2006 Volkswagen Jetta Sedan 2.5L

Pros

Handles well, comfortable driving.

Cons

Noise at start up, noise inside dashboard,...

We got out 06 Jetta in Jan06, 36000km on it now. The noise when starting the car is very very odd and is not acceptable in today's standards, it seriously sounds broken. Burns oil, although not as much as our 2002, 2.0LGolf did. It's been in the garage quite a few times. Warning lights come on fairly often. Catalytic converter was changed. Car also had a fuse missing for some unknown reason which was only discovered recently. Static in the radio/cd player once in a while. Brakes sometime have a horrible sound as if they were filled with sand. They're also very sensitive to water, mostly when parked and I nearly had an accident coming out of our parking lot as the brake pedal went to the floor and no braking occurred for the first few seconds, luckily the car in front pulled out just in time and I stopped exactly where he had been so now I make sure to test the brakes often when its raining. Rust is starting to show between the front and rear doors close to where the seals are. VW, along with some other manufacturers need to get their quality control and standards up. Seems every brand has defects, maybe some more tolerable than others.
Next car will probably not be another VW, we'll shop a lot more thats for sure.