Gap between windscreen and plastic (5-6 mm)

[MIRSAD]

MK7 Golf - gap between windscreen and plastic (5-6 mm) - outside, drivers side, bottom about 25 cm long... as per below:




only drivers side .... noticed few more MK7 Golfs with similar gap (I am sure it is not by design) can you, please check your car ... not sure can it result in water leaking

[flight]

MK7 Golf - gap between windscreen and plastic (5-6 mm) - outside, drivers side, bottom about 25 cm long...

only drivers side .... noticed few more MK7 Golfs with similar gap (I am sure it is not by design) can you, please check your car ... not sure can it result in water leaking

What does the dealer say about it?

[JustCruisn]

It wont leak but will be a good spot for crap to build up.

[MIRSAD]

What does the dealer say about it?

Didn't have chance to visit dealer - spotted on Friday night.

any other MK7 Golf owners with similar gap?

[DV52]

Didn't have chance to visit dealer - spotted on Friday night.

any other MK7 Golf owners with similar gap?

MIRSAD: Just checked my Golf mkVII and the plastic bit (behind the wipers) fits snuggly against the glass all the way from the driver to the passenger side of the car.

Mine is an my13 TSI, not a MY14 GTI like yours. That notwithstanding, I would definitely complain loudly (and with purpose) to your dealer. The dealer might try to run a bead of silicon along the gap, but I would ask to have it fixed properly.

You might even try discussing the problem with the inappropriately named Customer-Care folk at VW Australia. My past experience has been that such exercises are better described as "the delicious futility of an impossible task"! But, if you have the time and the internal fortitude for doing battle with a large industrial conglomerate -like VW, give it a go!

[Dutch77]

MY14 GTI, appears to be a uniform fit all the way along.

[wasabiz]

MIRSAD, I have the same issue as you, but what I did was I pushed the plastic against the glass. Not sure how long it's gonna last.

[MIRSAD]

Thank you for checking your cars
Unfortunately clipping back that plastic is not working on my car

[n0d3]

Flushed on my GTI PP!

[buzuki]

Should be flush, been like this since golf 5. It just clips in.

If you clip it in and it pops out its probably deformed from being unclipped so long. Id suggest a replacement trim

[LMF]

Mine one is fine and no gap at all

[Jimi]

MY14 GTI, appears to be a uniform fit all the way along.

Same batch, fortunately same fit (flush)

[Brendan_A]

Mine fits perfectly too

[kennyc]

Mine like good as well, can't see any issue with it at all.

[NCGR1]

MK7 Golf - gap between windscreen and plastic (5-6 mm) - outside, drivers side, bottom about 25 cm long... as per below:

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only drivers side .... noticed few more MK7 Golfs with similar gap (I am sure it is not by design) can you, please check your car ... not sure can it result in water leaking

The plastic part snaps under the edge of the windshield glass. Just snap it in place or have the dealer service do it for you.