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Originally Posted by Sopure
The plants are held to the same standard, and the Puebla plant has been around since 1965. Some of us have even toured it. We deal with the armchair experts all the time though, and most of the finger pointing over electrical issues date back two entire generations. Every car will have issues though, regardless of manufacturer. Personally, I enjoy driving, so I buy German cars. I've owned VW's and BMW's (no Audi or Mercedes yet). I had to replace the climate control unit ($200) in the BMW, but nothing in that price range on my VW's.
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So once again I don't get an answer just an underhanded dismissal. I'm no expect, and don't even own an armchair, but we've had 3 VW's in the family and all have had pretty serious electrical issues. Couple that with the ton of anecdotal evidence from friends, and on the web (from people much smarter than me), as well as VW constantly hanging out barely above Jaguar and Mini on every reliability survey, it's hard to ignore as consumer. I thought about a VW during my last purchase (even contacted Pylon about one....very professional btw), but honestly it's this history that made me hesitate and go elsewhere.
At the end of the day its like the Seinfeld episode where the guy shrinks the shirt but refuses to admit it no matter what. I would just like someone at VW to directly respond to the electrical issues and what the company plans to do about them.
Btw, I'm all for European cars myself....haven't owned one yet that isn't. It just bugs me that VW refuses to acknowledge the obvious!