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A Solid Vehicle
dsiddle, 07/27/2002
1999 Volkswagen New Beetle GLS 2dr Hatchback
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
I have found my New Beetle to be a solid performer. Pickup is adequate and the ride is very comfortable for a small car. Interior room is surprisingly spacious and the instruments/controls are well laid out. Power windows and mirrors have worked without difficulty. My only problem has been AM reception on the radio which the dealer says is in the radio itself.
A good and a bad car.
Tara, 04/30/2008
1999 Volkswagen New Beetle GLS 2dr Hatchback
3 of 4 people found this review helpful
A week ago I wrote a review for me bug and a couple of days when I wrote the review I have noticed that the transmission is doing some weird noises.
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VW longevity
lisa'sVW, 12/11/2007
1999 Volkswagen New Beetle GLS 2dr Hatchback
3 of 4 people found this review helpful
I have wanted a VW since I was a child. In 2000 I purchased my first beetle. I am still driving it to this day. The bug has over 110,000 miles on it. The only problems I have had are the buttons on the radio snapped off inside the dash and I had to have it repaired, my heater died, and one sensor when bad. I can not stress enough to have only a VW dealership work on your car for any repair. I recently had new belts, spark plugs and wires, and few other things done to my car, only because I wanted to be a good "mommy" and take care of my baby. The garage was not a VW repair shop. To fix what they messed up has costed me over 1500. I have learnt my lesson.
Bugged Out
dbug, 11/11/2004
1999 Volkswagen New Beetle GLS 2dr Hatchback
3 of 4 people found this review helpful
I have owned the car for two years. I bought it with 33k miles on it and it now has 86k. The major problem I had with the car was the plastic grill. A plastic highway cone hit the front grill and broke it. $3600 dollars worth of damage! Then a week after I got the car back the compressor failed. The VW dealership who did the work claimed that one didnt affect the other but since they had to take the entire front of the car apart it seems rather suspect. They want $1700 for a new compressor. Everything on the car is plastic and either breaks or falls off. I wont be buying another VW product.
Calling Dr.Porsche
BuySwedish, 01/21/2004
1999 Volkswagen New Beetle GLS 2dr Hatchback
4 of 6 people found this review helpful
You can spend millions if not billions on quirky,Mtv like commercials, but you can't build a quality car?I have to say it is by far the worse car I have ever owned.This is coming from a guy who has owned three Saab 900's.Why is this? Well,Everything falls apart,everything from the side mirrors to the shift knob, to the gas door, to the window switches, to the melted fuses to the terrible radio(hasn't worked in a year)