There was a recent thread on this issue, which seems to have been a T6 problem. You might be worth doing a search and see if you can find it or wait for someone to spot your thread.Hi,
Has anyone had any issues with their pop top canvas pulling out of the roof in the top front corner when the roof is fully raised?
Thanks.
Can you open the front completely? Or what is that line from left bottom over the top to the right bottom?
Note that replacement bellows are the new type with the giant zippable front window. It does make sliding across the shutter roof above the cockpit much more troublesome, but the window is tremendous.
Gorrilla superglue can attach rubber to metal.Further update: new style bellows are even worse and now pop out on all four corners. This is an issue that isn't going to be resolved easily!
Just had mine repaired at VW Liverpool as they were doing my first service anyway. They use glue and just stick it back in. You can't use the roof for 24 hours while the glue sets. We've just returned from Camper jam and I'm glad to report it looks like its fixed the problem. A simple job by all accounts.Spotted this problem on our 2022 Beach. It is a manual roof. It comes back out each time the roof is raised and it is beginning to happen on the other side too.
Has anyone had the roof replaced recently under warranty with this problem?
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As a matter of interest, what type of glue did you use? Ours popped out for the first time last week while at Silverstone in the hot weather. Managed to push it back in again, but for sure this is not a permanent fix. I have the 5 year warranty which expires in October, but my experience with this type of problem is that dealers are unwilling to do a warranty repair unless they can reproduce the fault in their garage - and sod’s law says that it will work perfectly when trying to demonstrate to them!We had the issue a few years ago on our Ocean. At that time, the VW fix was to replace the bellows with a new one. The new bellows came out a season later. I stuck it in myself with glue, and it stayed in place.
I also stopped using the bungee cord, which I was sure did not help the issue. VW seems now to go straight to sticking it back in place.
I used a clear window waterproof mastic. Left the roof up overnight to dry. No issues after using. Pushed back in before sticking only lasted a couple of cycles.As a matter of interest, what type of glue did you use? Ours popped out for the first time last week while at Silverstone in the hot weather. Managed to push it back in again, but for sure this is not a permanent fix. I have the 5 year warranty which expires in October, but my experience with this type of problem is that dealers are unwilling to do a warranty repair unless they can reproduce the fault in their garage - and sod’s law says that it will work perfectly when trying to demonstrate to them!
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