Rear door leaking

[tos]

Water leak from the right rear door, just like mk7.
I need to have newspapers to get water away from the carpet

https://photos.app.goo.gl/5wuLbPftjE3pJzcv8
Car is going to gps antenna fix at next week, I sent pics of the leak to mechanic. We will see what happens...
Car is 15 months old and 24000km done

 

[Handydave]

This is a known problem, at least on the Golf Mk 7 / 7.5. Water gets in where the door speaker is mounted on the door card. We had this repaired by VW as a goodwill gesture when we discovered it on our previous Mk7.5 shortly after the expiry of the 3 year warranty.

 

[SRGTD]

This is a known problem, at least on the Golf Mk 7 / 7.5. Water gets in where the door speaker is mounted on the door card. We had this repaired by VW as a goodwill gesture when we discovered it on our previous Mk7.5 shortly after the expiry of the 3 year warranty.

Yes, it’s a known issue - the speaker seals on the mk7 and mk7.5 were prone to fail.

It’s surprising that VW didn’t use the introduction of the mk8 as an opportunity to upgrade those seals to something longer lasting and more durable.

 

[feds85]

I have the same issue at Skoda Fabia I (manufacture in 2000)... VW was not able to solve it during 22 years

 

[tos]

They tried fix that door at last week.
Door seal are still wet, soon it is flooded and water goes in...

 

[Carlosfandang0]

Sadly, I discovered this same issue today, the water ingress looks exactly like your picture, and it’s the same door, I took it straight to the dealership, they took one look and booked it in, the tech agreed that is likely to be the speaker seal, but said he was surprised to see this on a car only a year old, as he said it’s usually due to the speaker seal degrading over time, I’m tempted to remove all of the speakers myself and seal them properly with a bead of silicone, has anybody else on here had this issue recently? If so, did you manage to get it rectified?

 

[tos]

My both rear doors are now fixed by warranty

 

[MrGolf112]

I am also having this issue. Really disappointed as I thought VW would have fixed this issue due to all the complaints they would have had with the MK7. The car is still under warranty can't believe they have failed so quickly.

 

[tos]

Left rear door still leaking... 4th time for fixing at next month.

 

[MrGolf112]

Just booked mine in to be looked at. No doubt it will get fixed and then break again