mgb

Has anyone noticed rain water collecting in the door well on the rear passenger doors? The inner door seal is doing it's job and no moisture is getting to the interior but there is a pool of water that will drain out when I open the door, this appears to only be happening on the driver's side. Long term that isn't good.

I was at the dealership today and they looked at it and couldn't find a problem, they said they'd need to have the car for longer (I was just in for the seatbelt recall) to find the root cause. I'll most likely set up an appointment after Christmas but wondered if anyone else had experienced this..

mRVRsport

Not directly related but is something to look into also, one of our members have noticed water/rain seepage into the rear hatch, right above the license plate.

mRVRsport

Okay, found my old thread... Look into your window 'channel' seals, it's probably where your leakage problem is coming from. >>

https://www.evolutionm.net/forums/ou...formation.html

You should take a closer look at how your rubber seals mate to the window frame(s).
Let me know what you find out.

mRVRsport

Alright.. here's that thread I was thinking about earlier (regarding the hatch) but couldn't remember the title >


https://www.evolutionm.net/forums/ou...t-already.html




So, don't let that standing water in your door turn into this issue...
.

mgb

Yeah I remember that one and I do think it has to be the outer door seal, I'll get to the bottom of it.

Burtonrider1002

This lazy jerk still hasn't gone to the dealer yet.

mRVRsport

I know, right?
What's with him... Should we report him to the Admins??

You'd think he's r'laxing on some remote island, being hand served

all day long or something...

mgb

Here's what's going on, can't embed the video from flickr for some reason :-

https://flic.kr/p/qei9A3

mRVRsport

I see..
Hard to tell for sure... but could it be catching rain between the B pillars or around that area?

You can test that theory by blocking that "seam" up with painter's tape and see if you're still capturing water.

mRVRsport

Okay, so if it's not the window channel seals then it could be this >



- The outer "edge" rubber is some how defective and not providing a good seal between the window frame and roof frame... (this is only a guess.)

Or,

It could be the chrome trim at the base of the window not pressing against the glass tight enough, allowing rain to seep in.