Water In back footwell of Fit (Jazz)

[Perrenoud Fit]

The glue you are speaking of is a ribbon of dum dum (no pund intended) and there should be a drain some were in the bottom of the doors. This is the 2nd time I have read about this same issue with the Fit. The window seal won't keep out 100% of the rain from the door cavity thats why the factory uses the plastic and ribbon calk behind the door pannel. The water is suppose to drain out of the door long before it reaches the top of the cavity lip, it seems as if the drain is clogged up?? To check open the door and look to see if there is a small oval hole for the water to exit from the cavity before the gasket.
I repaired a few cars that had rusted bottom edges and it was from clogged or trash slowing down the drain.

[Carbuff2]

We had this problem on our 07. Both front doors were leaking onto the front carpets!

Car is still under warranty so had the dealer look at it. Brought this topic in to give them a hint.

It took them two days to fix, but everything seems to be OK.

Funny, I had heard about this problem before (especially regards the rear carpet) so I was looking out for it, but it happened all of a sudden...

[vallerys]

Wow,

This really seems like the problem I'm having with my '07 Fit too! But I just over-mileaged my Warranty. We took it to the dealer, they said the entire carpet from the front Driverside to the back, BOTH sides are completely soaked through!!! They had to take all of the carpets out, order new ones and take all the doors apart before they found a problem in the front door seal - I hope they have it right! Now, they are asking us for $800! So, what do y'all think of that! Oh, it makes me so angry. I have never had the seals removed!

Sandy

[cowflex]

damn that sucks for everyone who has this problem. i have a 07 too, but for me luckily so far so good. mang i love the fit but all these little problems hold it back =[

[Carbuff2]

Originally Posted by vallerys

Wow,

This really seems like the problem I'm having with my '07 Fit too! But I just over-mileaged my Warranty. We took it to the dealer, they said the entire carpet from the front Driverside to the back, BOTH sides are completely soaked through!!! They had to take all of the carpets out, order new ones and take all the doors apart before they found a problem in the front door seal - I hope they have it right! Now, they are asking us for $800! So, what do y'all think of that! Oh, it makes me so angry. I have never had the seals removed!

Sandy

Have you called Honda Corporate (number in back of the owners manual) to see if they will assume some of the cost? Be polite but firm.

Unless you have mildew or a smell, I question the need to actually replace the carpets. They should dry out in time.

Get back to us with the outcome.


(Our dealer took three days to fix this because they needed to verify the source of the leak and the repair.)

[krakhed]

Originally Posted by vallerys

Wow,

This really seems like the problem I'm having with my '07 Fit too! But I just over-mileaged my Warranty. We took it to the dealer, they said the entire carpet from the front Driverside to the back, BOTH sides are completely soaked through!!! They had to take all of the carpets out, order new ones and take all the doors apart before they found a problem in the front door seal - I hope they have it right! Now, they are asking us for $800! So, what do y'all think of that! Oh, it makes me so angry. I have never had the seals removed!

Sandy

Did you get an estimate before they did anything? They should have just shop vac'd it and sealed your doors up right. I have water in my back seats floor again b/c I went and installed sound deadening on my front doors and didn't re-duct the seals back in place (waiting on more deadener for my doors).

If it was so bad as to necessitate them taking it all out, that's not normal "wear and tear". Even if you are 5k miles over.

Call corporate....