Water in Trunk

mustangjeffm · 06-05-2009, 06:58 PM

I have an '03 convertible and it poured rain the other night. The next morning I noticed the carpet behind the back seat was soaked. I went to work and when I came home I decided to check out the trunk and sure enough the carpet in the trunk was wet too. Then I pulled the backseat out and noticed water down there too. I let everything dry out and just for the heck of it took my garden hose and drenched my car and noticed water leaking down onto the floorboard under the back seat which I still had removed. I did not see any water in the trunk though. I've read all these messages and it seems I've figured out that the seal on the right 1/4 window is not sealed completely and water is running down the door and leaking onto the floor. But, why is water leaking into the trunk? I have yet to locate the source of this leak. I called an upholstery specialist and they think the rain gutter may either be down or clogged. I never even heard of this. Is this true. Anybody else also have water in the trunk and found a fix? How much does it cost to replace the weatherstripping?

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White002GT · 06-05-2009, 07:09 PM

I've been having the same problem in my 02 Coupe, I still haven't found a source, but I've been cleaning out the trunk jam and less water has been getting in, so I'm guessing when it gets clogged up water overflows somehow?

01red · 06-06-2009, 11:43 PM

I have an 01 vert and have made progress in a dryer back floor. We just had a week of rain here in NJ and things look better than the previous week of rain two weeks ago.

There was leaking from the top behind the curtains as discussed in an earlier post. I sealed up those leaks (for now) and had no water in the in the back dash (where the top goes when down). If that fills, the water goes through the slots behind the seats into the trunk.

I tried to seal leaks from the outer quarter panel to to inner seat area, but still had some water intrusion still. I had created drains around the cable feed troughs by twisting the edge of the openings.

I still had a trace of water under the rear seat, but not enough to drain into the back floor. Today I just punched 2 more holes thru the under back seat area to drain more watrer faster. I hope this will drain the rest of the water next rain storm (next week?)