VW Golf Mk6 Convertible Wet Rear Passenger Footwell
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Another area I worked on , which turned out to have no problems was the rear speakers. Googling 'rear footwell wet VW golf' brought up 3 door golfs with leaky speaker seals. So I looked at mine.
Getting the the speaker cover off wasn't too hard. I started with the plastic grill bit and slightly broke it as it's not supposed to come off. Removing the larger leather covered segment was easy another though scary as it feels like your going to break it. I started from the bottom and it pulls off. The main reason for posting about this is that there are wires behind the panel at the bottom near where the seat would go. They had gotten a bit wet so I dried them out with the hair dryer and shoved a sock with silica in if down there. The drivers side one is easier to see as there is no storage compartment in the panel below the speaker.
I removed the speaker for a look at the seal , which was fine and dry. When the speaker is out you can see the window regulator , it all looked wet so I dried it out with the hair dryer and gave it some wd40.
Getting the the speaker cover off wasn't too hard. I started with the plastic grill bit and slightly broke it as it's not supposed to come off. Removing the larger leather covered segment was easy another though scary as it feels like your going to break it. I started from the bottom and it pulls off. The main reason for posting about this is that there are wires behind the panel at the bottom near where the seat would go. They had gotten a bit wet so I dried them out with the hair dryer and shoved a sock with silica in if down there. The drivers side one is easier to see as there is no storage compartment in the panel below the speaker.
I removed the speaker for a look at the seal , which was fine and dry. When the speaker is out you can see the window regulator , it all looked wet so I dried it out with the hair dryer and gave it some wd40.
I hope that it's staying dry for you. That screenshot looks satisfying and disappointing in equal measure. Disappointing that this should happen to our cars.
Hopefully if your Bluetooth , central locking and windows etc are working water hasn't got in to the unit.
I wonder if it might be worth disconnecting the wires to the roof motor and cleaning the contacts?
Hopefully if your Bluetooth , central locking and windows etc are working water hasn't got in to the unit.
I wonder if it might be worth disconnecting the wires to the roof motor and cleaning the contacts?
Edited by nickofh on Friday 17th January 19:59
Hello.
Yes I have the TPI. It's 10 pages long and a pdf so I'm not certain how to post it.
Easy way is to search for this in Google.
2033888/4
It's the first result on the motor-talk.de website.
Hope the information is useful.
This may also help owners of the A3 cabriolet with water ingress and water leaks.
Yes I have the TPI. It's 10 pages long and a pdf so I'm not certain how to post it.
Easy way is to search for this in Google.
2033888/4
It's the first result on the motor-talk.de website.
Hope the information is useful.
This may also help owners of the A3 cabriolet with water ingress and water leaks.
Edited by nickofh on Wednesday 5th February 19:12
SteveArcherUK said:
Hi all
Just wanted to huge thank you to everyone for all the tips about this.
I found sopping wet carpets front and rear drivers side yesterday and was absolutely gutted.
My first VW, and it's a cracking little car.
Have done my best to dry carpets with towels, etc and left running with heater on this morning, but will make a start on the bungs, etc tomorrow.
Surely this has to be a design fault if so many cars are having the same problems?
If we wanted our cars to fill up with water we'd get them from bathstore.com!!!
Cheers, Steve
Hello. Just wanted to huge thank you to everyone for all the tips about this.
I found sopping wet carpets front and rear drivers side yesterday and was absolutely gutted.
My first VW, and it's a cracking little car.
Have done my best to dry carpets with towels, etc and left running with heater on this morning, but will make a start on the bungs, etc tomorrow.
Surely this has to be a design fault if so many cars are having the same problems?
If we wanted our cars to fill up with water we'd get them from bathstore.com!!!
Cheers, Steve
When I was searching the German forums for this problem one forum poster said that they had been to a major dealership in Germany where they had 12 convertibles in. They said 10 of them had this problem. The car is more common over there and I believe the UK dealerships are not aware of this fault. That's why the Technical product fix I found was only available in German.
I'm sure it will cure your problem hopefully before any damage is done. I would really try to get the back seat out and carpet up. If it's like ours the will be water under the back seat and it will never dry out before it gets smelly. Buy beg or borrow a wet vac with the money saved by not going to VW. Good luck!
Hello all.
Just wanted to add that we still have our golf convertible. Five years now , longest I have kept any car for. If you are hesitant in drilling the bungs out , doing so do mine hasn't caused any obvious problems down the line. They seem to clog up up/ self seal so every so often I give them a poke to unclog and have a small waterfall for a few seconds.
Ours is the 2.0 TDI and since moving much closer to work we are starting with egr problems so can't decide on switching cars or sticking.
Just wanted to add that we still have our golf convertible. Five years now , longest I have kept any car for. If you are hesitant in drilling the bungs out , doing so do mine hasn't caused any obvious problems down the line. They seem to clog up up/ self seal so every so often I give them a poke to unclog and have a small waterfall for a few seconds.
Ours is the 2.0 TDI and since moving much closer to work we are starting with egr problems so can't decide on switching cars or sticking.
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