Faults:

Air Filter cage was compromised with debris.

The air filter itself is a little hard to get to.

General Comments:

Nothing drastic has gone wrong with the car.

General maintenance has been done to it since I've owned it, and I've put a few new parts on, such as front and rear suspension, new front hubs, rotors, brakes, rear tire bearings. All of those were done at my own leasure, to spice the car up a bit.

New exhaust parts were put on mainly due to rusting out, but hey, it's got 181,000 miles on it.

The car still purs like a kitten and runs most excellently.

I've had only one problem with a window, it was the rear driver side, due to a bent bar inside the door.

Other than those, I haven't witnessed any other malfunctions as other customers have said.

This is an excellent car for a college student to have!

Faults:

E-brake cable stretched (so it don't work).

Lost one of the front bumper grilles (seem to come out too easy).

Single-disk CD player quit working (I got a disk changer though).

General Comments:

Cabin is really nice, Lots of options, and a very driver friendly car.

Gets great gas mileage.

Tight shifting and good brakes, runs like a top, never had a problem with it starting, I keep regular maintenance on my car and take care of it.

If work needs to be done, I don't take it to a VW dealer as they cost too much. I think that's why so many people complain about the car.

Faults:

Key switch inoperative

Front wheel bearings bad

Spedo and tach inoperative

Electric windows inoperative

Clutch worn out.

General Comments:

This car is a piece of junk. How many cars these days need new wheel bearings and key switch at 100K miles?

The VW dealers cannot identify the key switch by the serial number.

The quality of the interior is terrible.

Faults:

Timing belt broke at 70k miles. Required a valve job as the motor is classified as an Interference Engine.

Excessive tire wear (cupping). At least 4 sets of tires before 140K miles.Front & Rear. Poor struts & rear springs were the cause of the problem.

Water pump bearings & auxiliary gear shaft bearings were poorly designed.

Power window failures. Required new motor & drive units.

Battery (corrosion) caused power steering housing to leak fluid.

General Comments:

Car design/style is good. Too bad the mechanical engineering doesn't/didn't measure up.Vehicle has not been as reliable as hoped. My next car will not be a VW for sure.

Faults:

Never buy a VW Jetta – I have had the following problems:

- replaced power steering pump - $400

- replaced catalytic converter - $700

- check engine light comes on while accelerating fast, but goes away after couple of days – spent tons of money figuring out what the problem was

- replaced front passenger side window regulator, TWICE - $600

- Cassette player not functioning.

- Dip stick broke

- Replaced Oxygen sensor

- Many more maintenance issues.

General Comments:

Please do not buy a VW Jetta unless you wish to lose your peace of mind.