Hello! My ex and I bought a used 2005 beetle convertible 1.8 turbo for our daughter a year ago, and most of that time it's been sitting in our driveway. My non-mechanic ex would try to fix one thing, and two would break! Rather than take the car in to a legit shop, he just bought her a Prius...

Hey my beetle is a 2001 1.8t and the airbag light is on but sometimes it will flicker off but come right back, I want to avoid the shop if I can but I want to know how to tackle this

I have a 2005 NBC 1.8 turbo with 70k miles. The engine will start, but immediately stalls and will start back and stall again and again. It acts like it is starved for fuel. The only engine work I've done recently was replace the battery. I have done the following trying to troubleshoot the...

I've been working with a 2000 1.8-L turbocharged New Beetle that is not not heating the cabin at maximum heat settings until the engine RPMs are taken to about 3000. Once the RPMs fall back down to idle, heater performance again deteriorates to nothing but luke-cold air blasting out of the...

I have a 2001 1.8T with only 89000 miles on it. My check engine light has been on with a faulty secondary air pump code for a long time. When replacing a faulty ignition coil the other day I noticed the hose in the attached picture he several tears. I am very suspicious that those are the reason...

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Almost a year ago I was driving with a mixture of 1 ounce to 1 gallon of high octane and gasoline on my 1.8t. New Beetle 2000 (don't know if it has something to do). And at some point I started hearing the camshaft tensioner rattle from idle until 2700 rpms. I also removed the air filter...

I am in the Dallas Texas area and am in need of a Low Mileage 1.8 Turbo Gas Engine ASAP for my 2003 Turbo Gas/Automatic Beetle. My Honda Civic has crapped out and need the Beetle engine replaced ASAP so I do not have to buy another car. Please contact me with information if you have one or know...

Hi everybody! Forgive me for posting about this, seeing as how it sounds like a rather popular problem with new beetles of all varieties. I'm rather new to not only the forum, but actually performing maintenance on my beetle. As such, I was wondering if anyone could possibly direct me to a...

Hi to all, I'm posting my pics of Polar Turbo Bug.... Exterior BMW Antenna color matched black 1/10 GIAC (1/06)replaced with Neuspeed Chip 5/2008 Upgrade K03 to K04 8/08 K04 Intake 8/08 Injectors 380cc 225TT A/F Meter ABD FMIC 8/08 Sachs Clutch Kit HD w/fly 1.8 9/09 Neuspeed 1.8 Turbo Inlet...