2004 Volkswagen Beetle Recalls, Fuel Economy and Costs

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Trim	City	Highway	Combined
New Beetle	11.7	8.7	10.3 L/100 km
New Beetle	11.0	8.6	9.9 L/100 km
New Beetle	7.4	5.6	6.6 L/100 km
New Beetle	7.7	6.3	7.0 L/100 km
New Beetle	11.2	8.3	9.9 L/100 km
New Beetle Convertible	10.9	8.5	9.8 L/100 km
New Beetle Convertible	12.3	8.9	10.8 L/100 km
New Beetle Convertible	11.3	8.5	10.0 L/100 km
New Beetle Convertible	12.5	8.3	10.6 L/100 km

Official: NRCan Fuel Consumption Ratings.

Recalls are listed by model and year and may not apply to every vehicle. Check your VIN on the official recall site.

Airbag Transport Canada 2008127 · Apr 2008
On certain New Beetle convertible, a frontal crash sensor for the advanced (dual-stage) airbag system may fail. If this occurs, the airbag indicator light will illuminate, and the fallback algorithm will ensure the frontal airbags deploy if needed. However, in low-severity fron...
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Lights And Instruments Transport Canada 2006122 · May 2006
On certain Golf, GTI, Jetta, Jetta wagon, New Beetle, New Beetle convertible, Passat and Passat wagon, the brake lamp switch may malfunction. If this happens, the brake lamps could become inoperative; or could come on and stay on, even though the vehicle is parked. Correction:...
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Fuel System Transport Canada 2004435 · Dec 2004
On certain vehicle equipped with TDI-PD (Pumpe-Düse) engines, the high-pressure diesel pumps were produced with improper fasteners. In rare cases, one of these improper fasteners may yield due to repeated cyclic loading and allow diesel fuel to escape from the high-pressure pump...
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Label Transport Canada 2003313 · Dec 2003
On certain vehicles, the tire information label incorrectly identifies the vehicle as a five-passenger instead of a four-passenger vehicle. Correction: Volkswagen will send a new label to owners of affected vehicles.
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Show 3 U.S. recalls

U.S. recalls (NHTSA) with no Transport Canada record. They may not cover vehicles sold in Canada; check your VIN.

Engine and engine cooling: engine NHTSA (U.S.) 14E007000 · Mar 2014
The Gates Corporation (Gates) is recalling certain aftermarket Tru-Flow Water Pumps, part number TFW 41127, sold at certain NAPA Auto Parts and/or installed by automotive service technicians after November 1, 2013 (and manufactured August 2013 through October 2013) that have a bl...
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Exterior lighting NHTSA (U.S.) 09E012000 · Apr 2009
SABERSPORT IS RECALLING 16,270 COMBINATION CORNER AND BUMPER LAMP ASSEMBLIES OF VARIOUS PART NUMBERS SOLD FOR USE AS AFTERMARKET EQUIPMENT FOR VARIOUS PASSENGER VEHICLES. THESE HEADLAMPS FAIL TO CONFORM TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD NO. 108, "LAMPS,...
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Service brakes, hydraulic: foundation components: master cylinder NHTSA (U.S.) 07E023000 · Mar 2007
CERTAIN CARDONE MASTER CYLINDERS WITH PART NUMBERS 10-2925, 10-2987, 10-2987MZA, 10-3083, 11-3015, 11-3042, 11-3044, 11-3045, 11-3047, 11-3064, AND 11-3156, AND WITH DATE CODES LOWER THAN DCA7078 SOLD AS REPLACEMENT EQUIPMENT FOR USE ON THE VEHICLES LISTED ABOVE. THE SEAL ON MAST...
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Source: Transport Canada Motor Vehicle Safety Recalls Database; U.S. recalls from NHTSA.

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