[Vwdiesel] Hurricane Hermine

[Tad]

Probably the sunroof drains are clogged, or just overwhelmed by the volume
of rain.

In the front door hinges are black rubber "nipples" that need to be pinched
in order to open up and let the water out.  The rear drains are a little
harder to find.  But you probably already knew that.

Haven't bothered with the recall as I've already fixed them myself, but note
that the recall only covers the front drains, which any monkey could fix in
10 minutes, but not the rear drains, which are the real PITA.

Some class-action ambulance-chaser really screwed us on that one...


On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 9:23 PM, Shalyn Shourds <sshourds at flash.net> wrote:

>  Here in Ft. Worth/Dallas, we just had the remains of the hurricane
> blow overhead.  I even got to see a tornado as I was fixing to leave
> work.  In Texas, that improves your social standing tremendously.  I did
> elect to stay at the plant till it passed.......   Worst part for me was
> going out to the car and seeing standing water in the front footwells.
> Doing some research on the TDIclub website (good to so some searches on,
> not nearly as pleasantly interactive as this list), I saw that there's a
> history of sunroof drains leaking.  I'd say that's the case as my
> headliner is now damp and sagging everywhere.  Furthermore, I found out
> that there's some kind of service campaign on this (not that they sent
> me the paperwork on that.....).  Anyone done the dealer service on
> that?  I suspect that both my headliner and carpet are hosed.  Not sure
> what they'll do for a 10 year old car, but I'm curious to try.  If
> anything, I'm just hoping to avoid drilling holes in my floor pan to
> drain the water.......
>
> -Shalyn
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