vinkodex.Sliding door: wear of the lower roller and the guide rail
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cheap repair
severity
not available
mileage
2
sources
2 sources next to the write-up.
The fault
How you spot it
The Caddy sliding door is opened many times a day, and the lower roller carries the weight of the door. That is what wears first: the door is hard to start moving, it grinds, it sticks halfway, and finally it "drops". The door gap visibly differs at the top and the bottom. If the mounting of the guide rail works loose, the door presses against the body, and a rub mark is left on the paint. If the roller is not replaced, the hinge and the bodywork are damaged too. On a version with a sliding door on both sides, check both.
Which model
Who it affects
The card opens the generation, the engine or the transmission.
Generations and models
4 generations.
Volkswagen
III
Caddy
Rudolf Stricker / CC BY-SA 3.0
Volkswagen Caddy III
2003–2010
Volkswagen
III.5
Caddy
Volkswagen Caddy III.5
2010–2015
Volkswagen
IV
Caddy
Volkswagen Caddy IV
2015–2020
Volkswagen
V
Caddy
Volkswagen Caddy V
2020–
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Sliding door: wear of the lower roller and the guide rail
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