Domatron
03-08-2015, 06:09 PM
Hey all
I just recently got a R36 wagon and shortly after I received I took it for its 1st wash. Much to my annoyance I found that the tail gate leaked! Badly! Fortunately only at the car wash and not in normal rain.
At first I thought it might have a dodgy seal but those were all good so I took it into a VW dealership to get it assessed. They tell me the water is getting in through the 3rd break light on the wing. They then told me that because of the way the wing/tail light assembly is made and fixed to the car is will probably break when removing it to change the light! Seriously?! So they then quoted $2200 to fix the leak because it will need a new wing which will have to be re-sprayed!
I'm going to take the car to a coach works to get a 2nd opinion but I 1st wanted to see if anyone else has had a similar problem or has had some experience with this?
Thanks
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I just recently got a R36 wagon and shortly after I received I took it for its 1st wash. Much to my annoyance I found that the tail gate leaked! Badly! Fortunately only at the car wash and not in normal rain.
At first I thought it might have a dodgy seal but those were all good so I took it into a VW dealership to get it assessed. They tell me the water is getting in through the 3rd break light on the wing. They then told me that because of the way the wing/tail light assembly is made and fixed to the car is will probably break when removing it to change the light! Seriously?! So they then quoted $2200 to fix the leak because it will need a new wing which will have to be re-sprayed!
I'm going to take the car to a coach works to get a 2nd opinion but I 1st wanted to see if anyone else has had a similar problem or has had some experience with this?
Thanks
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