2004 Volkswagen Jetta TDI review from North America

No problems since the purchase of the car.

Regular maintenance needed oil, tire rotations.

This car is fun to drive and has a lot of "zip" to it. I drive a manual transmission and have never had to downshift going up a hill. The acceleration of this car is incredible!

I have had difficulty starting the car in cold weather. I should point out that I do not have an oil pan heater plug for the car which would greatly help. I recommend purchasing the oil pan heater if you live in an area where temperatures near 0 degrees Fahrenheit. To the car's defense it has started every time for me including mornings of -24 degrees fahrenheit!

I have also driven my car through quite a bit of snow and ice conditions. This car handles very well on snow and ice and its only drawback in this type of weather is that it sits lower to the ground so it cannot handle mass amounts of snow, but I don't know many cars that can.

This is a good vehicle with a lot of pep to it. The diesel gets excellent mileage and is not difficult to find stations that sell diesel.

My jetta gets anywhere between 45-51 MPG. One warning for potential jetta buyers, don't believe the dealers when they say that you car will get 60 mpg or something like that because it just is not true. The best I have gotten was 51, and that is with a manual transmission which gets better mileage than an automatic.

The diesel has much more pep to it than a standard 4 cylinder car and makes you feel like you are driving a much more powerful car than you are.

I use my jetta to commute 50 miles to and from work everyday and I only need to fill up about once a week. I would say I average about 550 miles per tank of gas.

One tip if you do purchase the diesel is that diesel fuel foams up like soda being poured into a cup. To get your gas tank completely full you will need to wait a few seconds after the automatic shutoff stops the pump and then slowly fill it the rest of the way to get a full tank.