98 Passat

[Tom Nas]

Joshua Van Tol <josh at spiny.com> wrote:

>We are looking at purchasing a '98 Passat 5-speed with the 30 valve V6
>engine. I've been doing some research online and there seems to be
>very mixed opinions with this car- love or hate and not much in
>between. There seem to be a lot of stories about broken window
>winders, broken sunroofs, worn out suspension parts, etc, and all at
>relatively low milages

There are a coupla weak points, but all suspension arms should've been
replaced mostly under warranty- by now. The broken window winders is a
question of plastic clips holding the window onto the mechanism, they break
allowing the window to drop into the door. Fixing that is relatively easy
and don't let them sell you a complete mechanism- you can get just the
plastic clips.

Tom