Hi All
I have a 2019 Leon Cupra R ST that will be three years old and be coming out of warranty on the 28th July 2022 - in a week's time. I am generally very happy with the car.
However, my car has only covered 15,700 miles and has had a couple of warranty issues recently.
1.) Boot badge - tailgate release sticking/stiffer operation and staying at an angle - a known Seat and VW problem and was replaced July 2022, but only because I had mentioned it to the dealership whilst the car was in to resolve the leaking panoramic sunroof into the car!
2.) Leaking panoramic sunroof - water ingress into car and boot via roof lining due to blocked drainage pipework. This only became evident after a heavy downpour in June 2022. The inside of the car and boot space had become saturated two nights running and would have continued to do so. Apparently, this is also a known problem for many VAG group models with the panoramic roof including the Seat Leon ST, the Seat Alhambra, Volkswagon Tiguan etc. etc. where the drainage pipe outlet was originally made with a small flap covering the bottom to stop any upward ingress of dirt as the pipework outlets discharge within the wheel arch behind the lining. In practice the flap causes the pipework to block and the water to back up and fill the sunroof channel and leak into the car through the roof lining and plastic trims. There are four outlet pipe - two going down the A pillars and two down the C pillars all hidden behind the wheel arch linings. The roof lining was soaking wet and a lot of water in the boot and saturated all the contents!
The dealer said the VAG recommended repair for this was to remove all of the flaps at the bottom of the drainage pipework and this is what they did. The roof lining and boot and all contents have now all dried out.
Luckily this had become evident just before the warranty was due to expire, otherwise I was completely oblivious to this major problem.
There was another issue that I had raised on this Forum regarding the wrong tracking settings and extremely bad and premature wear patterns to the inside edges of both front tyres, causing the near side tyre to wear through to the cords and potentially causing a major tyre blow out and accident. This was at only 11,000 miles! However, after chasing the dealer for many weeks, I was told that the VAG group would not entertain any tracking or tyre wear issues after the first three months and so this was not dealt with as a warranty issue!
Having just gone through all the inconveniences etc. of the above, I asked the dealership if there were any other warranty issues that I need to be aware of or to claim before the warranty expired?
The dealer said that they can only deal with issues once they have become evident!
My query and concerns are, are there any other known warranty issues for my model Cupra ST R or any other relevant issues for similar models that I should be aware of and check for, before the warranty expires?
Any comments and suggestions to check for would be welcome.
Many thanks
Mal
I have a 2019 Leon Cupra R ST that will be three years old and be coming out of warranty on the 28th July 2022 - in a week's time. I am generally very happy with the car.
However, my car has only covered 15,700 miles and has had a couple of warranty issues recently.
1.) Boot badge - tailgate release sticking/stiffer operation and staying at an angle - a known Seat and VW problem and was replaced July 2022, but only because I had mentioned it to the dealership whilst the car was in to resolve the leaking panoramic sunroof into the car!
2.) Leaking panoramic sunroof - water ingress into car and boot via roof lining due to blocked drainage pipework. This only became evident after a heavy downpour in June 2022. The inside of the car and boot space had become saturated two nights running and would have continued to do so. Apparently, this is also a known problem for many VAG group models with the panoramic roof including the Seat Leon ST, the Seat Alhambra, Volkswagon Tiguan etc. etc. where the drainage pipe outlet was originally made with a small flap covering the bottom to stop any upward ingress of dirt as the pipework outlets discharge within the wheel arch behind the lining. In practice the flap causes the pipework to block and the water to back up and fill the sunroof channel and leak into the car through the roof lining and plastic trims. There are four outlet pipe - two going down the A pillars and two down the C pillars all hidden behind the wheel arch linings. The roof lining was soaking wet and a lot of water in the boot and saturated all the contents!
The dealer said the VAG recommended repair for this was to remove all of the flaps at the bottom of the drainage pipework and this is what they did. The roof lining and boot and all contents have now all dried out.
Luckily this had become evident just before the warranty was due to expire, otherwise I was completely oblivious to this major problem.
There was another issue that I had raised on this Forum regarding the wrong tracking settings and extremely bad and premature wear patterns to the inside edges of both front tyres, causing the near side tyre to wear through to the cords and potentially causing a major tyre blow out and accident. This was at only 11,000 miles! However, after chasing the dealer for many weeks, I was told that the VAG group would not entertain any tracking or tyre wear issues after the first three months and so this was not dealt with as a warranty issue!
Having just gone through all the inconveniences etc. of the above, I asked the dealership if there were any other warranty issues that I need to be aware of or to claim before the warranty expired?
The dealer said that they can only deal with issues once they have become evident!
My query and concerns are, are there any other known warranty issues for my model Cupra ST R or any other relevant issues for similar models that I should be aware of and check for, before the warranty expires?
Any comments and suggestions to check for would be welcome.
Many thanks
Mal
