10.0

really awful
Crashes / Fires:
1 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
0 / 0
Average Mileage:
26,500 miles

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problem #2

Aug 142007

Golf 4-cyl

  • Automatic transmission
  • miles
Driving a 2004 VW Golf gl at about 30 mph and rear-ended an SUV. The front end of the Golf was smashed in all the way to the radiator. The air bags did not release at either the drivers nor the passenger side.

- Carmel Valley, CA, USA

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problem #1

Mar 302007

Golf 4-cyl Diesel

  • Manual transmission
  • 53,000 miles
Defective side airbag. They said it is tearing out and the want $600 to fix something 3-4 years old.

- Hartford, WI, USA

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