roof rubber strips

[dianebrat]

Ok, I thought for sure I would find this in the archives of Genvibe, but I must not be searching on the right phrase.There are 2 rubber gasket-like strips on the vibe roof in front of the roof rails, one on each side naturally, and well mine are loose, I found this after running through the car wash (yes, yes, I know I'm a bad vibe mom, I use a car wash instead of doing it by hand)They just don't seem to press in that tightly into the channel on the roof, am I missing something?Diane

[northvibe]

Did you get any leaks? I think mine were...meh loose too....Do you park outside? I see you have a 06 so if there is a issue it should be under warranty, id wait to see some other members responses though...

[prathman]

One of those came loose on our daughter's Vibe as well - also from a carwash. Since we were leaving on a 2400 mile trip the next day I didn't want to wait for a dealer fix and just pushed it back in place along with some glue to secure it. It's been staying put ok.AFAIK, the strips are just cosmetic (probably hide a weld seam) and aren't needed to avoid leaks.

[dianebrat]

Quote, originally posted by northvibe »Did you get any leaks? I think mine were...meh loose too....Do you park outside? I see you have a 06 so if there is a issue it should be under warrantyno leaks, they *appear* cosmetic to hide the seam that also winds up having the roof rails in them. 2nd point in agreement, yup outside parker, and while the car is only 8 months old, I promise it sat out in the open baking for a year plus before I bought it.On the dealer front *heavy sigh* my dealer went out of business 3 months after I bought the car, and too bad because they were a fairly upfront and solid crew that got in too deep when they added a GM, Buick, Pontiac dealership to match their long-running Chevy operation. So the only other dealers are folks I don't really trust, or are way out of the way.Diane