2003 Volkswagen Jetta consumer reviews

This car got great gas mileage and just kept on ticking past 220,000 miles before someone rear-ended her and it was totaled. A sad day. I loved the MPG (usually between 44-51). The clutch lasted almost 200,000 miles! I hope the 2015 I just got lasts this long as well...!

i love this car, i used to own one. great car with excellent performance. i would recommend this car to anyone who loves to drive on a daily basis

I think this car is very reliable, never had problems with it, and over all it is comfortable. I was driving it for sometime now and I would def recommend it to a friend

Drives like a sports car, burns gas slow as a bug. Plenty of power and great handling to match. The exterior is a great design, I wished it would come back. The interior is luxurious with leather and power everything. A car that can have nothing bad said about it.

Never cost me significant amounts of money. Routinely maintained it was a great car for over 7 years!

I bought this car for my son and it's been somewhat disappointing. The 2.0 Litter seems to be a much underpowered with bad gas mileage and one issue that worry's me is the fact that the car has a timming belt instead of a timming chain. This was a poor research on my behalf but outside of those issues the car is fine. I would say the vehicle deserves 3.5 stars based on all categories.

I drove all the way from Los Angeles to look at a 2003 Volkswagen Jetta. When I arrived nobody was in the office even though I called the day before to make an appointment. When I looked at the car I found that there was major damage to the paint, dents and tires - even though the website stated that it was in perfect condition. Furthermore the hood would not stay open and I was not even afforded the chance for a test drive. I found the dealer to be very unprofessional and I would suggest anyone who comes to this location to search some place else and to RUN AWAY QUICKLY!

Just recently bought this 2003 Jetta 1.8 Turbo Automatic. Car has 90400 miles. Note; We were warned by some true friends, One a mechanic and the other an auto insurance adjuster. Both warned of two major concerns; 1. Timing belt & tensioners will go out around 100,00 miles. 2. Weak plastic connectors that connect water hoses to water pump and other coolant system components will fail and leak around 100,000 miles or before depending on heat. 2. Cheap plastic movable parts in interior will break with normal use. Fortunately, the Jetta we just purchased had all of these problems repaired prior to our purchase. This car is running great for us so far. In fact, it's a bit faster of the line than I had hoped for my daughters first car, thanks to that Turbo feeding the 4 cl engine. We love all the air bags and safety features and hope the German engineering will prevail! Look for the 3 concerns when buying a Jetta then enjoy your car!

Bought a 2003 Volkswagen 2.0 car and haven't been pleased with it since. Drives amazing when working, just wish it would last! Timing belt broke, and caused engine to be internally damaged and requires to replace a whole new engine at a price of 4500-5000 dollars. Not an ideal car to buy unless your buying new, and still you're going to spend a lot of money on repairs after certain mileage. Never will buy VW again. Spent a lot of money over the years. Hope this helps anyone who thinks about buying this vehicle. Simply....DONT!

Ive owned three differant vw jetta's, an i liked every one very much, two of them diesels 02 an 03 an a 02 1.8t, for there money i think itd b hard to find a better car especially considering the fuel mileage you get with the TDI's, 50+ mpg highway, could do better with a manual. Im really proud of my Volkswagen