I am pissed. I've had a slow water leak (only appears when it rains heavily) for as long as I've owned my rig and *no one* has been able to say for sure what it leaking (despite having it water tested twice for a few hundred dollars)--and we're getting rain in Portland now. I bet someone here can help. Here's the deal:
Carpet gets wet--not sopping or soaking, but more than moist--most noticeably on the interior hump of the rear wheel (passenger side)...sometimes down to the floor...and if its really bad, I can feel moisture on the carpet in the passenger side cargo area. VERY TELLING is that the rear passenger seat belt will be REALLY wet (when pulled and you get at the area that's been coiled up.)
Sunroof drains are fine. Seals around the rear passenger door (and moisture barrier) and rear cargo silder are (said to be) fine. The only interesting diagnosis I got once was that the body seal in the rain gutter on that side might be cracked and rain gets in there-- had a guy shoot a little sealant on one suspicious area (from an old gutter mounted rack) but my seatbelt is still really wet.
I feel like if I could access the seat belt winder I might be able to trace a leak--has anyone done this? I don't have my FSM yet, so any tips on getting that panel off OR BETTER YET any good ideas about what might be leaking and where (and WHY IT SETTLES AROUND THE REAR PASSENGER SEATBELT AREA) would be a great gift for my 40th b-day.
Thanks all. I hate being pissed.
Carpet gets wet--not sopping or soaking, but more than moist--most noticeably on the interior hump of the rear wheel (passenger side)...sometimes down to the floor...and if its really bad, I can feel moisture on the carpet in the passenger side cargo area. VERY TELLING is that the rear passenger seat belt will be REALLY wet (when pulled and you get at the area that's been coiled up.)
Sunroof drains are fine. Seals around the rear passenger door (and moisture barrier) and rear cargo silder are (said to be) fine. The only interesting diagnosis I got once was that the body seal in the rain gutter on that side might be cracked and rain gets in there-- had a guy shoot a little sealant on one suspicious area (from an old gutter mounted rack) but my seatbelt is still really wet.
I feel like if I could access the seat belt winder I might be able to trace a leak--has anyone done this? I don't have my FSM yet, so any tips on getting that panel off OR BETTER YET any good ideas about what might be leaking and where (and WHY IT SETTLES AROUND THE REAR PASSENGER SEATBELT AREA) would be a great gift for my 40th b-day.
Thanks all. I hate being pissed.