# Over Heating VW **URL:** \ **Category:** Buying/Selling\ **Tags:** selling, beetle, volkswagen\ **Created:** [September 18, 2010, 12:12am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/over-heating-vw/55260 "2010-09-18T00:12:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Monkeywrench1820](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/monkeywrench1820/32/2021_2.png) [@Monkeywrench1820](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Monkeywrench1820)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2010, 12:12am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/over-heating-vw/55260/1 "2010-09-18T00:12:30Z")
My Daughters Beetle is Over heating. When the idiot light comes on I popped the hood and the cooling fans ARE NOT runing. I did a quick electrical test on the fans and the coupler according to the Haynes repair manual. The Thermo control switch is malfunctioning. Before I replace it I want to make sure. The Fans should be running when the engine runs Hot ---
**Author:** ![Joseph\_E\_Meehan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/joseph_e_meehan/32/21_2.png) [@Joseph\_E\_Meehan](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Joseph_E_Meehan)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2010, 1:20am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/over-heating-vw/55260/2 "2010-09-18T01:20:38Z")
What year NB? Gas or Diesel? VW had a run on bad temperature sensors. If that is it, the fix is easy and cheap. In your case it may be best to just replace the thermostat sensor. There are other possibilities however and some are expensive. No matter how expensive they are, not correcting your current problem will be more expensive. ---
**Author:** ![Monkeywrench1820](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/monkeywrench1820/32/2021_2.png) [@Monkeywrench1820](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Monkeywrench1820)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2010, 1:53am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/over-heating-vw/55260/3 "2010-09-18T01:53:53Z")
1999 New Beatle gas engine 2.0 5 Speed manual Where is the Temp sensor Located and can I Bypass it to eliminate it? ---
**Author:** ![ZombieWoof](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/91b2a8/32.png) [@ZombieWoof](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ZombieWoof)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2010, 5:35am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/over-heating-vw/55260/4 "2010-09-18T05:35:59Z")
If the switch is not working why are you going on the internet to ask if you should replace it?