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Model specific boards => Golf mk7 => Topic started by: spiked71 on 22 August 2019, 08:00
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recently bought a clubsport with the bucket seats, had to take it into vw for issues with sides of seats coming apart from gloss black rear, sinclair vw say they have never seen the problem before, has any clubsport owners had any problems with theres? still waiting for dealership to get back to me on wether they can be repaired, or going to replace with new seats under warranty.
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How many miles has the car covered?
Any pics, as it's hard to understand exactly where the problem is on the seat.
I can then compare to my buckets and report back.
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its only just turned over 8000 miles, il get some photos done but the best way i can describe it is around the sides of the wings where the material meets the hard rear of the backrest.
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Mine, while not coming apart visibly will be reported to the dealer next time it goes in for service, it feels just like it has fell apart inside the seat in the same area as you describe, around the wings, ( very loose and wobbly)and mine is the passenger seat and I have only ever had one person sit in it in my ownership and my car only has 11k miles, drivers seat seems fine.
FYI And it squeaks like f**k when they were sat in it😡
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cheers gs wax, both driver and passenger seats have the same problem on mine, tho they look so much better than the standard seats and great to sit in they just dont seem put together quite right!!
im going to chase the dealership up tommorow and see wot response they have had from vw hq if at all any.
said they would be in touch 2 weeks ago, given them long enough now.
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FYI And it squeaks like f**k when they were sat in it😡
Any solution. My squeak and it bugs me.
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FYI And it squeaks like f**k when they were sat in it😡
Any solution. My squeak and it bugs me.
Have a read through this - the solution I posted is still working for me - not a creak since: http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=281175.0
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If anyone is unhappy with their bucket seats you can always drop them off at my house for me to look after 😃
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your welcome to them!
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Thankfully mine seem creak free and together at the moment. I hope any issues show while the seats are still in warranty.
Some useful and interesting info on here in regard to solving creaks.
As we have quite a few CS owners on this thread, could I ask what tyre pressures everyone is using on 19" wheels?
Cheers, (apologies for the cheeky imposition).
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I have mine set around 36 PSI on Michelin Pilot 4S (and my previous Cup 2s) - but they always come back from the dealer set to about 40!
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The Clubsport S ‘Ring car was using 1.9 bar (27.5 psi) front and 2.15 bar (31.2 psi) rear when taking the record.
I guess for road use the pressures would need to be increased though.
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contacted my local vw yesterday to chase up the decision what they going to do about my bucket seats.
repair or new seats. been over 3 weeks now and still head office have yet to get back to them.
least its all logged before the warranty runs out i guess cos i can see this being a long dragged out issue.
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Never had any problems on my old car. :smiley:
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recently bought a clubsport with the bucket seats, had to take it into vw for issues with sides of seats coming apart from gloss black rear, sinclair vw say they have never seen the problem before, has any clubsport owners had any problems with theres? still waiting for dealership to get back to me on wether they can be repaired, or going to replace with new seats under warranty.
I've not had any problems on my CSS but if there are any promises about replacing under warranty, you'll likely find the service manager hasn't spoken to parts. I had a quote of £12k for replacement seats - they arrive in pieces and have to be assembled by the dealer. Just be aware of that with the conversations you're having and get any commitments in writing before the parts manager gets consulted.
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recently bought a clubsport with the bucket seats, had to take it into vw for issues with sides of seats coming apart from gloss black rear, sinclair vw say they have never seen the problem before, has any clubsport owners had any problems with theres? still waiting for dealership to get back to me on wether they can be repaired, or going to replace with new seats under warranty.
I've not had any problems on my CSS but if there are any promises about replacing under warranty, you'll likely find the service manager hasn't spoken to parts. I had a quote of £12k for replacement seats - they arrive in pieces and have to be assembled by the dealer. Just be aware of that with the conversations you're having and get any commitments in writing before the parts manager gets consulted.
they tell me they are waiting for a reply from head office about them, he did say it might take a while as they had never seen an issue like it before, but guess as there aint that many on the road its not a common problem. il be chasing them up again tommorow, but thanks for the tip about getting things in writing, maybe best to take a trip into the dealer instead of a phone call, cant belive they quoted £12 grand for seats!!
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Did not expect it to work however raising and lowering the seat has cured the squeak on my CSS.
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recently bought a clubsport with the bucket seats, had to take it into vw for issues with sides of seats coming apart from gloss black rear, sinclair vw say they have never seen the problem before, has any clubsport owners had any problems with theres? still waiting for dealership to get back to me on wether they can be repaired, or going to replace with new seats under warranty.
I've not had any problems on my CSS but if there are any promises about replacing under warranty, you'll likely find the service manager hasn't spoken to parts. I had a quote of £12k for replacement seats - they arrive in pieces and have to be assembled by the dealer. Just be aware of that with the conversations you're having and get any commitments in writing before the parts manager gets consulted.
they tell me they are waiting for a reply from head office about them, he did say it might take a while as they had never seen an issue like it before, but guess as there aint that many on the road its not a common problem. il be chasing them up again tommorow, but thanks for the tip about getting things in writing, maybe best to take a trip into the dealer instead of a phone call, cant belive they quoted £12 grand for seats!!
The £12k was actually £12.2k plus the cost of a day's labour to assemble them. They have to order about 100 parts a seat and then build them from scratch. They quoted me on a time and materials basis as they didn't know how long it would take them as they'd never done it before. The £12.2k is for materials only. Ballpark for labour was 1-2 days. Parts manager had to assemble the quote by itemising every single part - he said compiling an accurate quote from EKTA was enough of a ball ache and he expected the job to be the same.
Only reason I know this is that I read a forum post elsewhere about someone having his seats stolen and I couldn't believe that they were that expensive. To put it into perspective, to buy carbon fibre bucket seats from Porsche (the seats that are in the 918) are just under £7,500. So I phoned my local dealer.
Always a plan to get things in writing but I only flagged this because very few people know that the seats are so obscenely expensive and I think discretionary goodwill may evaporate when the prices surface.
Let us know how you get on.
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The £12k was actually £12.2k plus the cost of a day's labour to assemble them. They have to order about 100 parts a seat and then build them from scratch. They quoted me on a time and materials basis as they didn't know how long it would take them as they'd never done it before. The £12.2k is for materials only. Ballpark for labour was 1-2 days. Parts manager had to assemble the quote by itemising every single part - he said compiling an accurate quote from EKTA was enough of a ball ache and he expected the job to be the same.
Only reason I know this is that I read a forum post elsewhere about someone having his seats stolen and I couldn't believe that they were that expensive. To put it into perspective, to buy carbon fibre bucket seats from Porsche (the seats that are in the 918) are just under £7,500. So I phoned my local dealer.
Always a plan to get things in writing but I only flagged this because very few people know that the seats are so obscenely expensive and I think discretionary goodwill may evaporate when the prices surface.
Let us know how you get on.
Post #577 in the discussion thread at the link below mentions £12.5k for Clubsport bucket seats, so £12k-£12.5k looks to be the going rate. That’s eye-wateringly expensive :shocked: - it seems to be the way with VW if you need to replace factory fitted parts though;
- a single replacement Pretoria alloy costs around £800
- a forum member over on uk-polos.net enquired about replacing the trim inserts on the dash, centre console and around the front door handles, and they were quoted £1,500 to change a few pieces of plastic trim!
http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=284021.msg2605321#msg2605321
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The £12k was actually £12.2k plus the cost of a day's labour to assemble them. They have to order about 100 parts a seat and then build them from scratch. They quoted me on a time and materials basis as they didn't know how long it would take them as they'd never done it before. The £12.2k is for materials only. Ballpark for labour was 1-2 days. Parts manager had to assemble the quote by itemising every single part - he said compiling an accurate quote from EKTA was enough of a ball ache and he expected the job to be the same.
Only reason I know this is that I read a forum post elsewhere about someone having his seats stolen and I couldn't believe that they were that expensive. To put it into perspective, to buy carbon fibre bucket seats from Porsche (the seats that are in the 918) are just under £7,500. So I phoned my local dealer.
Always a plan to get things in writing but I only flagged this because very few people know that the seats are so obscenely expensive and I think discretionary goodwill may evaporate when the prices surface.
Let us know how you get on.
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the latest now from vw is they need the car in for a day to investigate further and take photos to send to head office, they asked if i could bring it in for a day this week, but when i asked if a courtesy car was available they told me not for that day, so going to arrange another day in week or so.
not impressed!
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Post #577 in the discussion thread at the link below mentions £12.5k for Clubsport bucket seats, so £12k-£12.5k looks to be the going rate. That’s eye-wateringly expensive :shocked: - it seems to be the way with VW if you need to replace factory fitted parts though;
- a single replacement Pretoria alloy costs around £800
- a forum member over on uk-polos.net enquired about replacing the trim inserts on the dash, centre console and around the front door handles, and they were quoted £1,500 to change a few pieces of plastic trim!
http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=284021.msg2605321#msg2605321
Yeah, that was me who mentioned the seat price. My neighbour who is also a car guy made a reference to nicking my seats and from my reaction, he realised that I wasn't aware and sent me the link to the forum where he'd seen the discussion.
With CAD design on modern cars, I swear they don't think about maintenance. The dash trim insert costs will be attributed to something silly like airbag removal and the need to remove the layers of dash that sit on top of the trim to release it.
One of my friends bought a Polo for his daughter when she passed her test last year. She accidentally filled the washer fluid with the wrong thing, I think it was anti freeze. Anyway, my mate rang me and asked if there was a release plug to drain and flush with as he couldn't see anything in the manual. I wasn't sure so he called the garage who told him it was an engine out job - the pipework snakes all around the motor and it's a sealed moulding. The dealer quoted him a ridiculous sum. I suggested he get a suction kit for his pressure washer and fit it to the washer fluid reservoir. He flushed it multiple times, worked without a problem. He bought me lunch!