I have been a VW fan, after having 4 of them. 1 rabbit 79 which ran perfectly over 9 years, then 2 quantum 1988, which I still have one running perfect, and a golf 1994, which I trade in for a Passat 96 which became a nightmare. The list of problems began with spear parts that the dealer never has on stock, and not to mention that they are high priced. On my first year the ABS light on the dash board lighted the repair cost $1500, for the ABS computer plus $900 for the brake pump. Suspension repairs at 50,000 miles cost me $2800 plus Bilstein shocks absorber price at $1200. During that, two times I need to fix oil leakages from transmission and motor, and several times I needed to changes plastic parts of the cooling system.
When I sold the car, at a very low price, it was on perfect condition but I was afraid to keep using it because it was and endless story of costly repairs and 3 to 4 weeks of waiting for parts to arrive to the dealer.
VW had changed the successful marketing philosophy that they had 10 years ago when they made cars that ran trouble free, simple to fix. I will never buy a VW again or a car that has a relation with VW.

While my 1997 Jetta GLX’s primary problem is that it won’t run (can’t even count the number of times it’s been in the shop), I had a new problem recently – - it wouldn’t STOP running, even when I took the keys out of the ignition. I ultimately had to literally run it out of gas before leaving it in a parking lot, where it was then towed to a mechanic. The wonderful mechanic (not a VW dealer, of course – I’d never trust the dealer in my town) examined it for a week before discovering that the “car won’t stop running” problem was due to a freak malfunction in the wiring of the back door, driver’s side, which, when opened, did in fact turn the car off. Two months later, I’m now facing a bad timing chain . . . everyone is begging me to let the car die a quick and painless death. Next time I buy a Honda.

15000 miles. 10 trips to the shop. Engine shuts down at highway speed over and over again. Brakes don’t work in reverse when engine is cold. New engine, new master cylnder…$12,000 in repairs.

These folks felt it was ok for me to put my kids in this car. I disagreed. Attorney general will work it out.

15000 miles. 10 trips to the shop. Engine shuts down at highway speed over and over again. Brakes don’t work in reverse when engine is cold. New engine, new master cylnder…$12,000 in repairs.

These folks felt it was ok for me to put my kids in this car. I disagreed. Attorney general will work it out.

this p.o.s. has a misfire every 23 seconds no dealer can find it nevermind fix it.what should i do?besides running it into a wall.