19th Jul 2023, 22:29

Writing in from New Zealand - a friend's wife owned a 2006-ish VW Jetta 2.0, manufactured in Mexico (but RHD export to NZ), for nearly 8 years with no issues, they gave it to his parents; she since bought a new 2017 VW Golf, while he replaced his 2011 Passat 1.8TSI (also since given to his parents) with a new Tiguan. They lived in Memphis, TN for a short time, around 2 years, and also bought a VW Jetta there. Clearly, if they had more than their share of issues, they'd have stayed well clear of VW. There must be enough VWs out there that don't actually give substantial problems, keeping people buying them.