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Job losses likely at VW as the people’s car brand becomes uncompetitive (arstechnica.com)

submitted 11 months ago by boem@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] nicetriangle@kbin.social 7 points 11 months ago (10 children)

I really liked how the car drove but after owning a 2001 Jetta I'd probably never buy another VW. That car had the worst quality control of any car I've ever seen. It was insane how much stuff broke in that car. I'll stick with Japanese cars if I was in the market for one.

[–] TheaoneAndOnly27@kbin.social 3 points 11 months ago (4 children)

That's how I feel about my 2010 Tiguan. It is just such a piece of shit. I like how it handles but every other day something on its breaking or the electricals acting up. Never again

[–] nicetriangle@kbin.social 3 points 11 months ago

Yeah it was crazy what went wrong in this thing in the space of a few years before we got rid of it... Just off the top of my head:

Pulled too close to one of those parking dividers and the bumper barely scuffed up onto it. All the plastic attachment clips in the front bumper snapped and the bumper sagged a couple inches from there out. They quoted me something like $500 to replace some plastic clips.
Fuel injectors sprayed gas onto the engine block causing smoke to come out from under the hood
Recall on the turn signals
Fabric in the roof of the car bubbled up and sagged down
Labels on the center console (radio/climate control/etc) started peeling off
Lid of the center console broke
Glove compartment door broke
Stereo broke
Cupholders broke
Driver side door speaker went

There was some other stuff too but it's been a while now. My last car was an Accord that I had for many years and that thing was rock solid. I still miss it but had to sell it when I moved out of the country.

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