Bad Karma?: Latest VW EOS Review Raises More Questions

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-Tecnopolis

Better than getting into an accident because your car's ball joints are screwed up and injuring yourself.

(Hint: Toyota recalled more than 1/2 million vehicles for this reason)

Take your chances Bulldogz VW has a much more impressive safety record and Toyota has been riddled with recals as of late. Anytime you put as much technology into cars as the germans tend to you are bound to have some issues here and there which is why Toyoat and Lexus are starting to have their fair share. If a car breaks down it can be repaird if a balljoint fails and you are involved in a major collision you may not be so lucky especially based on Toyota's safety ratings. Don't get me wrong I think they are doing a hell of a job as a company with regard to profitablity and volume but let's not throw stones if we can not say our own house is in order!

I got an official Audi of America A3 at our dealer once, and relays and fuses where missing & misplaced, who knows what was done with the car previously.

Another quality control disaster and poor excuses from VW.

Oh right huu76,

Because the wiper motor and fuel system is engineered by VW....

I have 2 cars that i will never sell, one is a Golf III 1.6 (1995) and the other is a golf IV tdi (2000), the funny thing is, the 1.6 has 300.000 miles and the tdi 190.000 miles and guess what, i have never had any major problem with them, just regular maintenance and substitution of pieces that were wearing out (brake discs, etc) and believe me when i say that i'm not friendly to my cars! So, i can pretty much say that they are reliable and i can promise that i never got stuck anywhere with them!!!

The value is in miles, in km it is something like 479.000 km for one and 301.000 for the other!! Usually i do about 60.000 to 70.000 km a year!!
I converted from km to miles!!

Toughy I've always had two or more cars and yet I managed to put 86,000 miles on my Navigator in 2 1/2 years and 24,000 miles on my E55 in 9 months. It's possible, trust me it is.

Toughy I've always had two or more cars and yet I managed to put 86,000 miles on my Navigator in 2 1/2 years and 24,000 miles on my E55 in 9 months. It's possible, trust me it is.

I used to avg. 32k a yr and had a truck I put 93k on in 27 months.. so its possible

Go figure, a VW with an electrical problem. I like some VW's but this car is; a) a chick car and b) outrageously overpriced. Who the hell is gonna pay $38k for a loaded EOS? Not too mention I've had quite a few friends have issues with the electrical gremlins in VW's. Heck, even a salesperson I was talking to once said he was locked IN his Jetta and couldn't get out because of an electrical problem. That had to be one heck of a phone call..."uhm, yeah, I'm locked IN my car and can't get out".

I'd love to pick up a GTI or Passat, but won't take the risk.

You Americans are stuck in the past. You are as sad as the folk who keep on insisting Fiats are rust buckets when in fact they were one of the first manufacturers to fully galvanise their cars in the 80's. Fiats have been rust-free for decades.

Ditto VW. Their less than rosy track record in the past is still embedded in the minds of many of you, so even when they launch a world-beating car with great attributes and a high-quality feel, you still have the nerve to call it 'junk'. (kiddie language)

A few recalls does not make ANY car junk, and despite some unscheduled visit to the dealer, any new VW should be a extremely reliable, solid, and quality car for years to come.

If VW was that unreliable, don't you think Europeans would have twigged onto the high maintenance costs and jumped ship? No, the Golf still remains as the biggest hitter in the market.

Put down your bullshit juice and wake up. The world has moved on. Remember, Toyota has recalls too.