I am considering purchasing a passat TDI, either a GL or a GLS. I have seen on a couple of pages on the 'net that some folks have had problems with leaks on the passat sunroof. Do any of you have problems with the sunroof? One guy claimed that he had some electronics get fried from a sunroof leak and it like cost him 3k to get fixed. Is this an isolated problem or has it been a situation in which VWOA had to eat a lot of sunroof repairs? I am getting close to looking very seriously at which one I will get, so any and all advice would be appreciated. I carefully looked at the service needs and it looks like this option needs service every now and then.
I think in buying this last year of this body style, I should have a fairly trouble free example. I would be very afraid to the get the next version in the first year of a revision.
I know how expensive that can be as I was one of the suckers who bought the
1984 Chrysler Laser Turbo, the first year of that car. I spent more on electronics, steering racks and so forth than I ever thought one could spend. Turbo engine on that car never gave a lick of trouble however and from that viewpoint it was superb. When I traded it four short years later, I thought I got the better end of the deal when the dealer gave me $2500 for it in trade....Anyway, thanks in advance for anyone with the infor re the passat sunroof.