Rattles you hear about a lot and the tcr suffered from cracked sunroof surrounds.
Most water leaks on the mk7 range were either the shark fin or through the rear door speakers.
I would say majority are from the rubber drain tube in the boot.
The facelift had an updated drain design so they aren't affected iirc.
I also have only had mk7's with sunroof's and have been grand, I like it and I would open mine nearly every drive (Just the pop up mode, I'm not a monster)
The sunroof was standard on certain mk7 / mk7.5 GTI models in the North American market (they didn’t have selectable options on the mk7 / mk7.5 GTI - instead they had three levels of trim, and one or two of those trim levels included a sunroof as standard) so there’s likely to be many more GTI’s in that market with sunroofs than there will be in the UK market. From memory, there have been only a few reported cases over on golfmk7.com forum (mainly US/Canadian members) of leaks from the sunroof, and those owners that have experienced leaks, the cause was usually blocked sunroof drain tubes through lack of maintenance rather than the sunroof itself leaking.
The main sunroof-related issues that owners over on golfmk7.com have reported have been;
- creaks and rattles
- loose fitting interior shade blind sliding backward and forward of its own accord while driving
- cracks in the sunroof surround - same as some UK owners have experienced with GTI TCR models with a sunroof
- delamination or peeling of the top gloss black layer of the sunroof surround - normally on older cars
- a few shattered sunroof panels, caused by projectile stones / road debris hitting the glass panel
@Brewmachine; ultimately only you can decide whether or not a sunroof is for you. As has been said by @Dav3smith, you’re more likely to hear of problems on forums rather than owners voluntarily singing the praises of their cars / features, so sunroof problems reported on forums are likely to represent only a very small proportion of all sunroof equipped cars.
I wouldn’t want a sunroof but that’s just my personal choice.
