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previous posters make a good point about the many times your dash has been taken apart. this is a case where the remedy may have been worse than the original problem. like a car that's been repaired from a serious accident and never drives like it originally did.
so what kind of car are you thinking of getting after this car? if for some very very unfortunate reason your next car also has rattles, will you have the dealer take your brand new spankin car apart again? you might just want to live with the rattles.
Also, the shop foreman called this morning. He is the one who had been working on the car the entire time. He was like, "what happend?". I told him I drove the car over the same roads that he and I drove it over together with the rep, and the dash rattled. I also had a friend with me, so I have a witness. I told him I was tired of all these problems with this car, and I would be retaining a lawyer to deal with them from here on out. I am over this.
i know! drive your car to Colorado or Arizona and put it in the path of one of the wildfires. problem solved!
If people feel that strongly about a Jetta, then they will not care what I say, they will buy one anyway. I read these same kinds of posts about a year ago, and I still was dumb enough to buy a Jetta. There is one born every minute, my mother used to say.
Of course, one might buy a Jetta and have no problems with it at all. You all are the luvky ones. Just remember that it's more of a gamble with this car than with some others out there, that you are going to get one that's not as good.
And also, I am glad you find humor in the problems I am having with this ~$25,000 car. If you were making the payments on it, I think you would be laughing out of the other side of your face.
again, not laughing at you at all. please don't think that!
what were you trying to say? that American cars DON'T rattle because the three you drove didn't rattle? that would be like Vocus saying that Jettas rattle because his rattles.
i must have missed a previous post.
Go figure.
Additionally, I have read others refer to "rattlebox" where Jettas are concerned, and I dont think this reputation came just from Edmunds, but who knows ?
On a good note, my cooworker has a 95 Jetta that has mechanically held up very well (125k miles) other than some brake anamolies and stuff like molding falling off and of course "rattles" early on. My gfriends Jetta so far has been very nice w/no problems at 1k.
and Anakin is totally right, it is not the car, it is the person's state of mind at the time they have the car. i think in Paul's case, wrong car, wrong time. he can't get over the monthly car payment thing. for that money he expects perfection. never gonna happen. i think he should just get a cheap old beater, rattles and smoke and all, and just not have a car payment. cause you can bet, his next car, it will have problems (all cars do), but we won't be hearing about them nearly as much. then it isn't the "car" anymore....it is the person driving it. i did the same exact thing, just opposite. i had Hondas (supposed to be great cars) that were awful, got VW's, and couldn't be happier.
So I had close to perfection in the Protege at ~$15K, and can't get it at $25K. What is wrong with this picture???
Maybe you, Justin, think the Jetta is the best car in its price range, out there. I beg to differ.
Even after being taken apart and put back together a dozen or so times?
Chikoo: "Normal"
I would not call that normal. It is an aberration at best.
I love the blue lighting BTW.
Obviously, expansion & contraction are at work here. regardless, the radio goes up and the joy of driving resumes.
http://www.pharislaw.com/war.htm
Pay special attention to the section on the vibrating Lincoln town car since that is your major complain too! It is about mid-way down on the page.
Good luck with getting your car getting repaired properly.
I took it in when I realized that the cruise control would not work. The dealer replaced the Cruise control switch in the steering wheel. It still doesn't work!!! They kept the car for 4 days and told me they were looking for the problem. They wanted to keep the car for longer but I am leaving to go to Germany tomorrow for 3.5 weeks, and I didn't think it was a good idea leave it at the dealer for that long. I will have to take it back there in Aug when I return.
Any ideas on what could be wrong with my Cruise control??? This is a brand new car with only 1500 miles on it!!!!! Uggg.. Please help!!
as far as the protege, i think the jetta has a few more advantages than what has been mentioned so far such as safety, quietness, ride comfort, workmanship, comfort features, refinement (with the 1.8t). the protege is a good economy car that competes with other economy cars. the jetta has the feel of a near luxury car.
To be honest, Paul, a lot of folks tend to blame noise on the car when it is in fact the TIRES that should take the heat for it. On my Protege ES, I recently (well, 6,000 miles ago) replaced my stock Bridgestone Poortenzas with Dunlop SP Sport A2s. They're only H-rated as opposed to the former tires' V speed rating, but they're also 50 series whereas the Poortenzas were 55s. So the sidewall isn't as tall. Anyway, despite that, my car is much, MUCH quieter on the road than it was, and still handles very, very well. (Plus it now actually holds the road in the rain.)
In fact, when I had Dale with me going to the picnic last month, she made an unsolicited comment about how quiet my car was compared to hers (she has the same year and model car, but still has the stock tires) -- even to the point of saying she was going to buy the same tires for her car when the time comes. This is not supposed to be a plug for Dunlop SP Sport A2s (although yes, I do absolutely love them), but I'm trying to illustrate that something as simple as changing your tires can have a profoundly noticeable effect on the noise level in your car.
Meade
Seriously though, I honestly don't think that's what you're saying.
Anyway, it sounds like the window regulators failing happens to more than just a couple people. I've read quite a few posts in the Jetta M&R board on that.
I was thinking last night about my car. I really miss driving it, it's been literally months. (I drove the car for roughly ONE week since April 24, if you add up the days that I have driven it. And keep in mind I am still paying my FULL payment for this same car.) I wish I had known what was going to happen when I bought this car, I wouldn't have purchased it. I do like the car as a whole, but it has lost its lusture, so to speak. I don't even think I would want another Jetta after this experience.
Every female I know loves the interior lights.
#6176 of 6193 i thought the interior light is purple... or violet.... by the_big_h Jul 01, 2002 (05:12 pm)
and girls LOVE that color
You mean the interior lights on the new Jettas are blue or purple??? Seriously?
I think this might vie with the Pulsar or the Rabbit Cabriolet for best "girl car" of all time.
However, the new Ford Focus seems pretty nice, too. I drove my neighbor's Saturday, and they are roomy and quick. Nice finish inside as well. Plus they are an American company.
VENUS:
the fact is, you and i are in the majority in real life. if Jettas were such crap, number one, they wouldn't sell, number two, they wouldn't be able to charge the premium that they so well deserve.
PAUL - so, you stated that the Jetta is not the best value/car in the price range. please please tell me then, what is? (can't wait to hear this one!) remember, this is the car i will be expecting you to buy and not whine about when you get rid of the evil Jetta
Maybe I have a sick sense of humor and am stating the obvious, but your current loaner car is a Protege, right? Sooooo, you're paying your $25K Jetta payment for a Protege while less than a year ago you were making payments FOR a Protege? Oh the irony!!!!
If only VW could make a car like the Protege. LOL.
you can pick up a new Protege for CHEAP. get a one year old used one (Hyundai's now hold their value better) for even cheaper. with a good warranty left too. and no rattles!
besides, the Protege has more room i think. sounds like a plan to me! i would say you would miss the turbo engine in the jetta, but since you let the dealer keep it, you are missing it anyway, right?
i can say, my old Protege never did rattle. it overheated with less than 100 miles on the odo, and the car shook over 55mph, but then again, i really had no business pushing like that anyway