# 2005 VW Beetle

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/2005-vw-beetle/22568>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** beetle, ignition\
**Created:** [November 26, 2008, 12:47am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2005-vw-beetle/22568 "2008-11-26T00:47:47Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![thatyankee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@thatyankee](https://community.cartalk.com/u/thatyankee)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2008, 12:47am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2005-vw-beetle/22568/1 "2008-11-26T00:47:47Z")

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During a rainy commute my friends beetle died. The dealership hit her with a 800+ repair bill for ignition coil relacement, mechanic said, it got wet, it fried, you need a new one. She got a second call, oh yeah by the way, air pump is full of water, gotta replace it too…  
  
  
  
 Has her dealership taken her for a big ride? How plausible is this, if the damn things are made to drive in all weather??  
  
  
  
 Any suggestions?? Comments???

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**Author:** ![kitchenrat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3ec8ea/32.png) [@kitchenrat](https://community.cartalk.com/u/kitchenrat)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2008, 1:39am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2005-vw-beetle/22568/2 "2008-11-26T01:39:06Z")

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an aftermarket coil is 280 dollars. remove and replace is less than 1 hour. take the car to the dealer for warranty work only. find a good independant shop for all other maintenance and repair.

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**Author:** ![pleasedodgevan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/51bf81/32.png) [@pleasedodgevan](https://community.cartalk.com/u/pleasedodgevan)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2008, 6:23am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2005-vw-beetle/22568/3 "2008-11-26T06:23:12Z")

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No deep puddles. You can’t always avoid them. Drive slowly through them and just hope the water stays away.