Cracked sunroof surround

[Watts]

That's my biggest worry, if it goes again. I still think it's more to do with poor factory fitment. They must fit thousands of them and yes, we are seeing a few go but in the grand scheme they are a drop in the ocean. It'll be fine. I do enjoy the sunroof, we have it open whenever possible.

If it did crack again, you could always get the offending part vinyl wrapped in gloss black to hide the cracks, and maybe get the rear section of your roof wrapped gloss black at the same time.

That's plan B!

[CP15FUN]

Mine could have gone in for the work to be done next Monday 27/7.  The bodyshop don't seem to have any difficulty getting the part and by (my) good fortune are doing another one before mine, which should alert them to any potential problems. Having said that, it is now going on 10/8 because the dealership (who have provided poor service throughout) can't get me a loan car until then.

[ADC74]

Already commented on the TCR cracked pan roof thread...my GTI is hopefully going back to be swapped for a non pan roof car - due to the repair being sub standard.
Lovely feature but after reading numerous stories & my own personal experience I feel that this is an option best avoided.
Good luck to all those getting their's sorted, hope you have better luck than me 🙄

[Watts]

Already commented on the TCR cracked pan roof thread...my GTI is hopefully going back to be swapped for a non pan roof car - due to the repair being sub standard.
Lovely feature but after reading numerous stories & my own personal experience I feel that this is an option best avoided.
Good luck to all those getting their's sorted, hope you have better luck than me 🙄

I hope you have better luck with the new car . What was wrong with the roof repair?

[ADC74]

The car was in the dealership for 22 days in total, the new surround itself isn't straight or level - also it now rattles when in the tilt position.
The manager of the dealership actually said that he isn't happy with the standard of the repair & combined with the other issues said himself that he wouldn't accept this kind of service if it was to happen to him.
Lost a few options on the new car (Pan roof / Dynaudio) but as I previously said, the Pan roof is fundamentally flawed in it's design...so I'm avoiding.
Would be good to hear from those who haven't had any issues with theirs - especially those who have the mk 7.5 variant

[atlasgrey]

Clearly a problem in the homeland too https://youtu.be/mqzTcFWLtWY

[Watts]

He seems to be talking about it a lot but I've no idea what he's saying!

[CookieMonsterGTi]

Would love to get the translation in case any preventative action can be taken.

[SRGTD]

This document dated 2017 was posted over on golfmk7.com in 2017;



Not sure if this is an entirely different issue but I’m assuming it probably isn’t. The service action document refers to possible stress fractures at the corner of the steel reinforcement plates. Presumably these reinforcement plates are what provide support to the outer plastic frame surrounding the tilting / sliding pano roof. When the steel plates expand or contract in warm / cold weather, then presumably the outer plastic frame doesn’t have the same expansion / contraction properties, the result being the cracks that some owners have experienced.

The purpose of the service bulletin is to provide USA dealers with a fix for water leak prevention, so this could also be a risk for anyone with visible cracks in the plastic frame.

[Watts]

Thanks SR, good find. I've not seen any evidence of water ingress to the cabin, since that note is from 2017 then perhaps they have dealt with that aspect at the factory? Mine has been attacked a few times with the pressure washer so I'd have thought if it was going to leak it'd done it by now.