It depends on the brand of the car, and who they have outsourced the OEM racks to. I looked at the factory BMW rack (basically a Thule) but because it needed tools to remove the crossbars, and I already had most of the Yakima stuff I went Yak. For my year and model - Their system uses small landing pads that bolt to the car with quick clips to get most of the rack off...
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I HAD one on my '09 VW Tiguan until it broke a month later and my bike almost ended up falling on my panoramic sunroof:
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The bike carrier tore right through the metal on the cross bars. I think this was just an isolated incident though, since Thule makes all VW's racks. I ended up getting my money back from the dealer no questions asked and replaced it with a Thule 450 Crossroad. I'm much happier with it. The OEM one looked much nicer IMO, but the Thule is more versatile.
The bike carrier tore right through the metal on the cross bars. I think this was just an isolated incident though, since Thule makes all VW's racks. I ended up getting my money back from the dealer no questions asked and replaced it with a Thule 450 Crossroad. I'm much happier with it. The OEM one looked much nicer IMO, but the Thule is more versatile.
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I HAD one on my '09 VW Tiguan until it broke a month later and my bike almost ended up falling on my panoramic sunroof:
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The bike carrier tore right through the metal on the cross bars. I think this was just an isolated incident though, since Thule makes all VW's racks. I ended up getting my money back from the dealer no questions asked and replaced it with a Thule 450 Crossroad. I'm much happier with it. The OEM one looked much nicer IMO, but the Thule is more versatile.
The bike carrier tore right through the metal on the cross bars. I think this was just an isolated incident though, since Thule makes all VW's racks. I ended up getting my money back from the dealer no questions asked and replaced it with a Thule 450 Crossroad. I'm much happier with it. The OEM one looked much nicer IMO, but the Thule is more versatile.
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I HAD one on my '09 VW Tiguan until it broke a month later and my bike almost ended up falling on my panoramic sunroof:
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![]()
The bike carrier tore right through the metal on the cross bars. I think this was just an isolated incident though, since Thule makes all VW's racks. I ended up getting my money back from the dealer no questions asked and replaced it with a Thule 450 Crossroad. I'm much happier with it. The OEM one looked much nicer IMO, but the Thule is more versatile.
The bike carrier tore right through the metal on the cross bars. I think this was just an isolated incident though, since Thule makes all VW's racks. I ended up getting my money back from the dealer no questions asked and replaced it with a Thule 450 Crossroad. I'm much happier with it. The OEM one looked much nicer IMO, but the Thule is more versatile.
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I HAD one on my '09 VW Tiguan until it broke a month later and my bike almost ended up falling on my panoramic sunroof:
![]()
![]()
The bike carrier tore right through the metal on the cross bars. I think this was just an isolated incident though, since Thule makes all VW's racks. I ended up getting my money back from the dealer no questions asked and replaced it with a Thule 450 Crossroad. I'm much happier with it. The OEM one looked much nicer IMO, but the Thule is more versatile.
The bike carrier tore right through the metal on the cross bars. I think this was just an isolated incident though, since Thule makes all VW's racks. I ended up getting my money back from the dealer no questions asked and replaced it with a Thule 450 Crossroad. I'm much happier with it. The OEM one looked much nicer IMO, but the Thule is more versatile.
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I HAD one on my '09 VW Tiguan until it broke a month later and my bike almost ended up falling on my panoramic sunroof:
![]()
![]()
The bike carrier tore right through the metal on the cross bars. I think this was just an isolated incident though, since Thule makes all VW's racks. I ended up getting my money back from the dealer no questions asked and replaced it with a Thule 450 Crossroad. I'm much happier with it. The OEM one looked much nicer IMO, but the Thule is more versatile.
The bike carrier tore right through the metal on the cross bars. I think this was just an isolated incident though, since Thule makes all VW's racks. I ended up getting my money back from the dealer no questions asked and replaced it with a Thule 450 Crossroad. I'm much happier with it. The OEM one looked much nicer IMO, but the Thule is more versatile.
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