1995 Volkswagen Golf CL from North America - Comments

Brake drum blew while I was bringing it home for the first time 114,000km.

Moldings on driver side fell off 117,000km.

Antenna on top of car fell off 118,000km.

Dash lights were not working when I bought the car.

Glove box broke (no abuse) 118,000km.

Button to pop rear hatch snapped 117,000km.

Engine seal blew at 125,000km, the resulting oil contamination meant the timing belt needed replacing. (timing belt was replaced just before purchase at 112,000km)

Power sun roof stopped working 120,000km.

Interior moldings fell off frequently the whole time I owned the car.

Rear wiper switch was not working properly when I purchased the car at 114,000. Wiper would turn on, but took lots of fiddling to turn off.

Exhaust started to leak 130,000km.

This car always started. That is the only good thing I can say about it. I purchased it for $6000 and put over $2000 into it before I sold it.

For a car with only 114000km's on it at purchase, I was significantly disappointed at how easily moldings and other plastic pieces of the car would just break off.

Also, although you can expect to start replacing mechanical parts of a car of its age, the cost of parts in some cases was double that of my Honda. I put the money into it to get it to nearly 100% and sold it. I sincerely hope it treats its new owner better, but for me it was enough to turn me off Volkswagen's forever.

I have a 1994 volkswagen cl, I hope that these problems don't occur with it. the only problem so far is a bit of rust on the tail gate, but not much either. good car for the money.

To me it sounds as if the car wasn't looked after. I've got a 1994 golf and don't have any of the problems that you have had with it.

I just got a red 1994 CL 219000kms on it, bought it for $3500 (CND). I love it, It has some chips in the paint, rust on the back hatch, and the hood is dented. I've named her "Samachine" in German it means Showing Machine. I love driving it and it has made me fall in love with VWs. She runs great and I know I and put it through a lot of crap and it'll still go. I plan on getting a new back hatch, and hood. I've worked on the body a bit and put in a new valve cover gasket and flew pipe rusted out at 217000 kms, but was an easy and cheap fix. Needless to say I may havo to pay more for parts a labour, but I can do most things myself with a little help from friends and the reliablility, beauty, and the fact that girls love little red hatch backs is more than worth it.

Sounds like somebody needs to learn how to inspect a car before handing over more than it's worth even if it was in good condition.

Caveat emptor, mang.

I think you didn't like this car from the first day. They are really good car from my experience, comparing with many other makes. I have the same model and it's going really well with over 200000 km's. They smart looking and built with standard materials. They are strong and stable on road. It also depends how we look after them.

Thanks

I have a 94 Golf CL.. I bought it for $500. I had to change the battery and the brake master cylinder. That's it. I did the timing belt, water pump and the other belts along with the valve cover gaskets and camseals (because I wanted to). It has 287 000 kms. I have absolutely no problem with it. For a single point injected engine, its fast. I love VW now.