How would you handle this situation?

JimmyRott said:
Don't think it's been under 25 degrees for 3 days in a row in Somerset West....
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Happened to me - car worked fine for a week, barring turning over once or twice extra - then one morning, boom, no power. New battery and all sorted.
 
At that kind of mileage good chance it's on its original battery which charges just enough when driven regularly but not enough to be left for a few days.

Could have been dead in the showroom and kist jump started and run just enough that kept a short charge.
 
berrypi said:
possibly something simple. these cars are bulletproof in many senses, so a non starting could be a weak battery. Diesels require a STRONG battery, what could crank a petrol will not crank a diesel.
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I also thought so. but the Jetta/Golf 4 are crap. I used to own one.

Don't leave the keys in the car, it's got a tendency to lock itself. Even if the car is started.
Your battery will last just more than a year, if your lucky. At some stage after replacing your brake pads, the brakes will start locking up. This will heat up the disks and warp them. VW has no clue how to fix this. We replaces Calipers, Brake Master Cylinder and eventually the ABS pump. It's better now. There was one on the VW floor where they replaced the whole braking system and it still had the same issue. Alternator pulley will fail breaking the pulley off.
The engine lost a cam lobe and bend a few valves leaving the head completely damaged.

The ABS and engine problem happened after I sold it.

I sold it and bought a 4.6 Range Rover HSE Vogue. It's to this day still cheaper to run than the TDi Jetta.

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That being said, that engine has a lot of torque that's a pleasure to drive in a hilly road. When the car running fine, it was not all that bad.
 
spiderz said:
I also thought so. but the Jetta/Golf 4 are crap. I used to own one.

Don't leave the keys in the car, it's got a tendency to lock itself. Even if the car is started.
Your battery will last just more than a year, if your lucky. At some stage after replacing your brake pads, the brakes will start locking up. This will heat up the disks and warp them. VW has no clue how to fix this. We replaces Calipers, Brake Master Cylinder and eventually the ABS pump. It's better now. There was one on the VW floor where they replaced the whole braking system and it still had the same issue. Alternator pulley will fail breaking the pulley off.
The engine lost a cam lobe and bend a few valves leaving the head completely damaged.

The ABS and engine problem happened after I sold it.

I sold it and bought a 4.6 Range Rover HSE Vogue. It's to this day still cheaper to run than the TDi Jetta.

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That being said, that engine has a lot of torque that's a pleasure to drive in a hilly road. When the car running fine, it was not all that bad.
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Sounds like you had a dud, as my dad had a Jetta 4 from 2002 till 2010 and never had a single issue on it besides a rattle in the dash, clocked in at 200k before he sold it. A friend had a Golf 4 from 2003 till 2012 and also never had a single issue with it and drove it to Mozambique and back. Unfortunately anecdotal stories are too personal to judge things on. I had a 1997 Astra that gave endless trouble while a friend had one that never gave him any issues until it hit 350k so yeah in my eyes those VW's were bulletproof as I saw two people drive them endlessly and no issues.
 
JimmyRott said:
I recently bought a VW Jetta 1.9 TDi with 88000km. I took delivery last week Wednesday. I was very happy with the car but this morning it won't start. It is not a battery issue as all of the other electronics work. The stater motor is also working (or at least making a noise) but the engine isn't turning at all. They claim to have serviced and checked the car before delivery. They are sending over a driver to come check it out.

What are my options? What would you be looking to achieve at this point. Would you wan't to cancel the deal (is this possible) or would you be trying to get them to fix it (they said that they would)?
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Hopefully you didn't buy from NTT, otherwise you could be in for a heap of trouble.
Request them to fix it, at their expense of course. If they can't repair it within a day, demand a courtesy car until it is fully repaired.
Request to see the job card of the alleged service and for good meassure, take it in to a reputable mechanic and have them do the full AA service inspection (58 point?) to confirm that it corresponds to the alleged service.

Had major issues 2 years ago and I'm still fighting to get all expenses back. Have very little faith and trust in dealerships (no offense Fazda :) ), but that's based on my last 3 experiences.
 
spiderz said:
Bought it 2nd hand, also think it was a dud, but it completely put me off VW. Never thought that engine's will ever give problems.
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go test drive a MKVII 1.4 TFSI and then tell us what you think of a VW
 
The_Traveller said:
What did you compare it to for you to claim it is overpriced ?
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The Golf 1.4 TSI manual with 5 year/120k maintenance plan is R311 308. It is only slightly less than the A200 BE at R344 000 but then you still need to add all the extras on to the VW which pushes the price to pretty much the same.

dj_jyno said:
With a better interior than the new A-Class.
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Subjective. I prefer the Merc.

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