lol, we see several jettas around here and they seem like theyre pretty peppy. I like their looks but I assume by your post theyre unreliable. what happened with yours? I know the bugs were unreliable from personal experience, I and alot of other friends that had them at the time spent alot of time fixing them.
My wife and I saved for a long time to pay CASH for our first new car. My wife told me that I am always buying TOYOTAS and need to try something different in life... Why did I listen to her.
Bought a brand new 01 Jetta. Here are the problems that I encountered in the FIRST FOUR MONTHS (8000 miles)
1.The engine started BURNING OIL.
2.The BLOWER MOTOR (when turned ON) vibrated my brake/clutch/accelerator PEDALS.
3.The front bumper started FADING PAINT.
4.The right left splash guard FELL OFF because the mount points were weak.
5.The trunk shocks died within a month.
Oh and did I mention, the DEALER TOLD ME THAT ALL THAT WAS NORMAL FOR VOLKWAGEN AND WON'T HONOR ANY WARRANTY................ ?
My wife got preganant and we were about to have a baby so we traded that piece of ##$% for a RAV4... I have owned many many USED/OLD Toyotas. I have never had 1% of problems that I had with that VW.
Oh did I also mention......... The car shined like there was not Tomorrow... It was so beautiful............ just so beautiful.............. Sooooooooo beautiful.....
I LOST $9000 in that shiny piece of crap, as it was SMOKING when I drove it to the dealer for a trade in.
Did I get a lemon and normally VWs are awesome cars?
OK.............
Let’s forget the Consumers Reports for a second here.
Listen to this......
My best friend had also bought a Volkswagen GOLF......... At 20,000 miles it needed a new TRANSMISSION........... That son of a b*** is back on Toyotas too now. He bought it after my experience and won't listen to me and learned his lesson himself.
I have only now started forgiving Jetta drivers on the road if they cut me off. Until about a year ago, it was KILL or BE KILLED strategy with the Jetta drivers....
Go see consumers reports.. VW is not far away from the LAND ROVER, which is usually OFF the charts for reliability.
When I was having my problems with that J. ( I can't even write its name so many times. Boils my blood.), I had lemon stickers all over the car and lemon pictures...Took it to the dealer many times and honked to show the customers there that they need to save themselves.
No......... I will NOT get over it....
Do NOT try to convince me about how wonderful Jettas here. U will be wasting ur time.
Yes... I am going out for a walk now..............
I know there are many Jetta lovers here. I just stated what I experienced. No offence to any of you or your beloved/shinny VWs.