Leak in the rear subwoofer area.
Leak in the rear subwoofer area.
I noticed there's water cumulating around the subwoofer area after rain. Anyone have idea where could the water coming from? Is it a expensive/difficult fix??
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Yeah, mine had a flood in it.
Neverminded I jinxed it, there's leak in the car again. What did they do the fix your leak for $650? Just cleaning your gasket for $650? The sunroof or the hatch gasket?
Last edited by omygod711; Mar 10, 2024 at 11:39 AM.
Same problem here. After a rain or washing the car get water dripping from the acces panel where the manual gas door cable is located. I went thru an exercise where taped off every possible entry points. The entire sun roof was taped, the black filler strip was taped, the fuel door and the joints in the tail lights until I got no leaks. Then began removing the tape to try to isolate the source. I concluded that the leak is from the sun roof but was unable to determine which joint. Come to find out that the sun roof is designed to have a "controlled leak" and the corner drains (two in front and two in the rear of the stationary glass) should take care of the leaking.
The two front drains are easy as they are accessible and they were clear. They drained aft of the front wheels. The trough between the front and back glass inside the car had some crud that I was able to clean out.
The problem is that the two rear drains under the stationary glass are impossible to access and clean out. I verified by pouring water in the sun roof frame that the passenger side rear drain was functional with water exiting above the rear tire. The drivers side drain is plugged and pouring water in the driver side of the frame almost instantly caused water to leak out near the fuel door manual cable into that plastic well.
Now I need a plan to access that drain. 1) remove the left rear tire and wheel well liner to try to locate the drain and blow it out from below. 2) pull the left side inside rear panels to try to access the drain hose and see what's wrong there which could involve pulling the head liner.
I think I'll start with option #1 but if that clears the clog the debris will still be up in the sun roof frame and may reoccur.
I'll update as I progress.
Note: I park the car under some large oak trees and they are especially "dirty" in the spring pollen season so that will have to be corrected.
The two front drains are easy as they are accessible and they were clear. They drained aft of the front wheels. The trough between the front and back glass inside the car had some crud that I was able to clean out.
The problem is that the two rear drains under the stationary glass are impossible to access and clean out. I verified by pouring water in the sun roof frame that the passenger side rear drain was functional with water exiting above the rear tire. The drivers side drain is plugged and pouring water in the driver side of the frame almost instantly caused water to leak out near the fuel door manual cable into that plastic well.
Now I need a plan to access that drain. 1) remove the left rear tire and wheel well liner to try to locate the drain and blow it out from below. 2) pull the left side inside rear panels to try to access the drain hose and see what's wrong there which could involve pulling the head liner.
I think I'll start with option #1 but if that clears the clog the debris will still be up in the sun roof frame and may reoccur.
I'll update as I progress.
Note: I park the car under some large oak trees and they are especially "dirty" in the spring pollen season so that will have to be corrected.
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Pulled the left rear tire and removed the inner liner. The drain for the rear glass is a small "lip valve" right at the top of the wheel well. Probing with trimmer string didn't work because there is an elbow near the drain opening. Used compressed air
Lowered the car so the left side was low and poured water thru the seal in the rear glass and sure enough got water from the drain.
Pain in the butt getting all inner liner fasteners to line up.
Been thru two storms and several car washings and no leaks.
Lowered the car so the left side was low and poured water thru the seal in the rear glass and sure enough got water from the drain.
Pain in the butt getting all inner liner fasteners to line up.
Been thru two storms and several car washings and no leaks.
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