Rubber gromits in the door sills

NickOSullivan · Post by **NickOSullivan** » Sat Aug 23, 2014 10:59 am

Hey all

I have recently brought my rocco and one of the rubber gromits in the hole in the door sill is missing.

I have been to a VW dealer but they cannot find the part.

My description is pretty useless but its a hole that a kinda of bracket on the bottom of the door sits in.

Any help would be awesome.

Thanks in advance.

iforland · Post by **iforland** » Sat Aug 23, 2014 11:53 am

I believe the part you require is 1K8837707, its listed in the "83100. DOORS; DOOR HINGE; DOOR SEAL" part of the parts lists.

iforland · Post by **iforland** » Sat Aug 23, 2014 12:00 pm

And here is a screenshot that hopefully confirms that:

NickOSullivan · Post by **NickOSullivan** » Sat Aug 23, 2014 12:06 pm

Thankyou

The screenshot wont load but that may be because im on a work computer.

Any idea where I can order one online?

salsajoe · Post by **salsajoe** » Sun Aug 24, 2014 7:41 pm

Probably have to go to a stealer or TPS for that sort of specialist one car item.

mikealpha60 · Post by **mikealpha60** » Thu Aug 28, 2014 1:14 pm

Must be a commonly missed part - I was missing one from my passenger door too. They sorted after chasing on my 2nd service!

jackhay · Post by **jackhay** » Sat Aug 30, 2014 9:35 pm

I noticed the bracket on the door that pokes through the hole when the door closes. Never seen it on other cars. What does the bracket do - part of the deadlock system maybe?

Cuprabob · Post by **Cuprabob** » Sat Aug 30, 2014 9:54 pm

jackhay wrote:I noticed the bracket on the door that pokes through the hole when the door closes. Never seen it on other cars. What does the bracket do - part of the deadlock system maybe?

Nothing to do with the deadlock system. It part of the side impact protection system and it's function is to hold tbe bottom of the door in place and stop it rotating on a horizontal axis around the door latch.and stop the the top of the door encroaching into the passenger compartment during a side impact. My little Up! also has them so I would expect they are fitted across the whole VW range.

jackhay · Post by **jackhay** » Mon Sep 01, 2014 8:15 am

Cuprabob wrote: It's part of the side impact protection system and its function is to hold tbe bottom of the door in place and stop it rotating on a horizontal axis around the door latch.and stop the the top of the door encroaching into the passenger compartment during a side impact. My little Up! also has them so I would expect they are fitted across the whole VW range.

It sounds like a good idea, thanks for the explanation. It's not present on my wife's Golf Mk5 so obviously it's a more recent development.

Cuprabob · Post by **Cuprabob** » Mon Sep 01, 2014 9:29 am

Yes, it's quite a recent addition to the model range and is no doubt.a requirement to meet the highest NCAP standards.

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