Front Ash Tray hard to close

[Finance_Analyst]

Hey all

My now 7 week old GTI has been great, except for the front ashtray which has been hard to close from week 1 (not sure if the mechanism was loose or not). It takes about 4-5 attempts before the hydralic locks in.

At my 1 month service, I was told that it was fine by the Gold Coast, but was still having trouble closing. I tested some today at another dealership and all the GTIs there were fine. So I got their service guys to look at it and was told that the mechanism is broken and needs to be replaced (under warranty).

Has anyone else had a similar problem?

[barrenjoey owl]

not here.............

[Corey_R]

Yep... that's what a warranty is for

[chopper]

I had the same problem... until I worked out if I push on the bottom right hand side when shutting, it locks in EVERY time! Might just be mine that does it... but give it a go!

I was pushing in the middle for 4-5 times a go to get the bloody thing shut before!

[Finance_Analyst]

I had the same problem... until I worked out if I push on the bottom right hand side when shutting, it locks in EVERY time! Might just be mine that does it... but give it a go!

I was pushing in the middle for 4-5 times a go to get the bloody thing shut before!

Thanks Chopper. I was in the dealer today and it closed perfectly 3 times in a row (murphy's law!) until the problem occured.

Will have to try that technique - although it still seems odd if that is the case (using the bottom right, given that the chrome line is in the middle!)