Only just noticed this and it wasn't there last time I washed the car. Any thoughts?


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Just checked under the wheel arch and you can feel it peeling away so it's water that's got under the paint. I presume this will steadily get worse so I best draft in the paint guy I've used for years. LL.B (Hons) - University of Derby
LOT (Lord of Time) - University of Gallifrey

I assume if you take off the plastic liners you will find a lot of wet old muck. Got to be worth taking off the plastic trims every so often to get the muck out pre winter when salt will hang in there as well. No idea how good the extended corrosion warranty is assuming the right box is checked on a service. FL2 MY10 TD4 GS traded in at 2 years
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Is that a front wing on a Golf Doc ? Certain Vw and Audi models suffer the wing rot from the inside out due to some padding or something getting wet and rotting from behind the panel .

Mark 2009 FL2 TD4 SE (Sadly gone)
2007 FL2 TD4 GS (The wifes , gone after 8 great years)
2012 FL2 SD4 SPORT LE(Gone and missing it)
2015 DISCOVERY SPORT 2.2SD4 HSE (Now gone)
2014 Ford Bmax 1.0 ecoboost ( Gone but what next )
2014 Ford Focus 2.0tdci Zetec S (Gone,but what a car)
2020 Ford Fiesta ActiveX 1.0 Ecoboost
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Yes its a 2008 Mk5 Golf. I'll have to do some research on that issue, thanks  LL.B (Hons) - University of Derby
LOT (Lord of Time) - University of Gallifrey

Got my car booked in on the 30th for the problem to be sorted under warranty by VW. Helps to have a friend at VW HQ  LL.B (Hons) - University of Derby
LOT (Lord of Time) - University of Gallifrey

The only real fix is a new wing, the tin worm has well and truly made its home when that happens, I suppose a friend in V
dub and you being a lawyer with consumer law experience helps  my PC is slightly to the right of Genghis
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I approached her after reading on various forums that VW will try their best to avoid honoring the 12 year corrosion warranty and excuses such as the wrong type of rust have been known!!

They use a company called Mondial apparently and they are awful to deal with. I just sent her a quick message and she had a word with her people who contacted both me and the VW dealer in Derby and job done  LL.B (Hons) - University of Derby
LOT (Lord of Time) - University of Gallifrey

Good to hear your getting it sorted .

Mark 2009 FL2 TD4 SE (Sadly gone)
2007 FL2 TD4 GS (The wifes , gone after 8 great years)
2012 FL2 SD4 SPORT LE(Gone and missing it)
2015 DISCOVERY SPORT 2.2SD4 HSE (Now gone)
2014 Ford Bmax 1.0 ecoboost ( Gone but what next )
2014 Ford Focus 2.0tdci Zetec S (Gone,but what a car)
2020 Ford Fiesta ActiveX 1.0 Ecoboost
2024 Skoda Kodiaq 1.5 Tsi SEL

12 year corrosion warranty is amazing... aren't most manufacturers 6 years ?

it shows how confident they are in their bodywork to offer that, bit like Kia with their 7 year unlimited warranties as they must have faith in their whole vehicle for that

bxzx16v wrote:

Is that a front wing on a Golf Doc ? Certain Vw and Audi models suffer the wing rot from the inside out due to some padding or something getting wet and rotting from behind the panel .

Mark

^^^^^^^^

I wonder how many 2nd/3rd/4th owners of VW under 12 years old realise they have a manufacturers paint warranty still in force ??

I seem to remember from my VW days that the car has to be serviced by an authorised dealership and that bodywork inspection has to be signed off each year. Furthermore the warranty only covers paintwork defects created by erosion from poor application of paint rather than as a consequence of, say, a stone chip. MY 09 GS manual in Lago Grey, Wood Co arm rest and side bumper strips - now sold.

MY 15 SD4 SE Auto Orkney Grey with colour coded Bumper Door Mouldings

yeh I think that would be another get out clause for the warranty company if the car wasn't dealer serviced with the boxes ticked for corrosion checks etc.

personally I wouldn't expect them to cover stone chips or scratches etc but bubbling paint caused by water/rust getting under the surface I would expect.