Re: Fit and Finish: Plastic molding on the door

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

Don,

What about cars out of the 2yr/24,000ml warranties?  Is VWoA covering any of these
molding issue after the warranty?  Yeah, I remember seeing the holes. I figured
that's what they were for.

It's funny, my ex-girlfriend's 95 GTI-VR6 sat new on the lot with this problem. On
both doors!  It sort of reminds me of the days when new Harly motorcycles were
delivered to the dealer and they had to put cardboard under the engines to keep
the oil from dripping on the floor!

Thanks,

Joe


deecee@exit109.com wrote:

> At 11:16 AM 8/27/97 -0500, you wrote:
> >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
> >> URL: http://www.sechq.com
> >> Phone: 314-532-2855 ext.146
> >> Fax:     314-532-2037
> >
> >
> >
> >Sorry Joe there is no bulletin. We keep replacing the moldings as they
> fall off. The early A3 cars with the hard plastic moldings had plastic
> clips in the door to hold the moldings. Remember seeing holes in your door?
> They were for the clips.
>
> Don