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Originally Posted by FITSutra
I have the same problem and posted my problem at fitfreak. Here's the link to my original posting: Wet carpet. I brought my car to the dealer but they told me my warranty has expired and it would cost me almost $100 for them to take a look at it. Needless to say, everytime it rains here I have to vacuum out the water. |
Did you try the test, you don't have to have the door closed to see if it's coming in via that door panel. No need to get anymore water inside.
The only reason I made the suggestions I did was because of the excellent photos showing close-ups of that door area. That made all the difference in the world.
If your problem is similar, I would think it would not be especially expensive to repair.
Not that I've seen the inside of the door, but folks here have mentioned some kind of plastic water proofing thing that is caulked on??? And looking at the page of parts at Bernardi for 2008 (I wasn't sure of the year of your car), in the Body section, for the back doors, there are several seals mentioned. None are over $40.00 (their prices).
If you try out the pouring of water on the window, and water does come out on the panel, it should be fairly easy and cheap to have them fix. Just my guess, I'm not a mechanic.
It helps if you can tell them where the water is coming out, because then they know where to look and what to fix. As you can see from FirePhoenix's problems, they didn't LOOK inside the door, they only looked at the door surround weatherstripping.
Then they don't spend that precious and costly labor hour time looking at YOUR door surround weatherstripping. They can go right to work on the problem, saving time and money for you.
FirePhoenix did a fabulous job with the photos, documenting everything. JimBob specifically mentioned the water barrier on the inside of the door. And Uncle Gary mentioned drain hole clogging.
You really do want to have that fixed if possible. Let us know how it turns out!
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