The 2019 Beetle Has A Brake Software ... Bug?

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Scott McCracken
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carcomplaints.com
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VW replaced reliable brake pad wear indicators with a software solution for the 2019 Beetle. The system is supposed to display a warning message when the brake pads are dangerously thin and need to be replaced. It isn’t working. Over 4,000 Beetle vehicles have been recalled to update the instrument cluster software.

2019 Beetle Has A Brake Software ... Bug?

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