Tony Graham Nissan tried to convince my friend change brakes on his Sentra every year(starting from the second year of his ownership). His Sentra is not reliable at all, the car makes weird noise at all time, in the end dealership just told my friend to live with it, they wont fix it.
You get what you pay for, for couple of thousand more, you can get a Civic. A Toyota Yaris looks pretty hot.
VW is more for the comfort and performance. You dont buy VW for reliability.