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VW New Beetle Defective Transmission Class Action Lawsuit
By Matt O’Donnell
UPDATE 6/17/13: A federal judge dismissed the VW New Beetle Defective Transmission Class Action Lawsuit in February. Despite tossing the lead plaintiff’s claims, the judge said the co-plaintiffs could pursue a class action lawsuit in their home states of California and Louisiana. Top Class Actions reached out for comment from the law firm representing the plaintiffs to see if they plan on filing an amended complaint. Our request was not returned. We will update you as soon as we get new information on if a new class action lawsuit will be filed.
A federal class action lawsuit claims the 2003-2007 Volkswagen New Beetle has a defective Tiptronic automatic transmission that the automaker refuses to deal with, leaving owners in the lurch with either an expensive repair bill or malfunctioning vehicle.
According to Volkswagen New Beetle class action lawsuit, the transmission defect causes it to malfunction and require replacement, forcing vehicle owners to pay expensive repair charges and leaving them with a malfunctioning vehicle. The class action lawsuit claims Volkswagen has been aware of the defect, but at first chose to ignore it “and shirked all responsibility.”
“When the clamor of affected vehicle owners grew, Volkswagen eventually agreed to extend the warranty but only for the valve body of the transmission for the subject vehicles. This warranty extension, however, is of little use because it does not cover any damage to the vehicle’s transmission which, as a direct result of the defective transmission valve body, fails and needs replacement at a cost of several thousands of dollars,” the VW New Beetle class action lawsuit states.
“In effect, Volkswagen’s offer to extend the warranty but to limit that extended coverage only to the transmission’s valve body while washing its hands of any liability for the resultant damage to the transmission itself, is tantamount to relying on the proverbial ‘finger in the dike’ approach to dealing (or refusing to deal) with the defects prevalent in VW’s transmission.”
The VW Beetle defective transmission class action lawsuit is brought on behalf of all owners and lessees of a model year 2003-2007 Volkswagen New Beetle within the United States equipped with a Tiptronic automatic transmission. It is seeking damages and restitution for Class Members to reimburse them for their out-of-pocket expenses as well as a Court Order requiring Volkswagen to pay to repair the defective transmissions if Class Members have not done so already.
A copy of the Volkswagen New Beetle Defective Transmission Class Action Lawsuit can be read here.
The case is Shirley J. White v. Volkswagen Group of America, Inc., Case No. 11-cv-2243, U.S. District Court, Western District of Arkansas.
Updated June 17th, 2013
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424 thoughts onVW New Beetle Defective Transmission Class Action Lawsuit
I have a 2007 VW bettle that I bought from a private party it was only 38000 miles & the transmission needs to be replaced this is not good at all
2005 Convertible New Beetle failing transmission
Just bought 2007 VW beetle 6 speed automatic 2.5 with 85,000 miles from private party for 4800.00. Drove fine when I test drove it, but after driving back home for 15-20 minutes noticed hard shifting. Had fluids changed, still didn’t solve problem. Now being told these VW beetles 03-07 have multiple complaints. Why VW didn’t recall, avoiding responsibility. If there is active class action lawsuit, please let me know. Thanks.
2006 2.5ltr, same problem. Please add me too to any class action . I’m in aldergrove, BC , Canada
I too have 2 1999 automatic transmission vw beetles and both jerk really bad and slip gears and only under 106000 on one and 50000 on the other. Also have a 2010. VW beetle automatic transmission and has a little trouble with transmission jerking but not much like the other 2
I bought a VW beetle, I thought if was a stick shift, because how hard the transmission skipping. So I guess all VW beetle owners are S. O. L and take a loss because nobody wants to take responsibility, I mean, who would even let this type of mistake off the assembly line? Much less on to show room floors. How generic and irresponsible can VW BEetle?
Ain’t Miss behaving so they think that’s why they’re like acknowledging us
I have the same issue bought my step daughter her first car. Convertable Bettle. Which now its shifts so hard feels like its going to break your neck. This is wrong now i see tons of bettles with this same problem. I work hard for my money now they say its the transmission which is thousands of dollars. I feel scammed. Please let me know more about this lawsuit as i feel we are due for compensation also. These companies makes tons of money from people and know its defective its simply wrong!!! This car was for my daughter to go back and forth to work and college. What are we supposed to do now. Just take our losses and have our money just wasted. I hope we get help!!
This is bullshit and there must be a way to make VW responsible and take care of this! WTF??
I have a 2005 beetle convertible. I even ask the dealer about the little jerk when I hit the brake, he acted like I was crazy. Now I find out it is an on-going problem. Transmission problems at 52,000 miles?
I have a 2005 Beetle 1.8T convertible that had the hard shifting problem at 40,000 MILES. we were told by VW it would be about $6000 to replace the transmission. My husband said no way, it pretty much a brand new car. We ended replace the valve body and it solved the hard shifting problems. I have now bought a 2007 Beetle 2.5L with 75,000 KMS and it also has shifting problems 3rd and 5th gears. There should be a recall on all these transmissions. I was hoping that the 2.5L engine would be different.
Got the same jerking problem on my NB convertible… 03
I’m from Canada
Victoria Bc
Any help on the subject will b much appreciated. Thanks !
Peartreeadriano@yahoo.com