WARNING - Do NOT put a pen in the Car manual compartment in the glovebox!

**Maverick** · 31-05-2010, 07:40 PM

Originally Posted by Syd118TSI

Sounds like the manual is pretty clear about this, though it's bloody unfortunate for the OP and you'd think that perhaps VW could come to the party a little on this and perhaps only charge for parts.

It's not something that you expect to have to allow for, it seems a perfectly logical place to keep a pen without having meticulously read through the manual before operating the vehicle.

Actually I find it perfectly reasonable to expect you to have read the manual before operating the vehicle. So many times you see people asking the most basic of questions because they haven't bothered to RTFM and this time it's lead to damage of the car.

Pens can be put in the glovebox but just not in the section which is only for the manual. I don't want to see VW cover the car in warnings because people are too lazy to read the manual.

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**Corey_R** · 31-05-2010, 07:42 PM

Originally Posted by Dermot

No No No No No, it says not to put them in the compartment for the manual. It stands to reason that they know there is a risk of damage from objects going in there. However there is obviously a need for the hole, or they would not of gone to the trouble of writing a section into the manual for it. If the manual said, do not put CD's into the CD Player upside down or you may cause damage, would you do it? No.

Yeah - It is fair enough - because it is clear and specifically says that compartment for the manual. It's just unfortunate I guess

**logger** · 31-05-2010, 07:59 PM

Originally Posted by Maverick

Actually I find it perfectly reasonable to expect you to have read the manual before operating the vehicle.

Maverick why don't your comments surprise me? Next thing you'll be saying is we have to pass an exam on the manual as well.
How do you get on when you rent a car? Read the manual from cover to cover before you set off do you ; -)

PS nice choice of phone dude.

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**Maverick** · 31-05-2010, 08:10 PM

Originally Posted by logger

Maverick why don't your comments surprise me? Next thing you'll be saying is we have to pass an exam on the manual as well.

I have advocated that before, make the owners read the manual and pass a test before driving away. It would reduce the posts on here by 60%.

How do you get on when you rent a car? Read the manual from cover to cover before you set off do you ; -)

I normally hire falcons and as their target market is knuckle draggers there isn't much to learn. If it's something like a maxima I'll take a quick read of key areas.

PS nice choice of phone dude.

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**ricksterrr** · 31-05-2010, 08:39 PM

Well I am kicking myself for making such a mistake. It's not something that I ever thought about when I shoved that pen there, but a close read of the manual would've prevented me from doing so. Now I'll have to pay for the damage from that one stray pen.

I guess an upside (if there is one) is that the damage was limited to the climatronic unit... and that doesn't affect the driving experience in anyway. The car is still a pleasure to drive, climatronic has not been used since winter hit, it's just a bit of a pain in the arse when the windows fog up and I can't remove the condensation

Hopefully my unfortunate experience will prevent this from happening in anyone else's car

**Zaul** · 31-05-2010, 08:48 PM

Wow, thanks for the heads up ricksterr..something I definitely won't do. Bad luck, mate.

To be honest when I get my car and read the manual, I'm not sure a section on the glovebox would be something I would really absorb in detail.

**thelairster** · 31-05-2010, 10:02 PM

To summarise, I think laying blame on anyone is almost impossible. It's an unfortunate incident and hopefully the OP may prevent a repeat incident in the future.

**Frankenstrat** · 01-06-2010, 10:28 AM

Originally Posted by Maverick

I normally hire falcons and as their target market is knuckle draggers there isn't much to learn.

Hey, Maverick, you may have just shot yourself in the foot there!

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**Maverick** · 01-06-2010, 11:36 AM

Originally Posted by Frankenstrat

Hey, Maverick, you may have just shot yourself in the foot there!

Just showing that I'm open minded enough to drive a Neanderthal car built with 15 year old technology!

**maca** · 01-06-2010, 12:12 PM

Originally Posted by Frankenstrat

Hey, Maverick, you may have just shot yourself in the foot there!

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That part made me laugh!

In my opinion; you shouldn't have to read a section of the manual on how to operate/store items in your glove compartment. If Volkswagen has to be that pedantic about it, they need to reconsider the overall design for it.

I'm sorry but inserting the CD into the HU upside down is a bad example. Everyone knows how to use a CD player in the same way everyone knows how to use their glove compartment. Regardless of whether you drive a Falcon, Golf or Maxima, the average person will place smaller items (such as pens, chocolates (the compartment is meant to be climate controlled), mobile phone accessories, etc) in the glove box so Volkswagen being the "People's Car", should be catering for these simple requirements.

OP: I'm really sorry to hear about your problem and I hope everything works out smoothly for you. I'm sure your experience will prevent future mishaps regarding pens in gloveboxes