Done with my car...

[Silver Phoenix]

2 cel's in under 45 minutes of driving, 1 complete shut off at red light while in neutral, 1 random violent shake for no reason, and 1 dealership added to the shit list


Fucking Volkswagens


^I felt that was necessary

[RiegerMti]

Yeah! Fuckin' Volkswagens! j/k Get that checked out dude!!! :crap:

[Silver Phoenix]

Yea, and then a few g's later with them only switching a fuse that was working in the first place :(

[LoStSurf801]

Welcome VWOA, where no dealership knows jack shit about cars. online forums are more useful than dealerships nowadays

[Silver Phoenix]

Wordddd

Everyone says the problems are way too common and just get worse and more frequent...awesome!

[TheDarkSide]

All cars get CELs :roll:

[Silver Phoenix]

Not as much as mine does for an 02

its not only cels, the way it runs too

[ViperASR]

All cars get CELs :roll:

The one in my moms Van turns on occasionally, and when diagnosed, it says that there are no problems with the car. Revenue generator FTL

[TheDarkSide]

Luck

[Silver Phoenix]

Mine doesnt even have one :roll:

Cuz you don't need it

[JDEL]

Whats CELs??

[Silver Phoenix]

Check
Engine
Light



CEL....

[JDEL]

Time for a new car get a bimmer!!...Well your luck might no get better with BMW's

[kelso]

LOL at vw dealerships.... my friends GTI has a rough idle, sounds like a deisel engine and its an 07. so he brought it in and the techs heard the noise, and said the tore the engine down and inspected the balance shafts and reassembled without fixing anything ...then said they couldnt hear a problem in the first place.... he checked the oil and it was the same old oil. so they dropped the oil pan and messed with the internals, and somehow retained the old oil? bullshitters....

[Silver Phoenix]

Yea, a few months ago I reluctantly went to Aristocrat VW to get a recall done. Recall letter said to expect to have it worked on for 2 and a half hours, got a call 30 minutes later, car was done. Driving off I noticed a sloshing noise coming from my console area, never heard it in my life until I brought it there. Went back and told them they messed something up. Refused they did anything to the max. Even bringing in a few techs to ask what it is. They were gladly willing to take a look, for a hefty fee however. I didn't even say no, I just left. Still fucking sloshes today. After I get home I look at the bill or receipt I guess you could say, to find out that on the bill was the VIN number from my car, my brothers name and red 2002 GTi on a receipt. Granted we both drive Volkswagens, however my 2002 SILVER PASSAT could never be mistaken for a red gti and my name isn't lewis. The name of the tech the service dept. brought in to ask about the sloshing was Mark or so said his cool little patch. Further review of the receipt, the tech who "worked" on my cars name was Joey/Joseph, something with Joe


The customers looking at the cars there are nicer and offer more help than the employees

[Silver Phoenix]

Time for a new car get a bimmer!!...Well your luck might no get better with BMW's


Looking at Subaru :clap:


I'm driving this car til I no longer can, few hundred miles is my guess before its done

[JDEL]

^ how many miles on the VW

[Silver Phoenix]

96,000....

[LutzPerformance]

LOL at vw dealerships.... my friends GTI has a rough idle, sounds like a deisel engine and its an 07. so he brought it in and the techs heard the noise, and said the tore the engine down and inspected the balance shafts and reassembled without fixing anything ...then said they couldnt hear a problem in the first place.... he checked the oil and it was the same old oil. so they dropped the oil pan and messed with the internals, and somehow retained the old oil? bullshitters....


You have to love the dealerships :) they tried to rip me off last week, even though i was wearing my uniform :confused: "we have to scan the radio to find the issue" thats all im going to say lol. good luck hope everything is ok with the Vdub

[Silver Phoenix]

Sad thing is....on one of the Passat forums multiple people say its not worth it to stay with the car and fix things. Its just going to get worse over time even if I fix the parts :(

[ViperASR]

Sad thing is....on one of the Passat forums multiple people say its not worth it to stay with the car and fix things. Its just going to get worse over time even if I fix the parts :(

VW FTL.

One of my friends diesel Jetta kept having the windows fall down. It was always completely random, and every time they took it back to the dealer they said it wasnt a big deal. IDK what was wrong with it, but they finally traded it in when the windows fell on a day where it was raining. Use ur imagination on how that came out...

[CFL_GTI]

VW FTL.

One of my friends diesel Jetta kept having the windows fall down. It was always completely random, and every time they took it back to the dealer they said it wasnt a big deal. IDK what was wrong with it, but they finally traded it in when the windows fell on a day where it was raining. Use ur imagination on how that came out...

Moist?;)

All cars have their quirks, and VW's are certainly no exception. Not every car is perfect from the factory either. Remember that. Dealerships for the most part, with any make, usually don't know what's going on. Have you tried Royal VW on Lee Road? I, as well as many others go there, and they always take good care of us. Aristocrap is awful.

[1clean335i]

You have to love the dealerships :) they tried to rip me off last week, even though i was wearing my uniform :confused: "we have to scan the radio to find the issue" thats all im going to say lol. good luck hope everything is ok with the Vdub
at reeves? should have let me know, ill hook u up!

[Silver Phoenix]

Moist?;)

All cars have their quirks, and VW's are certainly no exception. Not every car is perfect from the factory either. Remember that. Dealerships for the most part, with any make, usually don't know what's going on. Have you tried Royal VW on Lee Road? I, as well as many others go there, and they always take good care of us. Aristocrap is awful.

I go to Aristocrat since my car usually craps out when I'm leaving class or just barely getting there, and Aristocrat is less than a mile from there, conveniently for me the Subaru dealer is right next door. I heard good things about Royal, just too far for my car :banghead:

[LutzPerformance]

at reeves? should have let me know, ill hook u up!

Yeah bro one of the service writers kevin was the one who tried to rip me off, yeah i was going to call you but i lost your number PM when you get a chance with it... it was VW though not BMW, bmw guys are amazing

[LoStSurf801]

Not trying to hijack this thread but Viper, how are 944's for you? I've been in love with them for a long time but people keep trying to convince me not to get one ever.

[ViperASR]

Not trying to hijack this thread but Viper, how are 944's for you? I've been in love with them for a long time but people keep trying to convince me not to get one ever.

They are awesome cars, and I love mine to death, but they are not the most reliable thing in the world, being that mine is 22 years old and has 253,XXX miles on it. Also, it can get pretty expensive pretty quick if you don't know how to work on them yourself.

They are also pretty slow in a straight line, but are awesome around a track or auto-x course. The handling is awesome, and if you ask almost any professional race car driver about a 944, most have had racing experience in them and have nothing but respect for them.

Its also amazing how much sh** they can carry in the back. I have moved into and out of my dorm room with this car, and I laugh when I see everyone with their SUVs packed full of the same amount of stuff I have.

Just make sure you know what you are getting into if you get one. Also, I would recommend having another car as a backup or a daily driver.

[jgti]

It's a 1.8t Problem solved.

[Silver Phoenix]

Also, I would recommend having another car as a backup or a daily driver.


haha


I wish the 928 was good around corners, all you can do is go straight. But hey, thats plenty to make me happy while driving that car:clap:

[A4ringedONE8T]

It's a 1.8t Problem solved.

Perhaps you havent seen a properly tuned 1.8T ...

[Silver Phoenix]

It's a 1.8t Problem solved.

Correction, its a VW 1.8T


Shawn, your Audi is nice and reliable...for now

haha

[A4ringedONE8T]

Correction, its a VW 1.8T


Shawn, your Audi is nice and reliable...for now

haha

The only problems Ive had are the common ones (coilpacks, window regulators, ...) which have all been fixed or replaced so I should be good to go

[Silver Phoenix]

The only problems Ive had are the common ones (coilpacks, window regulators, ...)


Waiting for my coilpacks to go. Window regulator went out a week after getting the car. $160 and a pain in my ass...

[M52 POWER!]

To be honest I've never been a VW fan. It's the economy german car. Some of their older models are pretty cool though!

[Silver Phoenix]

I don't know why i wanted a VW

Thought of a turbo maybe, other than that I'm drawing a blank...

[LutzPerformance]

lol come to the BMW side youll never go back!

[Silver Phoenix]

Transmission fucking up too
With a 10,000 mile old clutch

Broke my center air vents this morning too when I punched the shit out of them


I'm putting everything back to normal. Taking out intake, removing boost gauge and interior trim. I really want to sell this car

I've probably put more money into this car than I bought my old 190 for....

[LDadrenaline]

subaru mebbe?

what happened to that wrx i sent you to?

[The Weiner]

welcome to owning a car out of warrenty......... buy a honda

[Silver Phoenix]

subaru mebbe?

what happened to that wrx i sent you to?


Parents shot it down

Really liked the car, but no from the parents

I"m actually looking into 04-05 wrx's if its for sure that I'm moving to New York this summer. If I do get one it won't be til the summer though

Subies were the first car into my mind :D

[ViperASR]

welcome to owning a car out of warrenty......... buy a honda

:clap:

Have to agree there.

[JDEL]

^ True

[pcbootleger]

Moist?;)

All cars have their quirks, and VW's are certainly no exception. Not every car is perfect from the factory either. Remember that. Dealerships for the most part, with any make, usually don't know what's going on. Have you tried Royal VW on Lee Road? I, as well as many others go there, and they always take good care of us. Aristocrap is awful.

There will always be different experiences. I blew my 3.2 VR6 engine and they replaced it under warranty even with my reflashed ECU with the Redline bumped up. It cost them $25,000 in just parts to fix my car. That is NOT a typo. I doubt any other dealer would have gone through all the trouble that they went through.

I have another friend that had a 20th AE GTI that had his motor replaced under warranty after he blew it up at an auto-x course with an APR flash as well. They spent $8,000 to fix all under warranty.

Royal made me wait in the lobby for over 4 hours when the job took 30 minutes and I had made an appointment a week ahead of time. What the hell was the point of the appointment?

[LoStSurf801]

Whenever I meet someone and they say they want a VW, I just tell them they need to know the car if they want to have it live past two years. I think If I knew absolutely nothing about my car, I would have blown it up. Thankfully there are extensive amount of forums, that tell you what happened and why.

Though once I was driving on gandy and all the sudden my car decided to start shaking. I stopped, turned off the engine, turned it back on and everything was fine. These cars have a mind of their own, and they have attitude problems. When I drive slow, my car wants to kick and buck. But when I press the gas a little harder, she's happy.. bitch

[Ether]

Mine doesnt even have one :roll:

:bs:BULLSHIT i've been underneath and inside your car gettin dirty on more than one occasion lol

[90QBl3wByYou]

Get a damn volvo.Cheap and realible as hell.Thats all i have had for a daily driver.Plus if you need any parts you can hit up the junkyards.

Volvo high mileage club ftw.

1.5 million miles on a coupe in NY

Even in order to get into there club you gotta have over 300k on the clock.

And also the fact that volvo's run forever.And rarely ever break down i have already put 7k miles on my 240 and never have had a single problem.And its got 121k on the clock and is 18 years old,And drives like a dream.

[Silver Phoenix]

Moms S80's engine was shot at 55k miles, worst driving car I have ever driven, slow, transmission sucked balls


My dad refuses to buy another Volvo as long as he lives


As do I

[JDEL]

:horse?:

[90QBl3wByYou]

hahaha true,But like most modern cars 95+ are junk nowadays.Everything is so complicated even with the newest cars today.Hell even cars produced today you won't see on the road for 10 years.Thats a given.

Only thing i dislike about the old volvo's (before FORD bought them out) is there transmissions and there weak diff's.Other then that there solid cars and will last forever.Also the fact that volvo enginered there cars to last 14 years is awsome i doubt you run across that today.And yes most if not all newer volvos are junk.But if you get a volvo from 93-1980 it will last forever long as you take care of it.

Im willing to bet all the cars produced even today you will not see them on the road in the next 10-20 years.

Prove me wrong.....

[ViperASR]

Moms S80's engine was shot at 55k miles, worst driving car I have ever driven, slow, transmission sucked balls


My dad refuses to buy another Volvo as long as he lives


As do I

Dude, can you ever be happy with a car? Its getting really old listening to you bitch about a car that im assuming was given to you.

[Silver Phoenix]

No, that was my moms car. Both of my parents hated it. Even the techs at shops said it rode horrible. And yes the Passat was given to me.

[Silver Phoenix]

And I've put in my share of time and money into fixing some of the problems, but they come back.

Its not like I don't bother trying to fix whats wrong, just some stuff is over my head.

[AlpineE30]

Get an E30

[Tranz]

Dude, what the hell are you doing to the car? I run my R32 with the likes of some exotics and have never had an issue.

Punching your dash, mature. Most people here with any euro will say that they have had issues in the past.

Others have told you to go to Royal, they will take care of you. But, you say it's to far. Then live with the service you get if your unwilling to go and try somewhere else.

Go to royal ask for Albert or Mike in the shop. Ask for Randy at the counter. Tell them Tony with the Blk R32 sent you. You shouldnt have any issues.

[Silver Phoenix]

The 1.8T Passat is known for tons of problems. Some Volkswagen are good, some are bad.

and I know its not mature to punch my dash. It just got to me enough one day. I plan on going to Royal this week actually to get a recall done

[justn868]

APR's Fault Code Erase Program FTW!!!

[Eurotuner43201]

My aunt's 1.8t passat is a 99.5 and there have been no major issues with the car. It runs great to this day. as said before...some have problems and some don't. your just less likely to have problems if you stay on top of them and maintain the vehicle. in fact, keep an eye out for her on the roads in Tampa because she drives like the only one in that color in tampa. It's like a teal blueish green that I never see on the passat.

as for the dealerships...I personally would take the car to euro specialty shop to help you with problems. small shops like rennen imports will be much more helpful than VWOA