Faults:

- One door catch had to be replaced.

- One power window mechanism had to be replaced.

- There was a recall for a malfunction in the brake switch (paid by the manufacturer).

- The starter had to be replaced and the VW OEM battery I bought at the dealer, had to be replaced as well because, it wouldn't start below -15C (5F) (it was determined that the trouble wasn't related to glow plug)

- All brakes and rotors were replaced.

- Front & rear shock absorber had to be replaced.

- The front right coil spring was broken so I replaced it too.

-Rear axle beam bushing and lower control arm bushing needed replacement.

- Rear calipers needed to be replaced because the parking brake mechanism wasn't working correctly.

- I had to replace the front calipers too, because the front rotors were always warping. I replaced those rotors twice and still, I always got vibrations in the brake pedals after 2-3 month of using those rotors.

- Both thermostatic fans will need replacement soon.

General Comments:

- The car is really comfortable, and I love how the Europeans are designing cars to have such a good handling.

- I also love the fact that I almost always get an average of 50 mpg per tank with the little diesel engine.

- However, sometime the noise and chatter from this engine can be annoying.

Also, you have to get used to small (or bigger) troubles with these Volkswagen, cause you can get tons of them.

Faults:

Weatherstripping around windows cracked and separated, very expensive to fix. 60K miles.

Insulation around ignition coils cracked; coil was arcing on engine. 95K miles.

C/V joint went around 100K miles.

General Comments:

Bought this car after giving back a leased Jetta.

Initial quality was very good, really only changed the oil for the first 3 years.

Not even a speck of rust on this car after 6 years.

Rubber-on-plastic interior trim scratched really easily.

I must be aging out of their market segment, because I find VW advertising annoying.

Faults:

I have had no problems at all with my lil' Golf. It has been super reliable and fun! It is a zippy little car and runs great!

General Comments:

My VW Golf has been the best!! I LOVE IT!

Faults:

Oxygen sensor had to be replaced within 5k of my time with it.

Now the EPC light is on.

Drivers door doesn't lock like the others when I push the lock button, but it will if I click unlock and then lock again quickly.

Check engine light clicks on and off consistently.

One tire had a hole in the valve, had to have all new tube put in.

General Comments:

Check engine light enjoys clicking on and off just to irritate me. I find that it mostly goes on after it's rained. When it didn't click off I had it checked, they tinkered on it and claimed that they had fixed the problem. On the drive home it clicked back on again. I called as soon as I got home, had a bit of a raging fit at the poor person who just makes the car appointments. Brought it back in and they changed the oxygen sensor. The light has continued to click on and off since.

The most recent and as I was reading seems to be a consistant problem in all VW cars. Which is the EPC light comes on and then I cannot move my car into any other gear no matter how hard I push my foot down on the brake. Which is just great because I don't want to have to have it towed to the morons that I bought it from. I'm going to try some of the tips on how to get it out of park that I read for the Jetta.

I'm starting to miss my manual Geo.

Why the heck can't they make the Golf like they used to!!!??? My first car was a 84' golf and I ran that thing into it's grave. I don't see wanting to own one of these past 100k I'm just going to keep trading them in for newer models every few years. Which seems extremely unnecessary. If I wasn't such a VW lover...grrrr.