Mine`s an 06 & dent free (touch wood)

i have very slight dints in the same place as you guys ive had my car 2years and didnt have them when i got it, any have now, and before anyone says or VX tell me, NO IT WAS NOT SHOPPING lol im a 20 year old lad and i dont do shopping and hardly anything ever goes in my boot, and my car lives in a double garage most of the time. its got to be some fault because everyones is in the same place just glad mine aint that bad and only slight

Interesting! Does anyone know a good "paintless dent removal" man who would be able to repair these dents and covers the Orpington/Bromley (Kent) area? I tried one local dent man who declined when he saw where they were as he couldn't get to them. I popped along to Vauxhall bodyshop last weekend - they want to charge £500!!!! Would probably be cheaper to replace the panels . . . . . and don't really want to spend that kind of money if there is a chance it might re-occur.

Hi all,

Have just joined the site today as have been having problems with my roof not working and just paid out £600 for a new loom to be fitted in the boot area.

I am astounded to see all of these comments and photos about the dents. My car developed one of these about a year ago, it was a total mystery until today. I will definately post a photo and let's hope that we can get Vauxhall to admit to this fault.

Lissco, an 09 plate should still be covered under the manufacturer's 3 year warranty and as these dents are almost certainly caused by the roof mechanism not operating properly I suggest you pursue that line with your dealer and push for a free warranty repair. Chances are the dealer will say they've never seen dents like this before so reference them to this site where there's evidence of other examples and also of others being repaired no quibble under warranty. Hope this helps, keep us posted.

Further to my post on 7th May, I attach photos of the dent on my TT

Blimey mate that's the worst looking one that I've seen

Mine has very similar dents on one panel (which I have to own up to causing). Just had the car from new for 3 weeks and operated the boot button for the first time to put a box in, which must have pushed an umbrella up slightly above the luggage line. Lowered the boot lid ok but it was obvious that something was wrong when I tried to raise the roof later - won't do that again!

I haven't been on the site for the last 12 months and read with interest about all of the roof dents. Luckily I have suffered. However, as a lot of people have suffered, if a catalogue of similar instances are pulled together by someone to show that it is likely a type/design/manufacturing problem then there may be a solution in the "Sale of Goods Act 1979". In this Act if something becomes faulty within 6 months of sale it is deemed by the Act that it was faulty at the time of sale unless the seller can prove otherwise. The seller (not Vauxhall) is liable to fix it at the sellers cost. Also if something becomes faulty within 6 YEARS of sale the seller is liable to fix it at the sellers cost if the buyer can reasonably (not absolutely) demonstrate that it was faulty at the point of sale. The dents seem to be a type fault. That is something was wrong at the time of sale that subsequently caused them to occur. With all of the evidence on this website it would appear, on the balance of evidence that there is something wrong with the roof at the selling stage. It needs someone with dents to take the dealer who sold them the car (not Vauxhall) to the small claims court. The fee would be modest (about £50-£60). I have used this method successfully regarding the failure of the windbreak in my car. I helped my neighbour to get a full refund from a dealer on the purchase price of a 2nd hand car using this method.

Same thing applies with roof wiring harness problems

Hi, joined today after my TT has developed 1 of these dints, thought initially that someone had whacked it. After carefull thought i sussed it was my windbreak which we had left in the boot not fully folded up. Contacted derby vauxhall at same time they were supposed to besorting the roof rattle out, as its still in 1 year warranty. They contacted head office at vauxhall who didn't want to know. Nowhere in any vauxhall literature does it warn about not completely folding up wind break, just warning signs about not putting suitcases in the sides of the boot. I putting together a carefully worded letter to vauxhall at the moment. Will send photos later when the wife comes back from work in the car. Ps roof rattle still not sorted, other than that we love the car.

No dents yet - 2008 DERV. Had it a year, 31000m now and open roof frequently. Meticulous about making sure boot is clear and always make doubly sure nothing is poking through the net, but if it's a boot contents problem it must be either side shelves or inside parcel shelf. Interesting comment from miraflores on boot button connection - must watch out for that. Sympathies for your 11 plate damage - sickening. Just don't ask me about EGRs, DPFs or DMFs (all failed)

Hi! Colin Payne, TT owner from new, 1.8 06 plate. Sorry no photos but the damage I have is similar to all the other pictures. However, mine has only just occured and I was obviously very annoyed when I saw the damage. I then had a good look to see if I could see how it happened. I opened the roof in stages checking all the time till it was fully open. No problems or obstructions there. Then I opened the boot and slid my hand under the roof where the damage was and saw how small the clearance was. It was then I realized what had caused the damage. The wind deflector had been in the boot, crosswise over the well and resting on the sides. The roof had been opened with it in and trapped the deflector between the roof and the boot side. Now, obviously the curtain was drawn over the space, with the deflector sat nicely under it, giving the impression the it was safe to open the roof. Not So! I know for a fact that this was the cause as the witness marks were in the boot covering. So, it would seem to be self inflicted! Therefore the answer to these dents as far as I can see is that despite the curtain giving the guide height for the contents, you can not have anything at all on the "shelves" either side of the well. I hope this helps someone to avoid damaging their roof! Colin

Good points well raised. Nice for the piece of mind to know what has caused the damage. A good PDR man will be able to sort the dent for probably around £65
so not too an expensive lesson learnt. But hopefully your post will avoid the same occurrence for other forum members. Thank You

Noticed a dent in the nearside pillar next to the rear window with a small scratch in the lacquer where it had dragged so I slowly took the roof down to see if it was catching on anything it appeared to be although it was very close to the carpeting when fully retracted. So close in fact that it was probably millimetres away. I put the roof back up and felt the carpet there seemed to be a lump in it so I lifted it and underneath is a large electrical module which has a 10mm bolt connecting it to the body work, I slackened the bolt and tried to push the module down to give me more clearance but it doesn’t move. So I’m stuck with an inch long dent and worried whether it’s going to continue to mark my roof pillars every time I open the roof.

Has there been any development with this matter?

Well I've since had my dents repaired (both sides!) for £120, which was reasonable compared to Vauxhall's quote of £500+ and so far no further problems, although I do still worry every time I put the roof down. I also noticed the "lumps" on the sides but, like you, didn't think the roof panel was hitting that . . . but what's to say on occasion the mechanism doesn't take the roof down a few millimeters further? I am still dubious about the cause as I am adamant I didn't have anything obstructive placed either under the curtain or on the side shelves . . . . and the fact these dents all seem to appear in practically the same place on the panels leads me to believe it could well possibly have been the "bolts"?? I've not seen any conclusive evidence either way but would be great if someone else has.

hi,pleased to know the dents are happening to quite a lot of cars, we have had our 57 reg car for 3 months, bought the car from gates of ford second hand and noticed two circular dents in the black metal trim next to the rear window, my first thought was something must have fell on it eg a tree log , it now appears this is a common fault, we took the car back to gates of ford and told them about this forum, they contacted a vauxhall roof specialist and his conclusion is the dents are caused by placing something in the boot on the raised area,s, the roof specialist did concede that these dents are a common fault, however , conveniently blame the customer for placing something in the boot ,in an area of the boot where one should not place things, this is all very well exept what about a scenario of going over a bump and an object jumps from the area of boot space which we are allowed to use and in to the prohibited area, all this is presuming the fault lies with mis use of storage in the boot. naturaly the damage caused leaves the car looking ugly and unless vauxhall acknowledge there proportion of blame in the desighn all there cars will look ugly and lack of good customer care will bite them back

hi everyone what you read above is exactly happened to my and it cost me £310 to have them dents filled on both sides .because i left the wind deflector in the boot crosswise under the drawn curtain,sorry for my bad english so pls dont put anything in the boot when you next time have the roof down

Hi,
I brought my TT earlier this month, 08 plate. No dents. Colin, I'm glad you did what you did. As this is exactly what I hoped to have seen on this thread for advice for dent less owners.
Lissco, though not a remedy, if you were to put a small smear of grease on the lobe, then if your dents reoccurred, at least you'd be able to positively assess whether it's the bolts causing the problem. As John said, if there's such little clearance, a bump in the road could easily cause enough movement in the boot to cause the damage.

Found a similar dent in my tt roof which I put down to carrying a heavy item namely a pressure washer in the boot and driving over sleeping policemen near to my home. Sorry no photos as we got it repaired pdq by a friend in the bodyshop trade for £80 mates rates.