Jayg
Veteran Member
In 14 months of ownership since new, my Jetta was in the shop over 50 days.
First was an electrical short under the dash at day 1 causing the cigarette lighters not to work. Dash removed and repaired.
Then a water leak getting in the trunk. This took over 6 visits and 5 months to resolve with everything being replaced in the rear of the car. Turned out to be a pinhole on the back of the taillight that only sucked in water when the vacuum of driving pulled it in.
Then the grand finale. EGR broke, as in had to be replaced altogether. The next week, intercooler icing. The car goes in on a flatbed twice. While it's in there they replace the DPF because it kept throwing an exhaust code.
Multiples boost leaks and CEL's and visits later I contact VW corporate. The process took about a month and the transaction was completed smoothly.
VW bought the car back this morning for what I paid for it and I moved on to another vehicle that I replaced it with this afternoon. The timing worked well and I was surprised it went with no hitches. (I know how it works on this board so I'll refrain from saying what I got. It's not a Prius
or fuel efficient at all but fun and simple.)
I can't have a new car strand me that many times (Once when it was 6 degrees outside). I lost confidence in doing anything more than a 5 mile trip. I paid $23k for a black TDI 6 speed Jetta and yet there I am driving a canary yellow loaner 2.5 automatic NB for 3 weeks.
My post is just to put it out there that if your car is a lemon, check the laws. This isn't a complaining post. It's not a brand bashing post. Not a CR TDI bashing post. But I was a fan, I got 2 friends to buy 2013 TDIs for their commute because they heard me brag about mine and I hope they are doing fine with theirs for a loooong time. I used PS white bottle every fillup hoping my HPFP wouldn't break, turns out everything else did instead. I learned so much about the car here and the site continues to grow with knowledge as time goes on. Good luck to you all!
Appropriate poster they had in the customer waiting area. I had to laugh!
First was an electrical short under the dash at day 1 causing the cigarette lighters not to work. Dash removed and repaired.
Then a water leak getting in the trunk. This took over 6 visits and 5 months to resolve with everything being replaced in the rear of the car. Turned out to be a pinhole on the back of the taillight that only sucked in water when the vacuum of driving pulled it in.
Then the grand finale. EGR broke, as in had to be replaced altogether. The next week, intercooler icing. The car goes in on a flatbed twice. While it's in there they replace the DPF because it kept throwing an exhaust code.
Multiples boost leaks and CEL's and visits later I contact VW corporate. The process took about a month and the transaction was completed smoothly.
VW bought the car back this morning for what I paid for it and I moved on to another vehicle that I replaced it with this afternoon. The timing worked well and I was surprised it went with no hitches. (I know how it works on this board so I'll refrain from saying what I got. It's not a Prius
or fuel efficient at all but fun and simple.)I can't have a new car strand me that many times (Once when it was 6 degrees outside). I lost confidence in doing anything more than a 5 mile trip. I paid $23k for a black TDI 6 speed Jetta and yet there I am driving a canary yellow loaner 2.5 automatic NB for 3 weeks.
My post is just to put it out there that if your car is a lemon, check the laws. This isn't a complaining post. It's not a brand bashing post. Not a CR TDI bashing post. But I was a fan, I got 2 friends to buy 2013 TDIs for their commute because they heard me brag about mine and I hope they are doing fine with theirs for a loooong time. I used PS white bottle every fillup hoping my HPFP wouldn't break, turns out everything else did instead. I learned so much about the car here and the site continues to grow with knowledge as time goes on. Good luck to you all!
Appropriate poster they had in the customer waiting area. I had to laugh!
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