2002 Volkswagen Jetta GL review from North America

Everything... or so it feels like.

The turn signals don't turn off sometimes.

The A/C will turn the locks on sometimes.

The transmission shifts roughly sometimes.

The transmission shifts roughly most of the time.

The transmission decides not to engage.

The transmission work perfectly! Sometimes. Repeat cycle.

The turn signals are still blinking.

Now the locks won't go down.

At least the people around me know I am going left!

A/C stopped working, oh, never mind, it started working again.

Sounds like everyone else whose review I have read. This has all happened in the last 900 miles.

The Jetta was a nicely appointed alternative (or so I thought) to the Cobalt. At least it looks nicer.

I bought the car with ZERO of the above problems, and about a gas tank later, they ALL started happening, and haven't gone away since.

Gas mileage, power and overall lack of reliability have totally destroyed this very short owning experience for me. After owning my second VW Jetta, I will never go back. I don't understand how anyone who owns these cars can stand them. 3 weeks is about enough to make me want to drive it off a cliff.

23 mpg sucks. It's a 110 hp engine, my motorcycle has more power than that!!

Electrical bugs everywhere, it makes me wonder if the car is going to become possessed.

I hate it, I will never look at another VW again, this is the second VW that has been like this, I don't believe it's a coincidence anymore, especially from looking at all the reviews on this site.