-Moon Roof leaks and is currently broken.
-Everything leaks when getting a car wash at the gas station.
-Transmission shudders, grinds gears and slips (Dying for a rebuild)
-A $600 brake job lasted 1 year and needed another replacement of all major parts the following year.
- Rear brakes are seized and too costly to repair.
-Hand brake does not work.
-heated seat switches do not work and never have during the course of my ownership.
-3rd set of wipers have once again snapped off (I've taped the current ones with tape since it proves to be more effective)
-The windsheild cracked all by itself on a cold day and currently remains cracked and too costly to repair.
-The driver side power window broke (forget about going to McDonald's drivethrough)
-Horn doesn't work for reasons unknown.
-Car can't pass emissions tests even after $400 dollars of mechanic work on the exhaust, catalytic converter, tune up, oil change!
-Engine burns oil.
-Both front doors will not close in the winter due to faulty door mechanisms (So I have to hold the door shut while driving in the freezing cold and shifting gears!)
-All doors must be slammed dangerously hard to shut properly.
- The entire suspension needs replacement as it sags in the back and tires hit fender wells when driving on even the smoothest roads.
-Sometimes when engaging the clutch the car will jerk extremely hard for no reason and stall and not turn on for at least 10 minutes for you especially on major highways and intersections. (Sometimes I think this car just hates me on purpose)
-The headlights won't turn on for reasons unknown (only daytime running work)
-Many mechanics will refuse to work on this car!
-the cloth on the ceiling of the interior is all drooping and falling off.
-the glove box will rarely close and will occasionally open up abruptly upon acceleration which can be very frightening at times. (At this point everything in the glove box will fall out and most likely roll under the seat)
-The passenger side brake light bulb must be replaced every week since it always pops. (I've stopped replacing it and leave it burnt)
-Cigarette lighter doesn't work and never as during the course of my ownership.
-And much much more!
-The paint job has lasted very long. The car shines after washing!
-The motor has lots of torque and is quick (but loud)
-Even with the broken suspension, the car can handle fairly well.
-Very roomy inside if you need to cram friends in on a weekend.
This is the most sad and tragic, but at the same time a verry funny review, I have ever read. And I'm about to inherit a 1993 Passat GLX with only 27,000 miles on it. Should I sell it and buy a well designed and reliable Honda or Toyota?
NO NO NO DON'T GET THE HONDA!!! INHERIT THAT PASSAT ESPECIALLY IF It's a VR6 GLX!!! I have owned one for three years and have had all the standard problems that all of the articles have had. A flat front VR6 passat will out run ANY passat ever made besides the W8. Passats of that vintage will go like piss on the highway and with the cruize set will get 30 mpg on the highway. That guy who wrote the article obvoiusly doesn't maintain his car. I have 130,000 miles on my VR6 Passat and have had NO drive train problems. The only things that have gone ary were the heater controls, the A/C, and the rear passenger side window. This car will beat my friends 95 SVT Mustang Cobra after it hits 90. AMAZING!!! It has 130,000 miles on it and runs like it just got off the assembly line. Get that car and keep it because you have something special.
I WHOLE-HEARTEDLY AGREE!!! Get the Passat and treat it well, and you will never regret it. If it is a GLX VR6 with only 27,000 miles, you would be INSANE to think of anything else (ESPECIALLY HONDA (Toyota's are great, but definitly no Passat) ). My '93 PASSAT GLX VR6 4-SPEED AUTO has to be the fastest, safest, toughest, most reliable, most comfortable, best handling, sharpest looking, head turning, eye-popping (mostly when the front-wheels leave a cloud of white smoke at the stop light) machine I have ever driven!!!
If you don't want the car, contact me at 555-...
I had a 93 VR6 passat and it was the biggest lemon I've ever owned. Everything I've read has suggested that only in the last couple of years, 2002 and up has VW gotten its act together.
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