2000 Volkswagen Jetta GLX VR6 from North America
Summary:
For a few extra 000s, I'd buy an A4
Faults:
Within the first few weeks of owning my brand new GLX I had returned to the dealer 3 times. First the seat memory did not work, then I noticed the seat heaters did not work and finally, the sunroof made a horrific noise everytime I closed it.
Eight months after taking delivery of my car I could not shift out of park. The brake sensor failed and did not recognize that I had my foot on the brake!
My left and right signals stick mid signal.
Next, the clock in the car does not keep the time. As the car is driven, the clock gets faster and faster. Of course, when I take it in to the dealership, they do not notice a problem because the problem cannot be assessed in a 1 hour trip to the dealership. They did not fix it, and now the car is not under warranty anymore and I am still having the problem and they are still not fixing it!!!
Finally, the panels on the rear windows are rusting. Again, I am fighting with my dealership to fix that as I have been told this is a very common issue with the Jetta.
General Comments:
This car is very comfortable as a driver and as a passenger. However, the humming noise every time I press on the gas does concern me and way too many things have gone wrong for me to say I would buy another one!
Obviously VW became aware of many of these things given that with the 2001 version the warranty was doubled!!!
Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? No
Review Date: 9th April, 2003
7th Jan 2011, 21:13
That's too bad you had all of those problems, because I and many other people are die hard TDI drivers with a LOT of kms on them. I have 358000 kms, and although I had to do the turbo and intake cleaning at 290000 kms, what can I say? I've been across Canada three times with the car, and down to Florida 5 times with the car. Never once let me down, and I'm planning a trip to Alaska this summer. I think these cars are way ahead of their time. $44.00 gets me 1000 kms or 600 miles of driving. I can tow with it, and it's not like the Yaris... it's a real car :)
Good luck in the future.