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Originally Posted by bockegg
It is not the Mexican plant. I live in PA and when the New Stanton plant was here the quality was dismal. I had a '81 Rabbit (New Stanton, PA), a '82 diesel jetta(Wolfsburg, Germany), a '84 GTI-Germany, a '85 Jetta(Germany), a '86 Quantum(Germany), and a '94 Audi 5000S (Germany). Let me tell you that the quality, build and reliability of the German and American cars were not the best. I switched to other brands from '85 until 2003 when I purchased a NBC.
Also, the worst reliable car I've ever owned was a 2002 Mercedes ML 320 and it was built in Alabama.
Mike
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Thats good to know, Thanks for sharring your information. I like this thread, there is always something to learn. My Jetta had really nothing wrong except the windows, and that was made in Mexico.
I just got frustrated because I know my mothers volvo was imported from sweden and its a great car, no problems.
And my best friends Hondai was from the US and seems to be quite sturdy. (we will see as time goes by.)
I had just read somewhere that the plant (s) in mexico had quality control issues. Is it true that the Passat and others are made in Germany? I got the impression from the dealer that it was the beetle and Jetta that were made in Mexico.
In my case I have always owned "german" cars. I had a 1995 5.25i BMW, until 1998 when I got my dream car, Jetta and now my beetle.
I guess what bothers me about VW, is that when little stuff happens, they need to step up to the plate and just take care of it (but instead they just make you pay for a costly repair)... admit that there is a problem, for example with the windows, and then instead of replacing it with the same plastic clip, retro fit a better quality peice so that customer can tell his/her friends that not only does the car drive like a dream, but that VW takes great care of you. (or they can do quality in the first place, especially with little parts... argh.