Sprung a Leak!

[FNJ-GTI]

Hi All, This morning on the way to work it was raining fairly heavily and at one point I felt a drop of water on my right hand. I looked up to the window to see a few drops of water had collected along the rubber seal that is on the internal arm of the door, the bit that has the speaker built in. Wondered if anyone else has had a leak in their car? Just to state that its not from the seal that the window rest into, but on the one about an inch into the car. Any advise would be appreciated, is this the sort of thing I should be taking to my dealer?

[Mohsin]

Hello,

Are you sure it is definitely leaking? Not just the rain getting on the inside of the window when you opened the door to get in?

[FNJ-GTI]

Hi Mohsin, Im not 100% sure but after I had felt the first few drips I wiped the seal, and then some more droplets appeared after a while. It could be water that has snuk in when I opened the door. Ill do some investigateing. Just seems odd that its never happened before and we have had some awful weather in the recent months.

[Chief1337]

Put some kitchen roll on the inside of the door / seat and then get the hose pipe out, soon find out if you have a leak! :-) Get yourself straight down the dealer for some new seals if it is the case. Had a few nice days recently, so maybe the rubber has warped slightly (you'd hope not!!)

[Mohsin]

Let us know how you get on! It used to happen on my Leon where I thought the seal was leaking exactly as you described, but discovered it can't be if I wash my car with a pressure washer and no water leaks in then!

[FNJ-GTI]

Put some kitchen roll on the inside of the door / seat and then get the hose pipe out, soon find out if you have a leak! :-) Get yourself straight down the dealer for some new seals if it is the case. Had a few nice days recently, so maybe the rubber has warped slightly (you'd hope not!!)

Good idea, Ill try that. Never noticed it on previous washes though, hope the rubber hasn't warped. thanks guys for the advice, I will post any updates on the situation.

[Chief1337]

Good luck and keep us posted!

[mcmaddy]

You generally won't find a leak with a hose pipe but believe it or not rain water will find a way through. Strange but true and I've had two cars that were exactly this way. No matter how much hose pipe water was sprayed they never leaked a drop but when it rained it leaked.

[FNJ-GTI]

I think mcmaddy Is right, I had a look after work last night and when I open my door the top seal/felt/rubber strip running along the top of the door frame was very wet, so I think it must have been rain getting in when I opened the door which proceeded to work its way through into the car. Looked this morning and the strip is still a bit wet so It doesn't dry out that easily. Im really hoping its a one off due to the heavy rain as I got in my car.

[monkeyhanger]

Getting a bit of rain from the roof when you open the door isn’t to be unexpected on a modern VW, those rain channels on the roof edges aren’t particularly deep.