Wet Floor Behind Driver?
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do a search on the vapor barrier
i checked that and its totally fine. its raining now and it doesent look like it leaks anywhere. However i will look at vapor barrier. The worst part is its just a circle no bigger than a dinner plate in the middle of the floor.
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it can leak from your front door and come trough the center ac vent under the seat. that's what happened to me
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My rubber seal was sagging on the bottom of my front passenger door and that caused my leaking... fyi
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I had this happen to me. I replaced all my vapor barriers and it solved the problem. You can get the heavy duty black rubber sealant strips that they use for Windshields and vapor barriers. All mine had noticeable holes in them. Careful taking off panels as to not break clips. Test with a hose afterwards to make sure you solved the problem, but you should know whether or not its the vapor barriers as soon as you see the existing ones, if they have leaks, you've found your problem.
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If VB, then it could be because of rips, could be because the butyl tape wasn't put on properly when someone was in that door before.
You can get 3M Window Weld Roll (aka dum dum aka butyl tape) from autobody supply house.
Don't assume it's VB just yet. Have someone outside spray the car with water first and see if you can find the source. If VB, then it'll come out at the bottom of door panel.
It's also possible one of the roof drains is clogged or separated, I believe that can drip down B pillar and would end where you see it...so check at bottom of B pillar too when you're spraying the car. You might just have a leak in sunroof seal?
GLW seal!
You can get 3M Window Weld Roll (aka dum dum aka butyl tape) from autobody supply house.
Don't assume it's VB just yet. Have someone outside spray the car with water first and see if you can find the source. If VB, then it'll come out at the bottom of door panel.
It's also possible one of the roof drains is clogged or separated, I believe that can drip down B pillar and would end where you see it...so check at bottom of B pillar too when you're spraying the car. You might just have a leak in sunroof seal?
GLW seal!
i ruled that one out already. :shhh:
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It can come from anywhere. And that's the worst part of water in passenger compartment. Leave it to the mechanic.
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IMO unless you don't like money try it yourself . If all else fails than mechanic
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If the vapor barrier has come apart from the door you can also use black rubber cement
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simply remove the door panel, it takes a minute or 2. once removed you will probably either see the vapor barrier torn or the bottom of the vapor barrier is not sealed to the body of the car with the butyl tape.... or both. dont waste your time repairing the barrier... becuase if you did a poor job, you still going to have a leak. Invest the 30 bucks or so to get a new barrier if its torn. dont reuse the butyl tape either, take a few minutes and remove all of it. if your a or c pillars have water stains on them, your sun roof drains are clogged... probabbly wouldnt hurt to clean those out while your out there anyway.... if you took it to the dealer, you are looking at a minimum of 2 hours.. or thats what I would charge.. ... 135/hr to boot.
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My sunroof drain was loose when I bought my car, only drained down behind the drivers door. Ruined a couple books for college. Check your pillar covers to see if any are wet. That passenger side floor pan can hold a few inches of water before spilling forward into the drivers front.
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