10.0

really awful
Crashes / Fires:
1 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
1 / 0
Average Mileage:
92,000 miles

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problem #2

Nov 012006

Jetta 6-cyl

  • Manual transmission
  • 100,000 miles
Replaced ignition coil for the third time in as many years!! electric water pump replaced. Eater core exploded a couple months later while I was on the highway at 65 mph with my child in the car! couldn't see anything as car filled with antifreeze cloud. Belt driven water pump went a week later. Entire power steering rack needed to be replaced. Window regulator needed to be replaced twice. Door handle broke twice!.

- Jewett City, CT, USA

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problem #1

Jan 152004

Jetta 4-cyl

  • Automatic transmission
  • 84,000 miles
The vehicle skidded on the snow on a major interstate highway and collided with a guardrail. The airbag should have deployed and did not deploy.

- Milford, CT, USA

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