Hello!
While I was driving with some bikes on the roof bars of my Panda, the front part of the left roof rail (the factory fitted one) got loose. It seems that the screw that is used to fit it came loose. All the left part of the entire bike roof rack felt onto the car and there is some minor damage to the car roof.
The problem is that the bikes could fall and this is not a good idea on the motorway at 60+ mph.
I would certainly advise everyone who is using the roof rails for some kind of roof rack to check the screws and maybe even add some kind of gel on the screws to get them properly connected to the roof, and then it should never happen.
My car has 16.000 miles of which I drove 12500 miles with bikes, skis or a box on the roof. So it could happen on a heavy use.
If someone is interested I could post a picture of the damage.
Have a nice day (better then mine)!
While I was driving with some bikes on the roof bars of my Panda, the front part of the left roof rail (the factory fitted one) got loose. It seems that the screw that is used to fit it came loose. All the left part of the entire bike roof rack felt onto the car and there is some minor damage to the car roof.
The problem is that the bikes could fall and this is not a good idea on the motorway at 60+ mph.
I would certainly advise everyone who is using the roof rails for some kind of roof rack to check the screws and maybe even add some kind of gel on the screws to get them properly connected to the roof, and then it should never happen.
My car has 16.000 miles of which I drove 12500 miles with bikes, skis or a box on the roof. So it could happen on a heavy use.
If someone is interested I could post a picture of the damage.
Have a nice day (better then mine)!