General Disarray

I noticed the same on my 2016 R estate about a year ago. Put some grease on it and forgot about it until a couple of weeks ago when I noticed the same rusty water marks. The door was also not holding well in the fully open or half open positions. I took the check strap out and the rubber cover off and it was full of rust. Both of the springs inside had disintegrated so water must have been getting in. The seal that is visible was dirty, but in good shape, as was the seal end of the rubber cover inside the door. I think the check strap was replaced before I owned the car, and the cover wasn’t put on properly. Or possibly the cover has been moved by the window mechanism retracting inside the door, enough to start letting water in. I replaced the check strap which was about £25 from the dealer. The hardest part of the job is drilling the speaker rivets out to access the inside of the door. I put it back in with threaded rivets incase i need to get in there again. From the the rust marks in your pictures, I’d say its likely to look like mine on the inside.

I've just come across this from a local paper - thought it might be of interest to people here. https://www.leamingtoncourier.co.uk/news/crime/warwick-resident-warns-others-be-vigilant-after-his-car-was-targeted-2843111 A similar thing happened about 12 months ago to another R left in the local train station carpark overnight. Carpark signage stated there were cameras. Turns out just ANPR. Shame.

Cheers Phazer I think it probably is grease rather than rust. There’s definitely water getting in to make it run down the inside of the door. It hasn’t rained for days and when I looked earlier today there was clearly fresh water there. I used my wipers a couple of times not long before, and suspect it’s not a coincidence. I haven't had a chance to take a proper look yet, but will tomorrow.

Afternoon all, I’ve just notice some pretty obvious signs that water is getting into my drivers door (2016 estate). I rarely sit in the car with the door wide open so haven’t noticed until now, but it looks like it’s been happening for a while. Does anyone have any pointers for taking off the door panel so I can take a look inside, and suggestions to where the culprit leak is likely to be getting in. Cheers Mike

I don't think so. I only open the app to view my journeys once every couple of weeks or so. Its never not recorded a trip in the 6 months I've been using it, and the app was definitely not running in the background that whole time.

Once i finally got the app working with it, its been really useful. It logs journeys, and being able to look back and see what time i arrived/left a job, what route i took (for congestion charge/toll) at any point in the past is massively useful when it comes to invoicing. Saves me a huge amount of time. I was told that none of that data goes to VW. There is a refuelling detection function - which i think can calculate the cost of a journey. This could be useful, although i haven't figured out how to make this work yet. There is also occasional value in the 'Last parking space' function if you forget. Apart from the above the rest of the functions seem pretty useless.

Thanks guys. Though as much - it just seemed So exaggerated! Im sure in a day or so it'll feel normal again.

I returned to my car yesterday after leaving it at the airport for a week whilst off on family hols. When i got in i noticed the brake pedal wouldn't depress - as if the engine had been turned off and the brake pumped a few times. I haven't noticed this before and have left my car unused for the same amount of time in the past. Started the engine and the brakes felt ok. I used the car this morning and again everything was normal. However last night and again today the steering feels really heavy. Not no-power-steering heavy. But heavier that i remember from a week ago! Are the brake and power steering systems completely separate, or could there be something in this that i should look into? Its the first time I've returned to the car and felt anything was off. I did have a hire car while away, which happened to be a Golf 1.4 mk7 hatch - it had ridiculously light steering, so its possible i got used to it and subsequently the R feels like a tank right now. Cheers

Does anyone know if its possible to swap out the rear lights on a 2016 7R estate with clusters from a 2016 GTD. And visa versa. I am getting rid of my GTD hatchback after buying an R estate and would love to make the swap possible as the gtd rears look much nicer.