2025 Volkswagen Jetta Sedan Consumer Reviews
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S - $23,720 MSRP
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Final assembly in Mexico
Not Made for new England Weather
Mic, 02/06/2025
2025 Volkswagen Jetta SEL 4dr Sedan (1.5L 4cyl Turbo 8A)
11 of 19 people found this review helpful
I purchased a brand new 2025 Jetta SEL in early October and traded the car after 3 months, at 2.5k on the Odometer. From the first day, the car started to have issues. The electronics did not work correctly due to freezing screens, pairing issues, and a broken seat memory function. Functions are embedded and hard to deal with. The sliders are useless in the cold. The interior body panels began separating. Due to poor insulation and poor-quality tires, the interior is extremely loud at highway speed. Once the weather gets below 40, The mileage drops dramatically. The entire interior begins rattling, especially the sunroof, glovebox, and any body panels snapped in place to the point of separating (driving normal paved roads). The car exterior has too many gaps, and you can see the rubber seals in every gap (which adds to the noise level). The interior of this car is louder than that of a Jeep Wrangler (in my opinion); it feels like you are driving a Tin can because of all the noise. The entire interior is made of different qualities and densities of plastic (the Beats sound system is not very good). The plastic door hinge in the rear caused the door to freeze a quarter of the way while trying to open (misaligned hinge and lack of grease). Besides the noise level and poor fit and finish, the leading kicker was the transmission buckling and jolting because of a sensor (required a multiday dealer visit). These are made in Mexico. I don't know about quality control protocols, but this Jetta is not made for New England weather. The dealer did fix the transmission issue, at least that's what they said, and the memory seats. They could not fix the rattling and the road/interior noise; according to them, it was expected, and they told me I should replace the new stock tires as they are considered garbage by them. After the transmission issue, I didn't feel the car was safe and reliable, so I traded it for a Toyota ( who offered a better trade-in value then than my VW Dealer). I should have kept my 2017 Passat. The Jetta was my last VW after being a VW driver for over 30+ years. The quality is just not there. I would be afraid to drive this on any trip. If you buy one, do not get a sunroof car. Maybe you will be luckier than I was. Forgot to add, the safety sensor for front end assists is located in the VW badge, as soon as there is snow or ice out and covering the badge , the system deactivates and the dash lights up with with all sorts of warning lights.
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Good Value as long as there are no tariffs
ALEO, 04/14/2025
2025 Volkswagen Jetta SE 4dr Sedan (1.5L 4cyl Turbo 8A)
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
This is a very complete car for the price and I was surprised by all the equipment it came with. The SE offers leatherette perforated seats, LED exterior lighting, digital cockpit and AC controls wireless charges and appleplay, Chat gpt integration and a pleasant interior layout. It is not a breakthrough inside and out but a conservative and well executed refreshed design. Mine had a big sunroof a frameless homelink rearview mirror and all the goodies that this trim offers for a price around 25K. This car is not compact at all, very roomy and I believe is the largest in the segment almost into midsize territory.. Did not give the 5 stars due to the annoying turbo lag and the sensors giving false malfunctions from time to time. But let's not forget this is an economy car and it costs half the cost of the average new car transaction in the USA. So far I'm happy with it. Had a 2018 before this one with104K miles with no issues at all in all those years.
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DO NOT BUY A 2025 VW JETTA
GP, 02/12/2025
2025 Volkswagen Jetta S 4dr Sedan (1.5L 4cyl Turbo 8A)
8 of 14 people found this review helpful
We purchased a brand-new 2025 VW Jetta with only 13 miles on it. After driving it for just 10 days, the transmission began to slip. We took the car to the dealership, and now, 43 days later, we still do not have it back. The salesperson failed to mention that these new Jettas come with a Hyundai transmission after knowing that we did not want anything to do with Hyundai. If we had known this, we would not have made the purchase. Volkswagen calls us every other day with the same update: "They are still working on the car." We considered opening a lemon law case, but according to the Georgia Attorney General's website, they cannot compel the manufacturer to buy back the car, which could take months. Most likely will have to get a lawyer involved.
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Very nice
Chris Centola , 04/16/2025
2025 Volkswagen Jetta SE 4dr Sedan (1.5L 4cyl Turbo 8A)
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
Great value. Great gas mileage.
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Kerlym , 01/25/2025
2025 Volkswagen Jetta Sport 4dr Sedan (1.5L 4cyl Turbo 8A)
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
It’s my first VW vehicle. But definitely not my last. What a great car
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