NHTSA Complaint #733295 — 1998 VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE

I HAVE HAD MY CAR FOR A LITTLE OVER A YEAR NOW AND THIS IS THE PROBLEMS I HAVE HAD... THE LIGHTS KEEP GOING OUT ON ME .. ALWAYS THE LEFT ONE FIRST THEN THE RIGHT FOLLOWS... LEAVING ME WITH ONLY THE BRIGHTS... DEALERSHIP HAS FIXED THEM MAYBE THREE TIMES NOW... AND NOW THEY WORK WHEN THEY WANT TO .. LEAVING ME ONLY MY BRIGHT LIGHTS... DEALERSHIP EXPLAINED TO ME THAT THE ELECTRICAL WAS NOT DONE PROPERLY AND SAID COULD BE FIXED AT A PRICE OF 350.00... NO WAY.. I SHOULD HAVE TO PAY THAT WHEN HE SAID THEY WERE MADE WITH A DEFECT... THE SECOND THING GONE WRONG WAS MY BATTERY... THE FIRST TIME.. IT JUST GAVE A LOUD POP AND EVERYTHING DIED... DEALERSHIP FIXED IT AND.. THE SECOND TIME THE BATTERY WENT OUT IT GAVE ANOTHER LOUD POP BUT THIS TIME THE ACID FROM THE BATTERY EXPLODED OUT OF THE BATTERY AND ONTO THE DRIVEWAY...THE DEALERSHIP FIXED IT .. THE THIRD TIME THE FUSES NEEDED TO BE CHANGED THAT ARE ON THE BATTERY...THE COOLING SYSTEM STOPPED WORKING AS WELL WHICH CAUSED THE CAR TO OVER HEAT... THEY FIXED IT AND MY WATER PUMP... A MONTH LATER.. THE COOLING SYSTEM FAILED AGAIN... HAD TO TAKE IT BACK TO FIXED A SECOND TIME... . THE SWITCHES ON THE LEFT DOOR THAT CONTROL THE WINDOWS ARE BROKEN AND THIS IS THE SECOND TIME.. THE FIRST TIME THEY FIXED IT.. NOW THEY WONT EVEN FIX IT.. THEY CLAIM ITS NOT ON MY WARRANTY AND WANT ME TO PAY 400.00 TO HAVE IT FIXED... WHEN WARRANTY COVERED IT THE FIRST TIME... AND NOW MY RIGHT WINDOW DONT WANT TO GO UP... DEALERSHIP AGAIN CLAIMS WARRANTY WONT COVER IT... WHEN MY INSURANCE AGENT SAYS IT WILL... DEALERSHIP REFUSES TO FIX IT.. WANT ME TO PAY 600.00 TO HAVE IT FIX... NOW THE DEALERSHIP SAYS MY LEFT WINDOW WONT GO UP... SO NOW I HAVE TWO WINDOWS THAT WONT GO UP ...SO IN A BRIEF SUMMARY.. MY HEADLIGHTS FAILED FOUR MAYBE FIVE TIMES.... MY COOLING SYSTEM TWICE... MY WATER PUMP ONCE... MY WINDOW SWITCHES TWICE.... MY BATTERY TWICE... AND THE DEALERSHIP DOES NOT HELP MATTERS ANY EITHER... PLEASE GET BACK TO ME ON THIS...THANK YOU. *AK