2002 Volkswagen Jetta GLS review from North America

Bought the car in October 2001. 3 months after owning the car, the ignition coil burned out and the car stopped running. Then less than a year later (summer, 2002) both driver's side and passenger side windows fell off their tracks and down into the doors within 1 month of each other. Then summer, 2003 the entire passenger side airbag system deployed for no reason (going 40 mph down a county road in NJ). My wife and sister wear both injured by the airbag system (not badly - thank God). Volkswagen then investigated me for fraud b/c they claimed that there was no way the air-bag system deployed for no reason. Well - after their 5 week investigation, they ended up fixing the airbag system and my entire interior for free because I was telling the truth. I was without my car for 6 weeks. At 35,000 miles (winter, 2006), I took the car in for an oil change and the MIL light was on. An oxygen censor was bad and there were two exhaust welds broken (who knows why???) That was $800!!! Now just this week at 40,000 miles the clutch went bad and this is costing me $1800.

This car has been a nightmare. RUN from Jettas, NEVER BUY ONE!!!