Broken Cup Holder

[aaronbromley]

Hello people, i notice the other day that my front cup holder in my Ibiza FR has broken (part of it) the spring loaded section that flips to hold the cup or whatever you put in the holder has broken and fallen off, absolutely no idea how it happened though.

So basically.... where can i get a replacement part from or where can i get the cupholder from?

Thanks guys

 

[spyke85]

May be covered under warranty

 

[aaronbromley]

I will see, but to be honest i think they will call it wear and tear.
Unless anyone here works for a SEAT dealership and can tell me?

 

[Ant FR]

spooky as fook, mine went on sunday, put a can of redbulll in and it fell over, looked at it again and the spring and bit of plastic fell out.

i'm pushing warrnaty

 

[spyke85]

I know at work, Audi, they are covered under warranty.

 

[T. Spark]

Ok, this is very spooky, as last month mine almost did the same, the spring as come out of position, but nothing has snapped... weird!?

 

[gazjones]

im not going to try mine now!!!!!!

 

[Diablo559]

how weird lol the spring in mine doesnt push up the we bit of plastic whats next to go.

 

[Silver Bullet]

My piece of plastic fell also, the dealer wouldn't change it under warranty, still haven't found much use for the cupholder though since it's too small for basically any cup, BTW it didn't really hold red bull cans well even before the little plastic thing broke, noticed it says in the manual to use the cupholder only when the car is stationary so it's useless then, lol

 

[aaronbromley]

My piece of plastic fell also, the dealer wouldn't change it under warranty, still haven't found much use for the cupholder though since it's too small for basically any cup, BTW it didn't really hold red bull cans well even before the little plastic thing broke, noticed it says in the manual to use the cupholder only when the car is stationary so it's useless then, lol

Really? Not read that. Thats a bit daft, its a car not a pick-nick table. Thats annoying, dont like having anything not 100% in the car.

 

[DanDiesel]

mine always takes 2 attempts to close it which gets frustrating

 

[IainW]

Recall for faulty cupholders?

 

[Ol' Timer]

Mine has been fine so far – touch wood – but I never use it.

I bet I'm not the only one whose rear cupholder keeps popping out though, especially when I fold the rear seats!

 

[IainW]

Same here. Don't see the point of it being there to be honest. It's hardly the most secure of cupholders....

 

[Ol' Timer]

I keep meaning to glue mine in with a blob of silicone sealer on each of the clips. That should hold it in place but still allow it to be removed if necessary to get to the screw underneath. One day ...

 

[aaronbromley]

Yeah that annoys me too, why does it come out? is there something else useful that can plug in in its place?

 

[grq]

My cup holder has broke too another common fault eh

And the rear cup holder popping out is extremely annoying

 

[Housey80]

The spring flap on my cup holder went a while ago now and my local dealership replaced it without raising any questions really.

Only problem I had was Seat UK sent the european version of the cupholder three times which didn't match the shape of the console. In the end they took one off the showroom cars to get me sorted

 

[Silver Bullet]

how's the european version different? I am in Mexico and as I see it it must be a european cupholder since only the kids drinks from any fast food place fit (confirming stereotypes I know)

 

[dav150n]

have you not tried your local breakers?
mine broke so i went to the breakers and 1 seemed to just fall in my pocket? (strange that)

just been back for some more things too!

polo aero rear wiper £5
interior light with map lights £5
low tone horn off polo gti (so now am not to press it) £5
biggest rip £15 for light and connectors for glovebox light from the stealers!

just trying to put car to spec which i thought should've been already?