2001 Volkswagen Jetta GLS review from North America

Handle on the center console broke.

Parts just falling out of the sunroof.

6 disk CD changer broke.

The Mass Airflow censor broker (many times) in the end it was the harness that was bad, much money spent.

Now the Glow plugs need to be replaced, along with the harness and something else (can't remember)

Seats - not so comfortable.

When my husband purchased this car, it was under the idea that the money he would save would be worth the more expensive oil changes and scheduled maintenance. Boy, was he wrong. It had been a great car until the warranty went out and all hades broke loose. The Mass Airflow sensor (now an actual recall, but not then) went out about 4 or 5 times, causing a serious, almost dangerous, loss of power. It ended up that it was the harness that was causing all of the problems, the part that was not covered by the eventual warranty recall. Holy Crap! He had surprised me with an '01 Beetle on my 20th birthday, and we kept that until all of this stuff happened with his car, and we got rid of it (as a precaution)..we are so frustrated and so poor... why can't this vehicle be engineered any better?