Tiptronic lever self destruction

[jimbof]

I had my tiptronic lever repaired (replaced?) under warranty two and a half years ago.  It had the common floppy / sticky button issue.

 

Yesterday the snazzy beauty trim came off in my hands while parking... which was interesting as I thought these were basically impossible to take apart.

 

Anyhow, looks like some clips at the top of the trim have snapped and given way, along with a fatigued clip along the back of the trim.  It basically slides down onto the lever but in it's current state won't click on.  

 

 

You can see in the top of the lever, with the trim removed, an access hole for the mechanism.  I attach the photos in case they are of use to you guys.

 

 

Anyhow, I refuse to spend any more money on repairing sillinesses on this car - a small amount of hot melt glue to the back and top of the trim and the trim is held securely back on now.

 

 

 

 

[jimbof]

It looks like options for repairing the button if broken are very limited - the main body of the lever is a rubber over moulding over the plastic mechanism and button - so no way to remove the button without cutting into the rubber moulding.

[oh_superb]

Anyone tried this on the Superb?

 

http://www.momousa.com/store/index.php/tuning/shift-knobs/automatico.html

 

My tip lever has been feeling wonky for the last 5 years, and has a crack in the "wood", but still works fine

[jimbof]

The US Passat guys have adapters available which let you use any manual gearknob - you pull the knob up to have the same effect as pushing the button in.