2002 Volkswagen Jetta

GLS Turbo Sedan

1.8L 1781CC l4 GAS DOHC Turbocharged

Automatic

3VWSE69M32M043778

Clear

GAS

This car is low mileage for a 2002, is in good mechanical condition, but it has a number of things that need attention. Rather than refurbishing the car, I am selling the car As Is. This car is in Alpharetta in suburban Atlanta and is available for inspection or test drive at your convenience. Here's a summary: Good Things: Engine runs well and always starts easily. Automatic Transmission is fine. Air Conditioning works. Electric windows and door locks all work (driver's window switch is a little floppy). Radio/cassette/CD works fine. New battery this week. Alloy wheels are in good condition, although one is in the trunk with a flat tire. Three tires have very good tread, but the tire/alloy wheel in the trunk may have a sidewall puncture. Body has no serious damage or dents, but there are some dings and scratches. Handbrake works fine. There is no odor in the car, and the car hasn't been smoked in. I have both original keys. I have a new, clean title. No sign of rust anywhere, and I just cleaned the whole car thoroughly. Bad Things: Paint on most of the horizontal surfaces is in bad condition, except for the hood, which is in good condition. See photos. Passenger side mirror is cracked and is missing glass. Paintwork below mirror is damaged where it looks like the mirror dangled. Floor mats were shot so I pitched them, but carpet is good underneath. Passenger seat fore/aft adjustment is balky. Left tail light housing is cracked. Righ rear stop light is out. At 40 mph and higher, the car runs fine, but there seems to be some sort of extra roaring noise like the car is in too low a gear, but the tach seems to read normally. Some of the vacuum hoses on the top of the engine were replaced with stock rubber hoses and couplings (roadside, probably) and don't look Factory. Glove box handle is missing. Brake story. This is my son's car. One day last September he found he had an impossibly hard brake pedal so he had the car towed home, parked it, and borrowed my truck. Well, eight months later I diagnosed the brake problem as two deteriorated vacuum hoses to the Brake Booster. I replaced the hoses and the brakes worked normally, except the pedal was a bit hard at very low speed. I took it to my local NAPA repair shop, and they found another deteriorated hose annd replaced it. Now the brakes feel 100% good at 10 mph and above, and 90% good below 10 mph, as the pedal is just a bit harder than stock at parking speeds. By the way, after sitting for eight months the car started immediately on the first turn of the key after I fitted a fresh battery.