Water in rear floor well 206

Water pools in the footwell behind the front seat after it rains. It seems to
be entering at the bottom of the rear door near the centre, but I can't see
how to prevent this. It comes in mostly on the passenger side when its parked
with that side away from the kerb. Anyone else had this problem?

Luckily the carpet seems to be backed with plastic so the water does not
spread elsewhere, and is relatively easy to mop up, but is causing terrible
misting up problems - or perhaps I have a leaky heater radiator as well!!

This is a 3 year old X reg.

 

If you take off the door trim, you can check the white membrane that
covers the access holes into the door. Make sure there are no splits
in it, and that it is properly stuck down around the edges. If not the
best thing is to renew it.
Shouldn't think it would be the heater matrix, as you would get it in
the front footwells first. You could taste it and see if it is
sweet!!!

 

Thanks Nigel, I'll have a look at that tomorrow.

 

Do you have a sunroof? It'll have a drainage passage that runs from the roof
down the side pillars and out at the bottom. I've heard that if this passage
gets blocked water can end up in the car.

Mark

 

Yes! Original thread is here: http://snipurl.com/3qwu

Solution was to get the rear door seals replaced.

Took the dealer (Palmers, St Albans) 3 goes to get it right
though.....

Look for water on the door seal after rain (or a good hosing)

-Rob

 

Thanks Rob, and all. There are signs of it getting through the seal at the
bottom of the door. At the moment I'm putting a dry towel down and replacing
it every day if it rained. That is keeping it fairly dry but obviously only
temporary till i can really loacate it. It's got to go for its clevis pin
recall soon so maybe i'll get them to do it.

Phil

 

No, it's got aircon instead.

Phil