ArcticFoxMN
Passed Driver's Ed
- Location
- Salt Lake City
- Car(s)
- 2016 GTI 6MT PP Auto
Actually, I could see using that if you were camping in your car or something. But to put that on your car every time you park.........
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Sunroof 'exploded' today on 2016 GTI. That was fun.
- Thread starter ArcticFoxMN
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Subliminal
Autocross Champion
- Location
- Vegas
- Car(s)
- Slow FWD VW Hatch
fk that just make sure its secured and drive around w/ it on...just dont go over 40ish
HelloNewman
Go Kart Champion
- Location
- SoCal
- Car(s)
- Mk7
I mean at that point you might as well put a roof rack mounted tent on top...
ArcticFoxMN
Passed Driver's Ed
- Location
- Salt Lake City
- Car(s)
- 2016 GTI 6MT PP Auto
UPDATE! You think I am done!!!??? We are closing in on 3 months!
Still making all sorts of noise, driving me absolutely INSANE!!! I mean just annoying as a sharp rock in your shoe. It sounded like either a wire coat hanger in the headliner, or like a Geiger counter. tick tick tick tick tick...non-stop, right next to your head.
I had the glass shop come back out (to my house), take the guy for a ride...AND IT DOESN'T MAKE A SOUND. He leaves, and the next day take the car back out AND IT IS MAKING THE NOISE AGAIN. At that point I considered just reenacting the opening to 'Falling Down' where he just abandons his car on the freeway and walks away...great movie (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106856/)
Because I am a fighter, instead of crying, I then call the body shop (now the third 100 mile round trip as talked about above) and ask to come in and got for a test drive. Made appointment, and then the glass shop, who was/is handling the insurance claim, actually called me Friday last week and kinda implied I was SOL because the glass guy did not hear the noise on the earlier test drive (he called because the body shop called them for insurance authorization), I told him to pound sand...and in my head hoped to hell the car would make noise on the next test drive because this was my last shot. The appointment was this morning. Get up there, still making the noise on the drive in, the guy hops in, and thank god it was making all sorts of noise on the test drive!!! No question at all something was having a party at/around the sunroof and it was well beyond normal noise. I leave the car there, get a call later and they had the glass shop come out (to the body shop) and pull the glass. Not sure what they found, they said glass, but it sounded more like metal, they kinda dodged the question so maybe a screwdriver!? Anyway, they pull that out, put the glass back in. Glass guy test drives, body shop guy test drives, no noise. HOWEVER, while the glass is back in, the sunroof guy (mobile tech in a van) cannot get the sunroof working properly (out of alignment or something, doesn't work 100% as it should), so I need ANOTHER appointment (thankfully at my house, or a shop 10 minutes away) to resolve that. I do have the car back, on my 25 mile drive home, no noise. Of course I am terrified it could restart, but take it one day at a time.
So, progress...they had issues with the alignment before, and just needed one of the more experienced guys who normally does sunroofs to mess with it.
Oh, and I checked on State Farm. To date they have paid out about $2,500 (meaning the glass was $1,200 so up to $1,300 in labor). JFC...that is 3 years of car insurance, and my windshield replacement a few years ago was about $600 if I recall. At least financially I lucked out there.
So yeah, thanks for listening.
Still making all sorts of noise, driving me absolutely INSANE!!! I mean just annoying as a sharp rock in your shoe. It sounded like either a wire coat hanger in the headliner, or like a Geiger counter. tick tick tick tick tick...non-stop, right next to your head.
I had the glass shop come back out (to my house), take the guy for a ride...AND IT DOESN'T MAKE A SOUND. He leaves, and the next day take the car back out AND IT IS MAKING THE NOISE AGAIN. At that point I considered just reenacting the opening to 'Falling Down' where he just abandons his car on the freeway and walks away...great movie (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106856/)
Because I am a fighter, instead of crying, I then call the body shop (now the third 100 mile round trip as talked about above) and ask to come in and got for a test drive. Made appointment, and then the glass shop, who was/is handling the insurance claim, actually called me Friday last week and kinda implied I was SOL because the glass guy did not hear the noise on the earlier test drive (he called because the body shop called them for insurance authorization), I told him to pound sand...and in my head hoped to hell the car would make noise on the next test drive because this was my last shot. The appointment was this morning. Get up there, still making the noise on the drive in, the guy hops in, and thank god it was making all sorts of noise on the test drive!!! No question at all something was having a party at/around the sunroof and it was well beyond normal noise. I leave the car there, get a call later and they had the glass shop come out (to the body shop) and pull the glass. Not sure what they found, they said glass, but it sounded more like metal, they kinda dodged the question so maybe a screwdriver!? Anyway, they pull that out, put the glass back in. Glass guy test drives, body shop guy test drives, no noise. HOWEVER, while the glass is back in, the sunroof guy (mobile tech in a van) cannot get the sunroof working properly (out of alignment or something, doesn't work 100% as it should), so I need ANOTHER appointment (thankfully at my house, or a shop 10 minutes away) to resolve that. I do have the car back, on my 25 mile drive home, no noise. Of course I am terrified it could restart, but take it one day at a time.
So, progress...they had issues with the alignment before, and just needed one of the more experienced guys who normally does sunroofs to mess with it.
Oh, and I checked on State Farm. To date they have paid out about $2,500 (meaning the glass was $1,200 so up to $1,300 in labor). JFC...that is 3 years of car insurance, and my windshield replacement a few years ago was about $600 if I recall. At least financially I lucked out there.
So yeah, thanks for listening.
ArcticFoxMN
Passed Driver's Ed
- Location
- Salt Lake City
- Car(s)
- 2016 GTI 6MT PP Auto
No, getting a sunroof is fine...just don't break it whatever you do!!!
ucfquattroguy
Go Kart Newbie
- Location
- Florida USA
What's a PITA is that you get forced into the roof if you want the good audio, leather seats, DCC, etc. It's a whole package deal.
Yep, just like the lighting packages.
Oh you want head lights that actually illuminate the road and don't use lighting tech from the 80s? Welp you're gonna need to upgrade to leather, start stop, lane assist, sun roof..
Like wtf happened to there being 'options'?
The good old USA dealership system happened! Seriously, most of Europe has the ability to order their cars how they want with a la cart options because direct sales are allowed. But in America, dealerships have to order cars and resell them to us, so they build to a few limited specs in order meet "the average customer" wants. Even companies like BMW and MB which look like they have individual options available, really don't because they're always bundled. At least VW is transparent about it.
SnailPower
Autocross Newbie
- Location
- North NJ
- Car(s)
- 2017 GTI MT, PP, LP
This thread gave me some nightmares to use the sunroof this past summer, but alas, I did. Not a whole lot but enough. I heard if you don't use it at all and then attempt to, you can end up with issues. More than likely due to the lack of operation and parts/lubricants probably drying up and effecting performance. I dunno but I did open it a few times with no issues.
Though it sounds like operation isn't even the only potential problem here in that you can literally drive and have it explode, lol. Sounds crazy and I didn't specifically get this car because it came with one. As you guys said, with the limited options, it just so happened to include it. I thought to myself, well, I'll just try to never use it if it's that bad...
Though it sounds like operation isn't even the only potential problem here in that you can literally drive and have it explode, lol. Sounds crazy and I didn't specifically get this car because it came with one. As you guys said, with the limited options, it just so happened to include it. I thought to myself, well, I'll just try to never use it if it's that bad...
You can order a la carte in the US, manufacturers allow it, even VW... you just need to find a dealer that is willing to put in the extra effort. You can also kiss any negotiation power away. Dealers don’t like it because it takes away from their allocations, and often takes months and months to fill the orders.
That’s why you get “No we can’t do that, you need to just pick one of these on the lot or at a near by lot we can trade with.”
American consumers just don’t do it.
The sunroof blowing out thing is not just a VW thing though let's be clear. It's an industry wide problem due to the ubiquity and design of sunroofs today. People want bigger glass panels on their roof for some reason and those same people also want better gas mileage. Leading to larger, lighter and weaker glass.
It's still fairly rare that this type of blow out thing happens but you know what isn't rare? Clogged sunroof drains ...
It's still fairly rare that this type of blow out thing happens but you know what isn't rare? Clogged sunroof drains ...
Subliminal
Autocross Champion
- Location
- Vegas
- Car(s)
- Slow FWD VW Hatch
The irony of "I read a bad story about sunroofs on the internet so I swore to never buy one" as you drive around in a VW.... 