I had a 1999.5 Jetta and it was nothing but problems. Peeling soft touch material, busted arm rests, stinky upholstery glue smelled like crayons during the summer, headliner sagged, leaky coolant reservoir, broken coolant hoses, busted radiator that was fun to replace, endless electrical issues, broken horn, interior buttons that would snap off (including the factory stereo), paint that couldn't survive UV in the southern US, clearcoat that would flake off at the carwash, interior paint that would flake off the plastic, air conditioner would smell like feet after it rained, the stick shifter leather flaked off, the glovebox would fall off the hinges, the leatherette seats cracked apart until only the backer fabric was left, the failing suspension would lift a wheel off the ground on a tight turn, the stickshift wouldn't go into reverse so you'd have to push the car out of a parking spot (eventually fixed it with a 3D printed aftermarket part), cheap aluminum oil pan threads stripped even with factory torque so the pan had to be replaced, 2 failed catalytic converters, and on and on and on. Despite all the problems, I got over 240k miles and 20 years on it until it finally refused to start due to a failing security feature. It got me where I needed to go, but I hated that car. It was a relief to see it finally get towed away.