1995 Volkswagen Jetta 40th Celebration Ed. from North America - Comments

I bought this car from an AutoNation dealer and it had a few problems to begin with.

First, when you put the car into park, you had to pull the hand-brake in order to keep the car from rolling backwards due to a transmission problem.

Cruise-control was inoperative.

Brake light (in top of rear window) would stay on, all the time, regardless of whether or not the brake pedal was depressed.

Dash light was not functional.

Seat-belt would not pull out of door (so I couldn't put it on).

Ignition switch would stick so key could not be removed when necessary.

I love this car. It is beautiful and it drives very smoothly. Too many 'little' problems for the miles. A little frustrating.

I love the features like power door locks, CD changer, 4 spd automatic, fold-down rear seat, power sunroof, etc... for the money.

Don't take the car to a VW dealer for service if you don't have to. I had the worst experience with a dealership in the Dallas area. Don't let this blow the VW rep. for quality. I just had a bad experience. I know many people who have had VERY good experiences with their 'people-cars' and I'm not giving up on that.

I must agree with the comment about poor service. I don't know if this is an industry-wide problem or not, but my experiences with VW service on my 1994 Jetta have been less than satisfactory. In fact, I have made numerous appeals to the main "customer service" (ha ha) department of VW. Every time I have taken my Jetta in for any type of service, I get attitude, and I get a huge bill. Despite many glaring design and manufacturing problems, I do love my Jetta, but the service I have received from no less than 5 different service centers has left me with no choice but to look elsewhere when I finally decide to sell my Jetta. I purchased my Jetta in Hawaii while I was stationed there, then moved to Germany, then to Tennessee, and finally to Florida. One would expect to find at least ONE place that would provide excellent service, but alas, I did not. I strongly suggest to anyone considering the purchase of a Volkswagen to carefully consider this fact before signing any paperwork. I hope that someone out there in VW-land reads this and knows that they lost a potential life-long customer because of their disregard of the consumer once the car is off the lot.

Lots of little electrical malfunctions. Window regulators, heated seats, and power moon-roof are most recent failures and replacement costs are quite high considering you get the same under designed product. I am afraid I've bought my last vee-dub.

HI I OWN A VW JETTA III SERIES 4 DR AUTO 2.0 LTR 4 CYLYNDER GL 40 YEAR CELEBRATION EDITION WITH CD CHANGER CONTROL AND SUN/MOON ROOF WITH HARS GLASS AND OUTSSIE TOP SUN GUARD.

HAD TO REBUILD THE TRANSMITION AT 97,770 MILES

AND BORSHE STARTER MOTOR B4 I CUD EVEN PULL IT OFF THE LOT

DISTRIBUTOR & 3 FUEL INJECTORS REPACED BRAND NEW FROM DEALER PARTS AFTER 3 MONTHS THEN 2 DOOR LOCKS REPLACED

REAL 2 DRUMS/CYLYNDERS/SHOES AND FRONT PADS AND FRONT WHEEL ROTORS,RADIATOR SOPORT BAR

SPENT 3500 BUCKS ON REPAIRS

COST OF CAR WITH REBUILT TRANSMITTION 2000 $

HAD AN ACIDENT REPAIR TRAFIC DEFICE WAS DEFECTIVE

INTERSECTIONS SHOWEED BOTH SIDE ONA CROSS x both work as green OK red oh amber which leads to acidents 800 bucks.

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