Don't feel safe to drive long distance as it may quit at any time
Rebuilt cad cam? Leaked.
Timing belts broke.
Transmission slips.
Temperatures are always off.
Eletrical problems.
Cruise control didn't even last 1 year and I hardly used it.
Spark plug blew right out and hit the hood while driving, and the car quit.
Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? No
Review Date: 7th June, 2001
The best bang for the buck: reasonable fuel mileage, insurance costs, and maintenance requirements
The alternator needed to be replaced just before the warranty expired. Unfortunately, the dealer said it was the air-mass sensor and wanted $900 to replace it.
I knew better, but they refused to fix the problem under warranty. They said the K&N air filter was the cause of the problem (water ingested and causing a short circuit). Since it was a non-factory item, I voided my warranty and they would not honor it.
Aside from the regular maintenance that ALL cars must receive, that was it.
This car is my first new car. I expected that over time, the car would become less reliable, less impressive to look at, less interesting to drive, or the performance would diminish. No such thing.
I am very satisfied with its performance and looks. My next car will have to perform and look substantially better - I'm talking about a Corvette or BMW to pull that off.
Fuel economy is great when you take into consideration its performance.
Barring any serious problems, I will keep indefinitely.
Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? Don't Know
Review Date: 19th May, 2001
Very fast, safe and noisy and kinda cheap
Stereo sounds awesome, but the display is unreadable.
Dashboard has heat caused deformities.
Wind noise on the passenger side door.
Paint chips below the doors.
Sun roof rattles and jams.
Wheels chip and aluminum exposed areas look terrible.
Eats gas in winter (17 mpg) and needs premium.
I have done very limited modifications, but this machine is evil fast (150).
When you drive this car you are quicker and faster than 96% of anything on the road!!!
Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? Yes
Review Date: 16th March, 2001
Great deal
Nothing wrong yet.
Great car at a great price. Can't think of any all wheel drive turbo running 6.7 and less than 5000 bucks.
Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? Don't Know
Review Date: 15th March, 2001
Fun for the price
The transmission blew at 64,000 miles, but it was the fault of one of the quick oil change places. Beware if you own a manual. They drained the oil out of my transmission, and replaced it with a synthetic type oil. It blew the next day. The transmission takes a special $40+ a quart oil. The dealers costs are insane. I had a used one put in at a local body shop. He said he had never seen anything like it. It completely exploded.
Great performance for a 4-cylinder, but I have my eyes open for a turbo edition.
6-way manual adjustable drivers seat is nice.
Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? Yes
Review Date: 31st January, 2001
13th Jun 2002, 13:41
Did you get Crank walk? I have a 1995 Talon Tsi, I'll tell you what went wrong.
Alternator gone ($450)
Oil seal next to the oil filter broke cause all my oil to leak out and oil pressure to drop $155 (including towing)
Transmission: 2nd gear want, due to a bad clutch I say, but I got ripped off $3600 (they said 1st and 3rd and reverse were bad too) but I didn't notice.
Air idle sensor ($375)
Ignition system (poor wiring) $250 to fix the problem car wouldn't start ($70 for another tow)
I got in an accident, well that wasn't my fault ($2200)
Fixed all ball joints, rear left arm, new rims ($400)
All that was in a matter of 9 months, that sucked, I hope I just don't get crank walk, my cars got 97,000 km 58700 miles, so far I don't have any signs:
Like poor shifting.
Ticking noise under timing belt cover (only ticking is on the top of my engine, I believes its the injectors)
Or difficulty to get in 3rd gear when taking hard left turns clutch feel is consistent, odd times gets a little softer that's all.