4.0

definitely annoying
Typical Repair Cost:
$140
Average Mileage:
78,000 miles
Total Complaints:
1 complaints

Most common solutions:

  1. replace mirrors (1 reports)
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problem #1

Apr 022016

GTI Autobahn 2.0t Fsi

  • Automatic transmission
  • 78,000 miles

BOTH mirrors (glass part only) fell off the car within 2 weeks of each other. One fell along the roadside - the other, when I checked it, was hanging by a thread.

The car is only 8 years old - I've never heard of mirrors falling off the car. I"ve seen junkers in the junkyard that are 40+ years old and still have the same mirrors on them.

It was easy to fix by myself. Just pop off the plastic mirror part and snap on a new one (although I used JB weld for the other - we'll see how long it stays on.

- vlan, Burlington, VT, US