Yup, VW love n hate relationship here as well.
80’s Rabbit Diesel blown head gasket at 110K miles
2000’s TDI Turbo “carbon’ed up” replaced at 65K mi due to conservative driving $2800
Oil pan 3.3 inch road clearance - ridiculously design & damage / replacement.
$900 timing belt replacement service req’d every 90K mi
$90 VW dealership only oil changes mandated because of special VW 0 SAE oil
Eff VW and disgraceful German clever toy maker bleed-you-dry service revenue model.
VW, BMW, Mercedes, Audi and Porsche are for people who don’t mind pissing away money.
What good is fuel economy savings when your overall cost of ownership gets screwed over in excessive maintenance expenses??
RE: “I have owned and driven VW’s from the Scirocco, to the Jetta to the Passat.
They screwed customers a few years back with the engine sludge fiasco in the 1/8 l engines I believe. Many engines burned up due to this and they never issued a recall.
The last two were my wife’s cars, I’d never buy a VW again after being involved with the sludge non-response.”
Similar experience. All the problems you experienced plus lousy electrical and self destructing interior trim. Will never own another VW as most unreliable and expensive car we ever owned.