Fit and Finish: Plastic molding on the door

["S. Joseph Mann" <joem@pswtech.com>]

Dudes and Dudets,

(Do we have any Dudets in this group?)

Hey, Door trim, It sucks!  I recently had my passenger side front door trim
replaced after it started falling off at the trailing edge.  What engineering
genius decided to attach this trim piece with double sided tape!!??  The
dealer replaced it because they said the had to return a part to VW to get
reimbursed under the warranty.  There was only about six inches of it coming
off. All they had to do was put some more tape on it.  Go figure.

Question:  Have any of you had similar problems with the color coded side
molding on the doors of your GLXs??

I would like to know if this is a common problem with the GLXs.  In case more
starts coming off so I might get VW to reimburse me for it.  Don, has there
been a TSB on this??

Thanks,

Joe



Don Herrero wrote:

> the only problem that I've had with my 95 GLX (40,000 miles, oil changed
> anywhere from 7500 - 10,000 miles) is the plastic molding on the rear
> driverside door started to come off, a little adhesive and it's as good as
> new.  now the new problem is the little door protector/plastic strip is
> starting to crack.  don't let everything that you read on the lists scare
> you, people only post things on the lists when something goes wrong, when
> was the last time someone posted "nothings wrong...?"
> Don Herrero
> Project Manager
> Systems Enhancement Corp.
> email:    don@sechq.com
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