaintsExterior lighting
4 complaintsVisibility (wipers, defrost, mirrors)
3 complaintsAir bags
2 complaintsTires
2 complaintsEquipment
1 complaintsSeat belts
1 complaintsBody and structure
1 complaintsWheels
1 complaints
← All problems reported for the 2001 Volkswagen NEW Beetle
About this data. Data from NHTSA (ODI) complaints, recalls, TSBs and investigations, updated Oct 31, 2026. Complaints are unverified consumer reports and may be duplicated or inaccurate.
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