Seat Belt Rubbing On Inner "B" Pillar Trim.

[Blitzen]

Hey guys...

I was chatting to a fellow Polo GTI owner yesterday(Yay, finally, another one, and I did tell him about the site!!), and he pointed out that his inside B Pillar trim had rubbed away from the seat belt. I had never looked at this, so when I had a look, lo and behold, it has rubbed away too...I am pretty disappointed at this(to say the least).
Just thought I'd see if any of you guys had seen/noticed this? I am going to pursue this under warranty, and see how I go...

[o0liam0o]

yes i have the same problem took me a while to notice aswell, you wouldnt be able to get the pillar section replaced?

[MACCAA]

Yep noticed this the other day.Put a bit of race tape over it....
Cheers
Len

[Blitzen]

Yep noticed this the other day.Put a bit of race tape over it....
Cheers
Len

yeah, I was going to do that once I get it repaired.

[VW GTI]

Yeah mine does that too. Warranty?

[Blitzen]

Yeah mine does that too. Warranty?

Yeah, I'm going to see about it tomorrow. I can't see they claiming it at normal wear and tear if the car is only 9 months old. Mind you, the VW dealer up here has trouble identifying what a car is most of the time, so they may try and screw me around.

[PeterHBne]

There is an old thread on here about this - haven't bothered wth mine through laziness.

[Bubu]

Yeah, I'm going to see about it tomorrow. I can't see they claiming it at normal wear and tear if the car is only 9 months old. Mind you, the VW dealer up here has trouble identifying what a car is most of the time, so they may try and screw me around.

Let me know how it goes I was thinking of trying to go through warranty to get the same problem fixed.

[insanekiwi]

5 door models have plastics around that area, so no problems there!

[bec]

what's an "Inside B pillar trim"??

[VW GTI]

The bit where the seatbelt goes into the 'wall' of the car.

[Blitzen]

I was talking to VW(Sapphire Motor in Darwin) today, and they were saying it is a warrantable item. I am going to get it booked in once I get to Townsville. After my last dealings with this lot, I don't want to have to wait 4 months to get my car fixed under warranty, as I am moving in 3 weeks.

[Whubbsie]

looks for this when I got in the car to drive home... already happening on mine and it's all of 17 days old.

[PogoAmy]

5 door models have plastics around that area, so no problems there!

Does anybody know if these plastics would fit the Pogo?

I noticed mine wearing a few weeks ago (six month old car) - I can't believe such a dumb design flaw got past VW!

Cheers!
PogoAmy.

[poloplayer]

I've got it too Only on driver side though, anyone else?