October 20, 200718 yr My Impreza is leaking in the rain, and it's pissing me off. All of my carpets are wet after the rain. Does this mean that all of my window seals are leaking?
October 20, 200718 yr I assume that your headliner is dry because you either don't have any leaks from the sunroof or you don't have a sunroof at all. That said the only place the water can come into the front floor mats is through the front windshield sealing or the door seals. To determine how the water is getting in requires someonreto pull back the carpets and kickpanels from both front areas. Then get into the car with a flashlight and close the doors . Then have someone outside of the car run a garden hose with the water under moderate pressure start up the front door crease from the bottom near the rocker panel. They should pause from time to time slowly going up the crease until they get to the driver's side glass and continue up slowly until the roof. All of the time the person inside the car is watching for water leakage inside of the car. Do the same on the passenger side of the car. Then starting at the driver's side of the lowest side corner of the windshield , slowly go up the A pillar and along the top of the windshield to the centre. Again do the same procedure on the passenger side of the car. Somewhere you will find the area where the water is gettting in and know whether you need new weatherstripping or the windshield pulled and resealed. And if you have a sunroof and its draintubes are leaking inside the front A pillars, you can do the same hose procedures starting on the lowest parts of the A pillar and slowly rising up and along the sides of the sunroof. Good luck!
October 21, 200718 yr Yes, it is time consuming, but the alternative is to pay a body shop to do the same thing at $50 an hour or more.
October 21, 200718 yr Good input. I have the same problem with our Impreza now that the rainy season has started again. Luckily passenger side only.
October 21, 200718 yr Finally got a chance to look at mine and here's what I found. http://www.ultimatesubaru.org/forum/showthread.php?t=81097
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