Leak on my Dads 200
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Has windshield been replaced? Is there an accumulation of debris beneath the cowl?
Dash does not need to come out unless the leak has already harmed electronics.
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Water in Passenger Footwell
It is raining here, not a huge storm or anything, just a regular rain. I went out to pick my son up and found a puddle in the footwell. I usually park in the garage so have never noticed this (my bay is filled with camping gear that I need to put away). I tried to see where it is coming from and...
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Factory glass, he’s checking the cowl now and getting back to me
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I assumed as much on the dash pull, they were very adamant about putting him in a 2024 while he was there.Dash does not need to come out unless the leak has already harmed electronics.
Water in Passenger Footwell
It is raining here, not a huge storm or anything, just a regular rain. I went out to pick my son up and found a puddle in the footwell. I usually park in the garage so have never noticed this (my bay is filled with camping gear that I need to put away). I tried to see where it is coming from and...
That's the infamous leak
Does it happen when he's parked nose-down on a downhill or leaning to the right, even slightly? I had a similar issue on my 2009, although the water was showing up closer to the center of the passenger footwell. I recently replaced the windshield cowl and that seemed to do the trick, it's now staying dry during and after heavy rains. I'm a little surprised that this might be happening on a 2017 with original glass, but I suppose the cowl could have degraded if it regularly lives outside in the sun.
A new windshield cowl solved my water leak I had for years. Not a drop in over 6 months.
Just did this fix approx a year ago, followed what @CharlieS - @kwelhand - @lx200inAR - discovered and recommended. (THANK YOU GUYS!)
Our 22/23 winter rains were relentless in SoCal and a couple weeks ago we had a Tropical Storm from Mexico (dropped 7 inches of rain in 24 hours)
I did add a 2 inch thick length of expanding foam to the back of the white cover to help give it an extra air gap above the factory metal
Not a single drop in the passenger footwell
The link above will give you all the info to correct this
Our 22/23 winter rains were relentless in SoCal and a couple weeks ago we had a Tropical Storm from Mexico (dropped 7 inches of rain in 24 hours)
I did add a 2 inch thick length of expanding foam to the back of the white cover to help give it an extra air gap above the factory metal
Not a single drop in the passenger footwell
The link above will give you all the info to correct this
Prior to the finished template, I put 2 layers of 1 inch expanding foam on the back where it would rest on the factory metal. Probably not needed, but seems to work fine
