r/NewBeetle

And I am absolutely in love with her!

I didn’t want a beetle, or even a volkswagen, but when I saw this 2014 2.5l with a 5 speed manual at 70k miles, I had to buy it.

I just had a set of new tyres and a front wheel alignment on my 2007 beetle luna and they handed this to me as I left (the mechanic wasn’t around so I couldn’t ask what it meant at the time) - should I be worried? From what I understand, the positive caster on the front wheels isn’t a bad thing, but the rear camber doesn’t look promising. It’s a FWD so I could only get the front alignment as opposed to all 4 wheels.

Turns out part of my exhaust rusted off 😀, lucky for me I have alternative transport but still, kinda sucks a little that I cant really drive my fun car till I get it fixed, it does sound cooler though!

Also is there certain things I should ask! Appreciate any advice because last bug I had I didn’t know what I was doing 😭😭

Anyone ever get remote start put into their buggy?

I feel like im gonna need it for winter but im worried it would somehow mess up my cars electronics. Ik it wont be cheap but i think it would be worth it.

Just curious what everyones opinions or expirences are! Pic if mah bug for attention

I recently had an oil change & service so am pretty sure I don't need this reminder. Can I clear the message via my radio, or do I need to return to the shop and have them use their obd device?

So, what screws should I use for my beetle you guys? I only have a Walmart and Lowe’s in my area.

If you’re wondering what happened my license plate has been stolen again….I know what you’re thinking. Again…well again. This is the third time my license plate has gone missing.

The first time, I thought it was my screws because they were a little loose, the second time was kinda similar (I bought bigger screws), butI hadn’t gone anywhere and the next day my license plate was gone. The last (CURRENT TIME) I bought a good size screw I think, but I even put tape all over my license plate and as you can see that’s all gone, but one screw!!!!

I don’t know who’s doing this or why. I’m ordering an outside camera, but in the mean time cause I can’t go anywhere without a license plate. What screws would y’all recommend?

Hello as a title says I have a 2013 turbo Volkswagen beetle and I’ve been on the search for alternators that are not super pricey because I’m a broke college student. If anyone knows about cars, does anyone know if this would be an OK alternator for a 2013 Volkswagen beetle 2.0 L premium gas turbo? Or any suggestions if this does not work

Thanks for everyone’s advice, I got the door panel off and I put jb weld plastic bonder on my door crack from the inside and I reinforced with dry wall mesh. Now I’m letting it cure. BUT the middle part where the leather is totally popped out except for the part by the handle.. I’ll need to figure out how to fix that part, would super glue be ok or no??

So I accidentally left my work jeans in my car and they did this!!!! How do I remove it? I know you have to be careful with soap products on leather. Any tips?

So about a year and a half ago, I bought a 2001 Beetle GLX from a used car lot where the guy basically resells auction cars, including this one. When I got it, the only noticeable thing wrong was that the hood wouldn’t latch completely. But when I test drove it, I took it for a half hour run on the highway and it went to 80 and held it like it was born to go at least that fast. I have no maintenance records on the car, so I’ve been plugging away at it and at one point I noticed that the radiator wasn’t sitting straight and was kinda wedged into the mount. I had no idea how it was supposed to go together, but I knew that wasn’t it and was planning on addressing it this summer. About a month ago, I hit a parking curb well enough to undo how it was wedged in, limped home, and got to work on it.

The whole radiator/condenser/fan assembly sandwich was completely out of the mount, and between how it had been wedged in and the parking curb, both the radiator and condenser were somewhat warped, so I got new ones. That was complicated and took some time because the first radiator I got had a leak. Once I got a solid radiator though, I couldn’t get the system to burp and coolant was barely moving. I tried pre-filling the radiator from where the upper hose joins tee-1, massaging hoses, nothing.

I had wanted to change the water pump and timing belt anyway, since I didn’t know their age, so I got into the timing belt area and there was a slight coolant leak at the water pump because the o-ring had compressed flat. There’s also a front crankshaft seal leak that I’ll be dealing with. I know there’s a slight leak at the coolant flange coming from the temperature sensor, and I’m replacing both.

Finally, and this is where we get to the picture, I was following the heater core hoses because I want to flush the main return line while the water pump is out and I’m changing the thermostat, and I noticed that the wastegate on the turbo looks really corroded, but it’s just the wastegate itself. Is there a reason it would look like this and does it have to do with the coolant leak?

I was able to score a nice 03 beetle for my daughter’s first car for her 16th birthday!!

What are some issues I should be aware of?

I had my back window repaired last August and re-glued by an upholstery company that unfortunately has gone out of business.
The top left area of the canvas has become unglued and I cannot find anyone to fix it for me.
Does anyone have any suggestions as to how to fix this? Is there a kit for it?

I want to add Bluetooth to the OEM monsoon radio I have a Bluetooth audio board that I'm planning on hijacking one of the audio inputs to the stock amplifier through the head unit. However, I can't seem to figure out a good place to splice in the digital audio signal. I have two ideas of where it should be possible, however I don't have the knowledge on how either one could be feasibly done.

1. Splicing in the audio by tricking the car into thinking there is a CD changer and sending audio in through there

This is my first idea. It's simply just tricking the car into thinking there's a CD changer and feeding in the audio from the Bluetooth board through the audio inputs that are already there. However, I do not know how to communicate with the head unit to fake the presence of the CD changer.

2. Removing the cassette tape drive and splicing in the audio after the low level preamp and digital conversion for the tape head

This one seems like it might work but I have no idea where on the board the conversion from analog to digital signal happens and also if it is just two channels because if it is multiple channels I'd have to condense into two. It might be more than it's worth in effort.

The last picture is the picture of the low-level preamplifier for the cassette tape head

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Hi! Do you guys know if just the top colored part comes off or do I have to take the whole door panel off? It’s cracked and I want to epoxy the back of it. I have a 2006 Vw beetle.