Membership of the forum that @robby71 posted the link to is predominantly USA/Canadian mk7 / mk7.5 Golf GTI and R owners.I had the sunroof on a MK7 golf and it would creak and rattle. Reading posts on the MK7 forums it was a common problem and the solution was to put some small pieces of velcro where the sunroof slides over the mechanism - took several attempts to find the correct spots
There are quite a few "fixes" for the rattles on the forum, SEATs roof will be the same as the Golfs - https://www.golfmk7.com/forums/search.php?searchid=11319666&pp=25
Of course, I views the sun roof as a “nice to have” as the only paid for option on a Lux worth having. However, it wouldn’t be nice to have if any of these issues surfaced. Therefore I’ll just save the money. Unless of course whatever the ambient lighting upgrade does makes it worth it?Membership of the forum that @robby71 posted the link to is predominantly USA/Canadian mk7 / mk7.5 Golf GTI and R owners.
Apologies for going slightly off topic - In the USA there are 3 or 4 different levels of trim for the Golf GTI, two of which (SE and Autobahn) have a sunroof as standard, so quite a lot of ownership experience of cars with VAG panoramic sunroofs on golfmk7.con forum. The most common sunroof issues that owners post about on that forum are;
Can’t remember which forum(s), but I’ve also read of a couple of instances of ‘exploding’ sunroofs in mk7 Golfs. The sunroof panel is made of toughened glass so in rare cases it can disintegrate like the old toughened windscreens fitted in pre-1980’s cars if struck by flying stones / road debris.
- creaks and rattles from the sunroof
- blocked sunroof drain pipes resulting in water entering the cabin and damp carpets
- the sunshade sliding back and forth under acceleration and braking
- a few instances of stress fractures in the glass panel between the front edge of the sunroof and upper edge of the windscreen - cracks running from the top corner of the ‘A’ pillars to the front corners of the tilting/sliding sunroof panel. Also, a few instances of delamination of the top layer of that glass panel.
@The Daily Meme; There is a tendency to report problems on forums, rather than satisfied owners singing the praises of aspects of their cars, so a forum view of VAG sunroof issues might provide a slightly skewed view towards the negative. Having said that, I personally wouldn’t choose to have a sunroof.
That’s what I thought, I have it on mine at the moment. Not sure why it’s an option included with the sun roof to be honest as I thoughtthe car came with it anyway because it is listed elsewhere on the spec sheet.I'm presuming the ambient lighting is the same as I have in my 69 plate FR?
8 colours to choose from of which 3 are the only ones worth using.
Ambient lighting comes as standard. No need to spec the Pano roof. Where did you read you need to have the Pano roof for the ambient lighting?Of course, I views the sun roof as a “nice to have” as the only paid for option on a Lux worth having. However, it wouldn’t be nice to have if any of these issues surfaced. Therefore I’ll just save the money. Unless of course whatever the ambient lighting upgrade does makes it worth it?
How do you unblock these drain tubes ?
Ambient lighting comes as standard. No need to spec the Pano roof. Where did you read you need to have the Pano roof for the ambient lighting?
Edit: Checked the spec and it's now a standard item on all cars except SE.
That’s what I thought but couldn’t work out why the pan roof option was listed as “pan roof + ambient lighting”