Front wing rust warranty success!!

[Mk5 GTian]

Thanks Robin,

PM sent.

 

[RedRobin]

^^^^
PDF sent.

And thank you for clicking me a Thank You! 

[jamie_uk]

was cleaning my car today and noticed it has rust on the drivers front wing mines a 2005 with 80k do you reckon i could get mine sorted from vw ?

[RedRobin]

was cleaning my car today and noticed it has rust on the drivers front wing mines a 2005 with 80k do you reckon i could get mine sorted from vw ?

....Yes. Mine was 100k miles and a 2005 plate GTI.

PM me if you need a PDF 

[RobboGTI]

was cleaning my car today and noticed it has rust on the drivers front wing mines a 2005 with 80k do you reckon i could get mine sorted from vw ?

Yep mine is an 05 with 80k also :) and I had mine done no problem

[jamie_uk]

thats good then :D only thing my cars lowered will raise the car up i think lol

[RedRobin]

thats good then :D only thing my cars lowered will raise the car up i think lol

....So is mine and it made no difference.

[skard]

Got my second mk5 going in for wing replacement in a couple of weeks, hopefully the nearside will scab up pretty sharp so they do that at the same time as it's rusting on the lip.

[jamie_uk]

just checked my arches both have rust but my wheel has bent the metal out a bit i hope this wont be a problem :(

[RedRobin]

just checked my arches both have rust but my wheel has bent the metal out a bit i hope this wont be a problem :(

....It depends whether VW take the view that you have modified the wheel arches or not and also how your VW guy presents it for approval. They don't usually approve warranty if you have modified the arches but it's still worth a go.

[Mertyvw]

Hi guys, yeah ive noticed on my arches front wing ones some rust but the inner ring has it, and mine isnt lowered at all stock. would i be covered under the warranty, mine is a TDI on 119.920miles

[RedRobin]

Hi guys, yeah ive noticed on my arches front wing ones some rust but the inner ring has it, and mine isnt lowered at all stock. would i be covered under the warranty, mine is a TDI on 119.920miles

....Apparently it's the Diseasals which are more prone to the wings rust issue due to foam strips being fitted to help absorb sound. But they also absorb moisture!

[skard]

Hi guys, yeah ive noticed on my arches front wing ones some rust but the inner ring has it, and mine isnt lowered at all stock. would i be covered under the warranty, mine is a TDI on 119.920miles

....Apparently it's the Diseasals which are more prone to the wings rust issue due to foam strips being fitted to help absorb sound. But they also absorb moisture!

It's set in earlier on my 56 plate ED30 than it did with my 55 plate 2.0 TDI.
It's also an R32 issue as I saw a few people mention it whilst I was looking for a new car.

[Rhino]

well i told main dealers about my  problem, sadly one of the wings had been repaired before hand( was a shock to me i never knew)
well..........waiting about 6  or 7 weeks i had given up all hope. then they ring me to book car in for the 1 front wing to be done.(woooooooooooooooooooooo)
so its at dealers now.
they gave me  a gorgeous courtesy car..... so im driving everywhere loving it.61 plate.done 8k miles

[skard]

You've not got that from Benfield have you, Rhino?

EDIT: Had a similar one but with more decals. Proper sheep in wolfs clothing!