Stupid car!

[GTI_VR6]

Driving down deerfoot yesterday and out of the blue the car jolts, I hear a beep. It was the gas gauge dropping to zero and the low fuel warning light turning on witch it does at every corner. Then the Speedo stops working and the transmission light turns on. Now the mileage wont turn over and when you floor it and get to 6+ RPM the car doesn’t change gears! What a lemon! Needless to say I have had it with the MKIV. Every two weeks something brakes and from the seat catching fire to this I think its time we cut our losses and go else where for a mode of transport. Any ideas on what this might be? It’s 2003 Golf GLS 2.0L automatic

[James]

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Id talk to the dealership if its a 2003 with that kind of problems, Im sure they will be willing to help and if not, escalate it to VW of Canada

[GTI_VR6]

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it goes in on Wednesday to NL, im sure they will do what they can but the G/F has had it with the car and i cant defend it anymore. lol im sure shell get some kind of mazda or something to replace it, but it hasnt changed my mind about Volkswagens. i love them and always will.

[variable26]

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every car maker makes a few lemons a week... sorry to hear you got one.

i am on my 4th VW and I have never had major problems (knock on wood)

I had a mk4 jetta that had 160k kms on it when i traded it in for my passat... and i never had any probelms except the MAF under warranty.

[GTI_VR6]

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Yeah this car must have been built on a Monday. My dad was saying that GM a few years back had employees putting ball bearings in the frame rails so they would roll around when you took off and stopped just to piss people off... so I guess it could be worse.

[B5]

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What a POS. You are not alone thinking the car is a lemon. I was too.

You are welcome to get your story in here: http://www.myvwlemon.com

IMO if you rapidly repair the same problems then you are driving a lemon.

[Russell]

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What a POS. You are not alone thinking the car is a lemon. I was too.

You are welcome to get your story in here: http://www.myvwlemon.com

IMO if you rapidly repair the same problems then you are driving a lemon.

You seem to post a lot of negative things about VW's and your VW? I don’t mean to be a dink but why do you drive one if they are so bad? I just went through that myvwlemon.com and it gave me a very uneasy feeling about my purchase as I really don’t have the money to repair a "lemon" but so far the car seems to be running great… other then the door lock.

[GTI_VR6]

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Does VW of Canada honor this "Lemon Law”?

[variable26]

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CAMVAP is canada's equiv. --> look it up.

As for all the negativity... i hate to say it but look up any type of car and there's unhappy customers... again I am sorry you got one but i think it's generalizing to say all mk4 VW's are lemons.

check this out

http://www.mylemon.com/Lemon_Car_Complaints.htm

[R_Ethug]

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canada actually has no lemon laws..

[GTI_VR6]

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yeah i guess not all MKIV are crap but mine sure is. I guess its just that my MKIII never gave me this much headache

[variable26]

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did you check this out?

http://www.camvap.ca/eng/index_1.html

[LaDubDude]

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did you check this out?

http://www.camvap.ca/eng/index_1.html

Good link to bookmark

[B5]

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You seem to post a lot of negative things about VW's and your VW? I don’t mean to be a dink but why do you drive one if they are so bad? I just went through that myvwlemon.com and it gave me a very uneasy feeling about my purchase as I really don’t have the money to repair a "lemon" but so far the car seems to be running great… other then the door lock.

Perhaps I might be too aggressive on the comments. At least, you are thinking of me this way right now.

How about if you view the negatives(you think) at my point? A car that bought brand spanking new(00 J TDI auto) from the dealership. Problems non-stop from day 1 and a car never has its own fuel economy like what it stated on the book. The service guy told me ‘It is only your car has the problem.’ What? ‘The whole nation?’ So, why are you guy calling yourself a VW dealership if you can’t fix the VW’s cars? Are you running a puppet show with the VWOC string attached?

A warranty claim with the dealership was like dancing lessons with a 3-yrs old, you make a move they move but NEVER come forward.

When I bought my car the sales guy didn’t even let me know the intake will ridiculously cook-up. Why don’t they let me know the bill for the cure is only six hundred bones before I sign the cheque for the car? At least they should give me a 5% off ‘Intake-Cook-Up’ coupon. All the down times, in and out of the dealership, who is the one that time got wasted?

Arrrr… Door lock module problems. Hay, I replaced that with an update version. How nice? That bloody thing refused to open the driver door for me one day. Again, you are not alone in the ocean, most of us are swimming and trying to breathe together.

[gtx]

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you know B5 your car is more than five years old..
it's not new anymore.
buy a diffrent brand obviously not happy with V.W