[milkytron]

When did these issues start happening?

I own a 2009 rabbit and have no faced any issues beyond routine maintenance. Guess I should knock on wood.

[jvagner]

I've owned many VWs and Audis, and the 2008 Jetta I bought (albeit with a manual transmission) is still going strong. Not a single service issue, to date. It must have almost 200K miles.

[westmeal]

Any tips on how to heel toe in this gen jetta? The pedals are so awkwardly placed...

[jvagner]

Tough... I agree with pedal placement. I was probably more prone to occasionally stalling in intersections, but then I took the car to SF and drove there and got the feel dialed-in real quick.

I've since bought newer cars and gave this one to a relative. It's still on the original clutch/transmission, so I guess I didn't do too bad.

[colechristensen]

Ditto for an 09 Jetta, I love it. I vaguely remember reading about VW going through significant quality improvements in the mid '00s.

[stuntkite]

90s to early 00s VWs had some big issues. I remember when 90s Jettas were basically free because they all had blown head gaskets.