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Darrel Crilley
Hi
I find myself seeking help. We have a 2019 4 motion Ocean. Delighted with the vehicle until ..,on a month long trip round Europe the pop top shudders and vibrates like a wobble board at 70-80 on all French and German motorways. I had driven it to Switzerland in June without roof box. No problem at speed. Now we have a Kamei 500 roofbox fitted. It seems apparent that either this attachment or a failure in the locking mechanism is allowing air in (??). The box seems to be in the right position. I owned two Westfslia Marco Polos over 5 years and never once had any problem with the same roof box attached. I had a manual roof in the first model, an electric hydraulic in the second. There was no question of the quite horrific vibration we now experience. Initially the roof box had very light weight items in it and I’ve subsequently put some heavy bags up front in the box to see if it makes a difference - it doesn’t alter much. The problem is not cross wind dependent since it happens in the calmest conditions snd in all directions. The roof seems to complete its closure process and yields the ‘closed’ message.
Quite perplexed by this problem. Do the pop tops have some intrinsic deficiency wherein they just cannot cope with the extra turbulence a roof box attachment entails ?
I would hope not at the price point and given that this type of vehicle is seen all over Europe in the winter with all manner of ski boxes up top.
VW Commercial Lancashire declared complete ignorance of the issue and could offer no insight at all.
Any help or insights much appreciated.
KR
Darrel
I find myself seeking help. We have a 2019 4 motion Ocean. Delighted with the vehicle until ..,on a month long trip round Europe the pop top shudders and vibrates like a wobble board at 70-80 on all French and German motorways. I had driven it to Switzerland in June without roof box. No problem at speed. Now we have a Kamei 500 roofbox fitted. It seems apparent that either this attachment or a failure in the locking mechanism is allowing air in (??). The box seems to be in the right position. I owned two Westfslia Marco Polos over 5 years and never once had any problem with the same roof box attached. I had a manual roof in the first model, an electric hydraulic in the second. There was no question of the quite horrific vibration we now experience. Initially the roof box had very light weight items in it and I’ve subsequently put some heavy bags up front in the box to see if it makes a difference - it doesn’t alter much. The problem is not cross wind dependent since it happens in the calmest conditions snd in all directions. The roof seems to complete its closure process and yields the ‘closed’ message.
Quite perplexed by this problem. Do the pop tops have some intrinsic deficiency wherein they just cannot cope with the extra turbulence a roof box attachment entails ?
I would hope not at the price point and given that this type of vehicle is seen all over Europe in the winter with all manner of ski boxes up top.
VW Commercial Lancashire declared complete ignorance of the issue and could offer no insight at all.
Any help or insights much appreciated.
KR
Darrel