Passenger door blanking plate!

[The Ham]

Hi folks, had my cupra for 5 days now and loving every minute!

Just one small problem- the lock blanking plate on the passenger door falls out very easily.
There doesn't seem to be any broken bits and i cant hear anything rattling inside the door.
I found a post on this problem from 2003 by Snoop, but no replies.

Does anyone have any solutions or shall i just take it to a dealer?

Cheers, Kev.

 

[The MoffMeister]

well it would still be under warranty so let them have the hassle of doing it!!

 

[D3DNA]

Pabs site has a guide to de-locking your car, it has a part number for an unpainted blanking plate so if your car is out of warranty you can pick up the part.http://www.seatcupra.net/users/pabs/guides/delock.htm

 

[Steve_B]

I'd take it to a dealer to get them to sort it out, you may want to have a look on Pab's website in the guides > exterior mods > delocking section. There's a screw that holds in the blanking plate which is shown in the guide. The screw could either be missing or loose, if it's the second then it's a 2 min fix, otherwise you may need to make a trip to the dealers or B&Q and get a new one.

 

[Tom B]

I'd be inclined to tighten the torx bolt inside the door shut. 2 seconds of twisting should see it fixed!

 

[The Ham]

Genius!!

Cheers guys, I can see what the problem is now. Whatever the torx bolt is supposed to tighten up, is'nt there, must be inside the panel.
So, as I have a habbit of making things worse, I will leave well alone and hand it over to the dealer!

Thanks again. Kev.

 

[Pabs]

Hi Kev,

yeh, sounds like the nut that the torx screws into has fallen out, and is now in the bottom of the door. It will be a right pain to get it out, so as its under warranty I'd get to a dealer and get them to sort it out.

Jobs a goodun - glad you found it ok