Good afternoon Ladies & Gents,
I wouldn't say I’m new to the forum but this is my first Topic, so hello
I currently have a 2007 GTI (200ps) which has developed a reoccurring problem, the engine cover mounts are somehow becoming damaged on a regular basis.
They have been changed on three occasions in the past few months and still the engine cover is coming out of place and damaging the oil cap, filler neck/rocker cover which I have had to replace once as the engine cover somehow broke the filler neck clean off.
To sum it all up, the mount nearest the oil cap has on three occasions bent backwards so much that the plug which the engine cover is inserted on to is pointing to the rear of the engine bay. Each time this mount comes off the engine cover then rests on the oil cap and filler neck which is all plastic and easily broken. With this mount damaged it is then only a matter of time before the other four either come loose or are also damaged.
The stealers are trying their best to do me over claiming that it isn't a warranty issue and that somebody must be deliberately forcing the engine cover incorrectly damaging the mount. They are yet to diagnose the problem and have already done me out of £400+ for new mounts a new rocker cover and a new engine cover, non of which have cured the problem as it is happening again for the forth time in four months. I will go into much more details when I get a chance but first I would like to see if any other Mk5 GTI have had similar problems?
The vehicle isn’t abused and has just covered 17000 miles
Thanks
Craig
