wonderwilley
Active member
So I bought my 2nd TDI almost a year ago, an 02 Jetta ALH 5spd, she had 235k on the clock when I got it. I paid $2700 and I think I got a hell of a deal, it’s a super clean very well taken care of car. Anyways having owned almost exactly the same car before I was a pretty educated buyer and didn’t feel the need to run a Carfax, I thought a solid service history was good enough.
So I bought the car and it’s been awesome... but, a few days after I bought it I just ran a Carfax for the hell of it and it came up as a lemon buyback. It says back when the car had 25k it was bought back but VW. I asked the previous owner and he said he didn’t know about and of that. He claims to have bought the car at carmax several years ago and he wasn’t informed. I absolutely love the car, I’d still buy it again in a heartbeat. Obviously what ever issue it had has been sorted out a long time ago. I’ve put over 20k on it now with zero issues. However I have to admit my curiosity is getting the better of me. I’d love to know what the actual issue was. Does anyone know if it’s possible to get any of that info and if so how. Thanks in advance
So I bought the car and it’s been awesome... but, a few days after I bought it I just ran a Carfax for the hell of it and it came up as a lemon buyback. It says back when the car had 25k it was bought back but VW. I asked the previous owner and he said he didn’t know about and of that. He claims to have bought the car at carmax several years ago and he wasn’t informed. I absolutely love the car, I’d still buy it again in a heartbeat. Obviously what ever issue it had has been sorted out a long time ago. I’ve put over 20k on it now with zero issues. However I have to admit my curiosity is getting the better of me. I’d love to know what the actual issue was. Does anyone know if it’s possible to get any of that info and if so how. Thanks in advance