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Re: Water on right rear passenger carpet (archive)
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Posted by Jim Cash on May 23, 2000 at 08:09:48:

In Reply to: Water on right rear passenger carpet posted by Eric on May 21, 2000 at 13:33:49:

: After a rain storm, the carpet on the floor of the right rear passenger area was soaked with water. The door was closed completely and the window was all the way up during the storm. Any suggestions as to where this could've come from, and how to prevent it from occurring in the future?


It is not going to be the floor mat clips - they do not penetrate the floor - nothing does.

I would be suspecious of the sunroof. There are 4 drain tubes (one at each corner).
The front ones go down through the A pillars and the rear ones go down through the C pillars - into the trunk and out the sides - you can see the black plastic tubes going out the body juyst above the battery and behind the stereo amp. If any of these are blocked (or kinked in the trunk area) they will not drain - and guess where the water is going to go.

Cheers

Jim Cash

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