Post here if your B6 has rust

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Door sills and door molding here. ~41000 miles.





Dealer will not warranty. They tell me there has to be a hole in the sheet metal before they will fix it.

[najel]

That's pretty bad. What's the time/mileage limit within which you would have to develop a whole there to get it warrantied?
Mine only has a very very minor spot on the trunk, there is a paint chip below the VW emblem. I do have a few other major paint chips, but touched up in time to prevent rust.
It seems the hood is a problematic area on many cars, especially since many techs don't seem to know that they can't just lift the wiper arms, so paint scrapes off on the hood.

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can't just lift the wiper arms, so paint scrapes off on the hood.

Caught that before it started. I saw bare metal staring back at me and got the touch-up paint. Great design there. I hope the wiper blades are easy to change!

It's easy to whack your foot into the door sills so I can see how that started. The trim on the door... I don't know. Lucky I've paid off my debts I can afford some body work but I'd rather be spending it on a set of coilovers and wheels!

Strange thing, before I bought this car I did some research and didn't really see much about rust. I was more concerned about the FSI vs TSI thing. Now I'm hearing more about it from local body shops that say it's common on these cars.

[Incrementalg]

The wipers have a service mode so you don't hit the hood. Search for how to put em in service mode. I'm on my phone so I can't search well w Tappatalk

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The wipers have a service mode so you don't hit the hood. Search for how to put em in service mode. I'm on my phone so I can't search well w Tappatalk

good to know, thanks

[DRHMDENT]

BTW VW has 12 years rust warranty on all of their vehicles if ppl dont know that already

[DRHMDENT]

Oh and going back on what i said just take it to another dealership because that is very normal on the VW mine is rusting there too just waiting for it to happen more

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All the local dealerships defer to some regional VW rep and that guy already turned me down.

[vw_nc_dude]

Shoot, I do not have any rust and did not expect it for a long time, but now I am worried.

My relative has a 1997 Passat and no rust. Looks like VW is going down on paint/coat quality???

[BocaVdub]

The wipers have a service mode so you don't hit the hood. Search for how to put em in service mode. I'm on my phone so I can't search well w Tappatalk

After you turn off your car, just turn on the wipers and they will stop in the middle, once you're done, you just turn you car back on and turn on the wipers again and they go back to they original position.

[The Snowman]

My 2009 with 62000 miles on the odo has gotten a complete respray under warranty due to rust. Starts like small blatters under the paint and ends like rust. I had 21 blatters all over the car.
Sadly a pretty common problem up here in Scandinavia where the government seems to believe that salt is the solution to every icy road around.
VW has extended the paint warranty in Sweden to 6 years or 140000 miles if the car has been serviced at a VW dealership. A lot of cars is getting resprays I tell ya.

[xen6]

I had a good amount of rust on the inside of the hood along the from seam. took 6 months but finally got VW to fix it... twice! (the first time they just painted over it... second time they replaced the hood)

I just noticed this year a little bubble under the trim on the front driver side door. meh.

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the government seems to believe that salt is the solution to every icy road around.

Same deal here. We had a mild winter last season and they still threw down a ton of it!

[Razorray]

Where to begin... i found lots of zink poisoning under all 4 doors, and rust in channels becasue of stones and dirt between metal and plastic. Also some bubbles on the front of 1 door. WOW.
I got 4 new 2010 doors on my 2006 mod. And they fixed the channels.

A few months later, bubbles back on the channels, both. And on 1 of the new doors.
Result: Dealer took the car, removed all of the bubbles and repainted the channels and they removed the bubbles on the door.

Just cleaned my doors again after a long winter, found loads of bubbles on my new doors, and on both forward channels... LOL

Car is going back for a fix. I will hopefully get new doors. These doors are bad. The sink bleed through, bubbles in 1 welding seam, bubbles here n there. NICE. As long as they fix it, ok. But what a crap quality.

[MCTB]

All the local dealerships defer to some regional VW rep and that guy already turned me down.

This is true. I had to wrangle with one over issues with my first MKV. I would be taking pics and sending them to VWoA. They have a rust warranty after all.

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I would be taking pics and sending them to VWoA. They have a rust warranty after all.

I have pics. What good is a warranty they won't honor? Who do I send the pics to?

[mexglx]

Flame me all you want but it does say its a perforation warranty. Not a surface corrosion warranty. I wouldn't like it on my car but I washed may car in the winter when I lived up north to keep the salt build up in check. The fact someone mentioned dirt getting in between plastic and metal and scraping the paint says to me it wasn't a defect in the paint process but a cleanliness issue.

Rock chips will never get covered by warranty because it wasn't a defect. After a chip, you should repair the chip with touch-up paint. My car lived up north for 3 years and is now in the south. No rust. The guy that said they had a lot of bubbles popping up in a lot of places and got it covered sure sounded like a defective or bad paint job. Also sounds like they stepped up and took care of that. Probably not under the rust perforation warranty but under goodwill or base warranty.

I approve goodwill support for an engine company and often will step up when our warranty group won't. Warranty is black and white. It either meets the guidelines or doesn't. Thankfully our company has the foresight to allow folks like me to help out when warranty can't. I rarely cover 100% of an out of warranty repair. I rarely help at all if its customer abuse or lack of maintenance. I'd appeal to VWoA if the regional guy wouldn't help or just hope it rusts through and PERFORATES before corrosion warranty runs out.

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The fact someone mentioned dirt getting in between plastic and metal and scraping the paint says to me it wasn't a defect in the paint process but a cleanliness issue.

Yeah, the guy who got his issues fixed under warranty mentioned it!

Rock chips will never get covered by warranty because it wasn't a defect.

I don't have rock chips. It's bubbling up from behind the molding. On the sills it's bubbling from what appears to be light scratches from shoes. Still, a small scratch in the paint shouldn't cause the metal to immediately start rusting that bad. Aren't these things galvanized? VW makes a big deal about their rust-proofing in sales brochures. I had many scratches on my winter beater, a 2000 Accord, and it had zero rust.

After a chip, you should repair the chip with touch-up paint.

Again, the paint is bubbling from behind the molding. No rock chips involved. Oh, it's my fault for not disassembling the door and using touch-up paint. I wash my cars on a regular basis, in the winter through the automatic touch-free wash. This spring I see bubbles. The dealer gave me the perforation spiel and sent me on my way. The rep didn't even come look at my car!

The guy that said they had a lot of bubbles popping up in a lot of places and got it covered sure sounded like a defective or bad paint job. Also sounds like they stepped up and took care of that. Probably not under the rust perforation warranty but under goodwill or base warranty.

Maybe I should go visit his dealer instead.

[Incrementalg]

good to know, thanks

Just checked my manual for service mode...
Switch the ignition on briefly then switch off again.
Within 10 seconds of switching off, push the wiper lever down. The wipers will move up and stop so you can switch them.

I dinged my paint too before I read this

[Incrementalg]

I've read posts on vortex and passatworld from owners who've gotten repairs under warranty.

If the rust isn't the result of a scratch or dent and is coming from under unbroken paint, then it should be covered.

I'd stay on VW as much as your patience will let you.

[sbachmeier]

Door sills and door molding here. ~41000 miles.

The lack of door sill protection in those areas was one of my few major disslikes about the B6 (and our previous B5 as well) -- so I took it upon myself to immediately apply form of some protective moulding in those areas soon after I bought the cars. On our B6, I initially applied that clear 3M plastic adhesive stuff (same stuff as I used on top lip the rear bumper: http://www.ssec.wisc.edu/~scottb/b6/bumper_film_4.jpg but even that doesn't seem to do that great of a job of holding up to the abuse of daily shoe scuff marks (for some reason, my wife is terrible about that). So after a couple of months, I went to the hardware store and bought strips of that thick plastic "no-slip" stuff to put over the top of the more delicate 3M film -- and that stuff is damn near bulletproof. No, it's not the prettiest solution...but we tend to keep our cars for about 10 years, so my proiority was paint protection in that area (especially given our harsh Wisconsin climate).

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^Good idea sbachmeier.

Well, after some back n' forth with VWoA, the dealership will be fixing this after all. Somehow I have a feeling that this won't be the end of it but here's hoping...

[B6Revo]

As far as i knew our cars had a lifetime warranty on under body rust. As far as the body itself, i have no idea.

[fvbean]

As far as i knew our cars had a lifetime warranty on under body rust. As far as the body itself, i have no idea.

It is 12 years unlimited miles

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[+one]

Even the steering shaft is all rusty from...? How? I don't even think you can get to this with your foot.

[jettamkIVvr6]

Even the steering shaft is all rusty from...? How? I don't even think you can get to this with your foot.

WOW. That is terrible.

[Boosted2003!]

Even the steering shaft is all rusty from...? How? I don't even think you can get to this with your foot.

You ever have a water leak in your car?

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You ever have a water leak in your car?

Not to my knowledge. Maybe the previous owner never cleaned snow off of it or something?

[+one]

Where to begin... i found lots of zink poisoning under all 4 doors, and rust in channels becasue of stones and dirt between metal and plastic. Also some bubbles on the front of 1 door. WOW.
I got 4 new 2010 doors on my 2006 mod. And they fixed the channels.

A few months later, bubbles back on the channels, both. And on 1 of the new doors.
Result: Dealer took the car, removed all of the bubbles and repainted the channels and they removed the bubbles on the door.

Just cleaned my doors again after a long winter, found loads of bubbles on my new doors, and on both forward channels... LOL

Car is going back for a fix. I will hopefully get new doors. These doors are bad. The sink bleed through, bubbles in 1 welding seam, bubbles here n there. NICE. As long as they fix it, ok. But what a crap quality.

Wow that's really bad. I hope that's not what I have to look forward to. Guess I won't bother modding my B6 since I'll not be keeping it. I'll probably have to dump (re: Junk) it as soon as it's paid off.

[Boosted2003!]

Not to my knowledge. Maybe the previous owner never cleaned snow off of it or something?

I have seen this before but on passenger side from leaves built up. Snow would do the same.

[VR]

call VWOA if your dealer won't help you, i had mine fixed for free and even got a loaner the entire time

mine was on the hatch on the inside of the ds tail light, I do have a rusty door hinge on the DS rear and they will not fix that since technically its not the body i guess?

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call VWOA if your dealer won't help you, i had mine fixed for free and even got a loaner the entire time

mine was on the hatch on the inside of the ds tail light, I do have a rusty door hinge on the DS rear and they will not fix that since technically its not the body i guess?

I did e-mail VWoA a couple weeks ago, they contacted the dealer, and now said dealer has my car for the rest of the week. Glad it's getting fixed.

[filipinodawg]

I have maybe 2 or 3 stone chips on my roof that started to rust a tiny bit. They're tiny but definitely noticeable if you're like 2 feet away from the car.

How should i go about fixing it? I was planning on getting my roof wrapped in black vinyl, think a warranty respray could be done in black ? hahah

in all seriousness though what do i do lol

[+one]

I have maybe 2 or 3 stone chips on my roof that started to rust a tiny bit. They're tiny but definitely noticeable if you're like 2 feet away from the car.

How should i go about fixing it? I was planning on getting my roof wrapped in black vinyl, think a warranty respray could be done in black ? hahah

in all seriousness though what do i do lol

I don't think they will warranty due to rock chips. Has to be mfg defect or in my case they sold me the car as CPO with rust bubbles.

[VR]

I did e-mail VWoA a couple weeks ago, they contacted the dealer, and now said dealer has my car for the rest of the week. Glad it's getting fixed.