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Jetta GLI made in mexico....forget it!

ThumbThumbs

Banned
Location
Newark Nj
and no offense to any one here but I'll never ever buy a gli/wolf, I bought one brand spanking new and i had the car in total of 6 months and i only drove it for 3 months the rest of the time it was in the service center. Shits build quality was garbage, problem after problem, part after part needed to be replaced.

Then again it could have just been one of the bunch, but it left a negative impact on me.

What u saying about the Gli Brian. :paddle:

P.S I am so fucking Hungover right now.
 

RICK_DIZZLE

Banned
Location
South Florida
Car(s)
07 UG GTI
love how this thread went hood rich with the my swagger casino, time attack, fake wheels, low end head unit, dales wife; is the illest talk


pics of all your christmas presents to see whos the most baller or gtfo

GOD DAMNIT, THE WAY PPL ACT ON THIS FORUM...Keeps me coming back for more.
 

josein06gli

GLI OWNER
Location
San Diego, Ca
Car(s)
VW Jetta GLI
x3 haha
 

Alexiscoolbitches

Fortified with biscuits
Location
Georgia
"time attack"! what did you do! lol you removed you gli grill and put on that wolfs edition to make it look more like a reg jetta! now it really looks like a reg black jetta. great thinking "time attack" and forget about your low (which is fine) whats up with the hood fake bbs! lol not even your center cap is correct for bbs lol. wow "time attack" your just great! bahahaha

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josein06gli

GLI OWNER
Location
San Diego, Ca
Car(s)
VW Jetta GLI

Salty VW

Ready to race!
BTW: Working in manufacturing, I can tell you that generally speaking, the farther away a product is built from the designers and engineers, the more prone it is to assembly errors. It has less to do with the country building the product and more to do with the fact that the engineer is in Germany, and the assembler is in Mexico. When the engineers and assemblers are working under the same roof, they can workout assembly issues before they become consumer problems. And even if a problem makes it to market, Wolfsberg will likely have it fixed before Puebla does. In the mean time, a factory like Puebla may continue to crank out less than ideal products.

Now would this be enough to steer me away from a Jetta? Probably not.

With that said though, the Mexican made MK5's ARE slightly different than the German made MK5's. A lot of the parts, while interchangeable - use different materials or designs. For instance, I replaced the center AC vent trim on my wife's Mexican made Jetta with a German made OEM piece. The Mexican piece used integrated plastic clips to hold it in place, while the German piece used replaceable metal clips. I've also been told that the fasteners holding the cabin filter in place are different - although I have yet to verify that.
 

ShadowGLI

Sandy Vagina Rinser Outer
Location
Leominster, Ma
Car(s)
2006 GLI w/ DSG
As ThumbThumbs has stated, we haven't heard differences in build quality between the GTI and the GLI/jetta- as a matter of fact-I hear/see way more "rattle" complaints from GTI owners anyways

I'll say as one of the "original" types here that has seen this pissing contest since before 1/2 of the people here even had a VW, that yes some VW models, in particular the Jetta are assembled in Mexico, however in my personal experience significantly more "assembly" and "quality control" issues are present on German assembled VW's than the Jetta/GLI.

I was actually glad I had my car vs a rabbit/GTI after seeing the dash/door/subframe/seat/shifter linkage rattles and shifting they had.

The only issues my car has experienced to date are in relation the the German parts. IE th HPFP failure, the coilpack dying and the A/C seizing. That's 4 years 2 months and 95,000 miles later.

But guess who's dash doesn't rattle and who's subframe was quiet till he removed it do install some whiteline bushings. This guy. Also they make the Jetta here as North America has a peculiar obsession the majority of the rest of the world does not have.

That said, mike's built when the plant first opened had lots of gremlins. At this point though their sh*t is together.
 
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