# Reliability of VW camper vans

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/reliability-of-vw-camper-vans/4764>\
**Category:** The Show\
**Tags:** driving\
**Created:** [September 17, 2007, 11:33pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/reliability-of-vw-camper-vans/4764 "2007-09-17T23:33:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![ellenpaz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/90ced4/32.png) [@ellenpaz](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ellenpaz)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2007, 11:33pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/reliability-of-vw-camper-vans/4764/1 "2007-09-17T23:33:29Z")

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Right now I drive a '97 Ford Explorer Sport with a large Thule box on top from B.C. to Sonora, Mexico twice a year. I’ve been looking at the VW camper vans, and they would hold all my stuff. Consumer Reports does not give them a very good rating. How reliable are they?

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**Author:** ![boltswagen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/fbc32d/32.png) [@boltswagen](https://community.cartalk.com/u/boltswagen)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2007, 4:38am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/reliability-of-vw-camper-vans/4764/2 "2007-09-20T04:38:21Z")

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I don’t know. I heard they have had a lot of transmission problems due to sloppy build quality. But you hear a lot of things about a lot of vehicles.  
I tend to follow consumer reports as a general guideline though.  
Did you try the survey page on this site? Lots of owner feedback.