2003 Volkswagen Jetta LS review from North America

I bought my car new in 2003. I had my car for 5 months and all four tires went flat at once. Not necessarily the cars fault, but the manufacturer put some crappy tires on my Jetta.

All of the coating on the control panels and center console has peeled off, again. It has already been rectified once by the dealer, which took 3 days.

The center console has broken twice- once they fixed it- the second time they said that I likely broke it. Not cool. I most certainly did not.

I had to have my catalytic converter replaced at 30,000 miles. Also not cool.

Most recently, 2 weeks ago, parts of the engine had apparently been recalled with out notice given. The car overheated and the engine had to be fixed, some parts not covered by my warranty, which still has 2 years left. That also took 3 days.

Sometimes the sensors and alarms, work for the lights and doors, sometimes not. Same with the key-less entry.

Sometimes when I put the car in drive after being in reverse- it still goes in reverse. Very uncool.

I paid a lot of money for my new Jetta- a lot for me anyway- and I am so sorely disappointed.

I just don't want anyone else to be conned into thinking it's a cute car with a good reputation so it must be worth the money. It is not.