Just dumped my VW Jetta III VR6 for a Mazda 3

Hi All,

I’m so glad there is a forum for fellow haters of VW cars. In 2004, I bought a used 1995 Jetta III VR6 with all the bells and whistles. Biggest mistake of my life, to date. There were nothing but problems. The vehicle had a clean history, looked pretty good and felt great when I test drove it. After purchasing the car the following happened:

1)Electrical fire — burnt wires from the driver side door all the way into the engine Cost to fix: $2,000
2)Sunroof stopped working — didn’t get it fixed as it wasn’t vital
3)ABS light started going on and off
4)Catalitic (sp?) converter started to go out — Cost to fix about $1500-2000
and wouldn’t pass smog
5)Only one window worked — $750 per window to fix
6)Air conditioner went out
7)Started to stall for no apparent reason

This is absolutely ridiculous, the car had reasonable mileage and the only thing I can I’ll give them is that yes, maybe the A/C should have gone out by then. Whatever. This car was the biggest POS I ever had the unfortunate experience of owning. I’ve never run into a VW owner that didn’t hate the company because of their bad luck with their vehichle, and everyone of them, whether they purchased new or used, had to install a new catalitic converter at least once some up to three times.

VW SUCKS!!

I’m now a proud owner of the new Mazda 3 Hatchback and they probably took my POS trade-in straight to the crusher!

Thanks for the site, it’s awesome.

VW Buyers Beware,
Melissa