I'm starting to think that my VW Jetta is a lemon...
I got it during my junior year in high school, I believe, and I've had numerous problems with it over the past 6-7 years despite only reaching 34,000 miles.
Apparently the engine and the car's brain are so sensitive that they need the premium gas instead of regular gas. I disregarded that during the first month of ownership due to how ridiculously expensive premium is/was, and I had to take my car in at least twice due to engine failure/brain failure. Mostly my fault, but after that I switched to premium....
Then, my car started making weird sputtering noises when I would accelerate above around 60 mph. I took it in and they said nothing was wrong, it just makes noises like that for no reason (ugh.) Shouldn't they at least know why such strange noises are occurring? It continues to make those noises every day.
My car radio died twice in one year! I finally replaced the stock radio with one from Circuit City. So far that one has worked fine, probably because it wasn't made or installed by VW!
This past weekend my car sat untouched for two days and the battery died. My dad said he had it replaced 3 years ago with one that is definitely supposed to last longer than three years. I looked this problem up on the internet, and low and behold a ton of Jetta owners have been having the same dead battery issues. One bought a new battery after her original died, and that battery died in 2 weeks after she let her car sit around a few days. No wonder VW gives us solar-powered battery chargers for everyday use... Sadly that didn't even work since my battery was still dead after jumping it, driving it around 30 minutes, AND plugging the charger in.
Tomorrow I'm praying that my car will start on its own.... if not, I don't know if I want to go through the hell that other Jetta owners had to deal with once their cars started mysteriously draining their batteries.
My brother had a Jetta too, and it was a complete lemon. It's too bad, they're such cute cars.
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