2002 Volkswagen Passat Reviews

Very reliable, comfortable to drive especially on long journeys.
Climate control, 6disc cd player, heated seats & a big boot (LOL).
Just a sexy car all round.

Average performance
Solid car, no rattles but abs problems
Exterior - boring saloon, Interior - bland and dull
MPG between 30 and 38
not much feel through the wheel, boring to drive, its comfy on long drives though and plenty of room

Well there is no substitute for VW handling, and the
Passat is not exactly the number one example of
Volkswagen engineering, but it is still a solid
representation of German ingenuity. I personally loved
driving this car, the car I got after it was a 2000 Passat
V6, so once you go VW there's no going back.

My inline 4 1.8L Turbo engine kicked some ass on the rode. Not the fastest at acceleration but smooth overall ride. Got it going 133 before had to slow down.  Minor standard repairs such as: new all season tires, spark plugs changed, secondary air pump went bad but no biggies.  Interior is fully loaded with leather seats, heated seats, heated mirrors, power everything except seat, and steering wheel, controls.   Since I work as a Geek Squad Autotech at the Holland Best Buy, come check it out, I have substituted the factory head unit with my Pioneer DEH-P7800MP deck.  Full-Color OEL customizable screen, CD art display, along with High Volt (5V) preouts.  Each one of these preouts has Rockford Fosgate RCA's headed to the trunk where two Rockford Fosgate amps mount on the back seats.  These two beefy amps consist of a Rockford Fosgate P400-4 which is a four channel amp for powering my speakers, and a Rockford Fosgate P1000-1BD for a sub.  The four shannel sub only uses two channels at the moment for a pair of Infinity Kappa Perfect 6.1 component speakers in my rear doors.  Front speakers are still stock for the time being.  All four doors are dynamated and the trunk and back seat are next.  No subs but am looking at a 12" Orion HCCA Series sub.  BOOYAH!!!!!  As for exterior nothing too much just replaced factory headlights with aftermarket angel eye halo headlights that are tinted, brighter bulbs and a neon blue halo ring around them.   Around 25mpg when I drive according to the rode.  Maintenance not bad but like to do maintenance myself.  Recently replaced secondary air pump.  Fun car to drive and has been extremely reliable.

performance- no good
build quality- crap
appearance-nice
cost of ownership-very expensive
fun factor- no fun at all:-(
this is the worst car i have ever owned, i have changed almost everything on the car, example, petrol pump,driveshafts,radiator,exhaust,powerbraking system,coils,window mechanism and all the usual things,discs,pads,cambelt.This is a 2002 model gone 140000km faults appearing all the time in the dash, car stops, driveshafts fall off. The car i owned before (escort 1.6)  ran for 6 years with usual servicing and no problems.