2005 Beetle Convertable

2005 VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE
40,000 MILES • 4 CYL • FWD • AUTOMATIC
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I have a 2005 Volkswagen Beetle convertable. The dealer told me a valve must be replaced. The valve distributes fluids. The car has been bucking at certain times and they say that is the problem. Is the valve located in the transmission? The transmission is sealed therefore my regular mechanic can not fix it. The dealer wants $1700 to fix it and needless to say, I really don't have that kind of money. I also complained saying that the car is only five years old and has only 40,000 miles on it. The dealer said they would talk to the volkswagen rep to see what they could do in terms of price. Is this something that my mechanic can fix? Is a price of $1700 warrented and should this part have gone bad already? Any help you can give me would be greatly appreciated.
Nov 27, 2010 at 12:02 PM
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I will need to know what the actual valve is called, can you find out?

mark (mhpautos)
Nov 27, 2010 at 9:47 PM
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I will call the dealer on Monday and get back to you.
Thanks again,
Kim
Nov 27, 2010 at 9:57 PM
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do that, it will be a great help, i hope that we can assist with this.

mark (mhpautos)
Nov 27, 2010 at 10:00 PM
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I found out what the trouble is with the Beetle. The mechanic told me that the valve body is bad. It controls all the valves that distribute to the transmission
Nov 29, 2010 at 2:10 PM
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This is a job for a transmission specialist, the valve body is not just 1 valve, but a large fluid distribution valve which is quite complex.

mark (mhpautos)
Dec 1, 2010 at 1:25 AM
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Thank you.
Dec 1, 2010 at 9:42 PM
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