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#21 of 12742 Waranty... by vocus Sep 05, 2000 (1:44 am)
The VW has free maintenance for the first 2 years/24,000 miles. I guess they figure since they do all the basic maintenance (basically oil changes), that makes up for the shorter warranty.
#22 of 12742 VW warranty by justin Sep 05, 2000 (12:35 pm)
Also - they give you 10 yrs 100k miles on the engine, tranny, and drivetrain. Who else does that besides Isuzu and Hyundai? If it is the 2 yr/24k warranty that concerns you, I don't think you would be happy with a VW......I would go for a Lexus or Infiniti or something that has a longer B2B warranty, and a car that is "supposed" to be bulletproof reliability wise. VW's have made HUGE strides in reliability, but for some people, they will worry about that anyway. You would probably be better mental health and anxiety wise to get an extended warranty, or another car. Of course, you probably would never use the warranty.... Hopefully.....
#23 of 12742 Alex 75 - Silver Jettas by fischda Sep 05, 2000 (1:00 pm)
Can you give a reference for your information about VW silver paint in Mexico? I own a '00 silver 1.8T (paid $400 over invoice, not MSRP), and I sudder over thoughts of paint going bad. What defect do they expect out of the 70% of the silver cars? I have to read to believe. BTW, I just installed splash guards - it was an easy job, and they look sweet!!
#24 of 12742 My experience at 24K miles by shawnmalone Sep 05, 2000 (3:17 pm)
In case you're interested, here's one owner's experience with a 1999 Jetta GLS, with the 5-spd. stick and 2-liter, four-cylinder engine. The odometer just turned over 24,000 miles. So now I'm on my own with respect to all maintenance issues that are not drivetrain-related. And I do have one. There's been an intermittent problem with the remote locking/alarm. About one time out of three, when I lock the car, the alarm is armed, but the driver's door does not lock. If you open the door, the alarm does go off. Sometimes I have to unlock and then lock the Jetta again for the doors to lock properly. I brought it to the dealer before the warranty expired, but I couldn't get it to fail while the mechanic was watching. They checked it out and could not find the problem. Related to this, there's this gimmick on the Jetta that you may have seen on the TV commercial. If you put the key in the driver's door lock and hold it, all four windows are supposed to roll down. This worked perfectly for about 20 thousand miles, but now it only works some of the time. Despite these glitches, I still love the car. I've taken two long road trips, and I commute 15 miles each way, five days a week, during rush hour. I plan to keep it at least ten years. Mileage is 31.7 highway, and about 29 in a mix of city-highway.
#25 of 12742 extended b2b warranty by harry26 Sep 05, 2000 (3:27 pm)
I bought an extended b2b warranty through VW not a third party since some dealers won't honor those. It extended my b2b to 5yr/50,000 and cost an additional $1100. Not a big deal since after using it twice past the initial 2 years, it will probably pay for itself. And considering the GLX has so many electrical parts, I thought it was worth it. harry
#26 of 12742 shawnmalone by fischda Sep 05, 2000 (4:14 pm)
If you have documented your visits to the service department prior to the warranty running out, you should get warranty repair when/if you are able to get the locking/window problem to occur in front of the service manager. On the down side, several posters here have had rough times with service and/or VWoA in resolving these "touchy" kind of problems...best of luck. Let us know what happens.
#27 of 12742 My experience at 36K miles by eclipsegs Sep 05, 2000 (5:33 pm)
I do not own a Jetta at this time but have been following this thred to get all opinions on my soon to be purchase of a Jetta GLX. Just for the record, I have a 1998 Mitsubishi Eclipse GS with 36,000 unfeathered miles. I hear and read horror stories about this car all over the internet and wonder why it is so. Is it the turbo models that have these reliability problems? Is it uncared for or automotive abuse that has distilled upon such a great car. I say these words, because not all the apples in the bunch are wrotten. I say this in defense for the new Jetta because I love everything about it. Maybe it was the sweeping european lines or the cool blue interior lighting, I just don't know for sure. If I could buy a new Jetta with the luck I've had with my Eclipse, I would be fanatic.
#28 of 12742 Eclipse... by vocus Sep 05, 2000 (5:43 pm)
I have read in Consumer Reports that the Eclipses aren't too reliable too. My co-worker has a 1995 GS stick he has never had a problem with, and he has like 80K on it I think. I also have read about the bad rep of Neons. My friend's ex-wife has a 1996 sedan and she has never had trouble with it, but she only has 29K on it too. Yet he has a 2000 and it's had all sorts of problems in just under 16K miles. Guess it's just the luck of the draw.
#29 of 12742 My experience by fischda Sep 05, 2000 (6:00 pm)
Starting with the first family car I can remember... 1966 Ford Esquire wagon - bulletproof car, survived engine fire 1975 Volvo wagon - great winter car, fun to drive stick - many problems with exhaust 1985 Nissan Sentra - Tinny POS - blew head gasket 1971 Pontiac Bonneville (my HS car) 455 engine, 4 bbl carb, positraction, faster than friend's 350 vette - sold it before college when it blew a water pump (why didn't I keep it?) 1985 Mazda RX-7 - bulletproof engine, fun, hard driving wore through brakes and struts, died young at 100K mi. in accident 1993 Ford Ranger STX 4X4 - great truck, only repair in 85k mi. was clutch, brakes, new exhaust, did them all myself 2000 Jetta GLS 1.8T - MOST fun of any car, so far no problems at all, I won't be doing my own wrenching on this car!! Hey Justin, how many Jetta did you watch drive off the lot from your office window today? He he.
#30 of 12742 fischda by justin Sep 05, 2000 (7:31 pm)
I don't look anymore All I can say is, around here, no one keeps their Jettas in pristine condition like I did mine, even after a year and a half of ownership. Hey - after 500 miles, the Hyundai is still a Hyundai! Haven't had to use that great warranty yet!

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