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Model years to avoid

Volkswagen NEW Beetle

What it says about you

Opinion

The nineties revival, with the dashboard vase. Yours had one and you will not pretend otherwise.

Not measured, not from the data, and offered in fun. Everything below this is not.

6 model years on record, 502 complaints filed.

The years to look at closely: 2005 (transmission). Everything else drew a normal number of complaints for this model.

Every year

  1. 2010 nothing on record 0 complaints
  2. 2009 nothing on record 0 complaints
  3. 2008 0 recalls 60 complaints
  4. 2007 0 recalls 56 complaints
  5. 2006 0 recalls 125 complaints
  6. 2005 transmission 261 complaints

What does a Volkswagen NEW Beetle say about you?

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Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints — compared against itself rather than against other cars, so popularity and age do not decide the answer.