Hind sight 20/20...I should have read the reviews before going in...
My experience with the service department has been similar to several I've read here. My wife an I traded a Honda Accord for two new 2014 Jetta. Hers is running OK for now, mine has had some problems. Before the two week check up the driver's seat squeaked every time you move, even putting your foot on the brake would make the seat squeak. When we drove in for the check up, I mentioned this to whoever took the keys from me and they said they would look into it. After about a 1/2 hour they came to get us on the waiting room. When I asked if they had fixed it, the guy checking us out had supposedly no clue what I was talking about. He said that a squeaky seat could be anything and that they would have to keep the car for a day, so I made an appointment for the upcoming Saturday to drop it off. At the end of the day they called, they could not replicate the problem. I picked up the car and as soon as I sat down on the seat it squeaked. I left the dealership figuring I would just live with the noise - it wasn't that aggravating and I could always just turn up the radio.
A couple of days later, a hammering sound came from behind the dash, I called and they gave me an appointment for the following Tuesday (almost a week later). When I dropped it off, I asked to speak with the manager (Mark). Him and I went for a drive so he could hear the noises, both from the dash and from the seat. He said he heard them and they would take care of it, it would be a couple of days. At this point the car had 650 miles on it. Mark called me the next day and said they had identified the dash noise and they had ordered the replacement part, the technician apparently could not replicate the noise. He asked me if it was sporadic and I said no, it happens any time, day or night, cool or hot. So he said they would take care of the dash and he would work with the technician on the seat noise. Never heard from them again. I went to speak to the dealership about the issue and they said they were still working on it. After some arguing over my disappointment with the vehicle and asking about lemon laws, their answer was, you bought the car, it's your problem not ours. Before I left, they put me on a rental (that they are paying for supposedly) and made me drive the technician around to make him hear the noise, the salesperson that sold me the car came on the ride, both said they heard the noise - the technician even said they had a similar problem with earlier year Jetta and he knew what the problem was.
I hear nothing from them again for another week and a half. They called me on a Saturday morning saying they can't fix the car, come pick it up. I refused and demanded that they fix it or give me a new one and said they could call me again on Monday since I was leaving town for the weekend.
Monday morning I get a call from Mark, threatening me and saying that I had to come pick up the car and drop off the rental or I would have to pay for the rental myself. When I asked if my car had been fixed, he said nobody could hear the noise. When I pointed out that he himself, the technician, and the salesperson had heard the noise, he apologized for being rude and said he would talk to the technician.
That same day I called VW headquarters and told them my story, they assigned the regional case manager to my case and he called me the next day. He informed me that he had spoken to Mark and Mark had said that nobody could hear the noise. So far the regional case manager has been of no help.
Save yourself the hassle and go somewhere else for servicing your car and buying your car for that matter... read more