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Old 03-18-2003, 08:13 PM
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Angry Need to vent about newer volkswagon jetta

My mom has a 2001 VW jetta 5-spd. Fun little car really, gets up and goes decent for a little four banger, and really tossible. Those are the pluses of the car, that and a ten year 100000 mile powertrain, a/c warranty. The car's interior is a peice of crap. Almost all the storage bins and cup holders have broken, the last of which brough on this need to vent(and it's not even my car lol). On the last oil change, my mom brought it to the dealer's attention that the glove box latch was half broken, as were the rear cup holders(prior to this the front cup holders, front coin tray, a/c vents, a/c dials had all been replaced due to malfunction/breakage, and many of the trim peices had started to peel off rubber etc). The dealer informed her that the glove box latch would cost 200$ (WTF????!?) and the rear cupholder would cost 100 dollars. Now keep in mind that the dealer was the one who broke the glove box latch the last time the car was in for service. My mom just let that go, and figured the latch was still functional and she never used the rear cupholders. The dealer's reason for not covering it was the "car is more than two years old". Then she remembered that one of her tail lights was out. That was all fixed fine and dandy and the bill came, 86$ for an oil change. Turns out the dealer charges 36 dollars to replace a lightbulb. Apparently on this car only the dealer can change out the light bulb(this is horse ****, if a dealer personel can do something my dad or I can as well), and they had to remove the entire assembly to replace a light, to the tune of 36$. I dont think i'll ever buy a VW after all this, and i though mercedes were expensive to maintain, and this VW is still under warranty and only two years old!!!! Man i wish i was at the dealer with my mom, she's a much more passive person than I, and i have more of a bull in a china shop mentality with things like this. They certainly would have heard about all this in front of potential customers, so that if at the very least someone would re-think their decision to buy this Peice(POS) of german engineering. thanks for letting me vent,
Ryan
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