Yep, that is the official fix. To simply remove it altogether
![Grin :grin:](https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/Smileys/newsmileys/grin.gif)
What a joke. Declining standards, ever increasing prices. Welcome to 21st century German cars.
It's happened to like, a handful of cars, but typical knee jerk anti-litigious response is to carpet bomb everyone with the same 'fix'.