girl loves cars

my sunroof drain gets clogged once a year. i end up having to take it to the mechanic so he can clean it out. it only happens on my passengers side. my car is parked in a garage most of the time but whenever it downpours and my car sits out overnight, i open my car to find a soaking wet passengers side carpet and rubber mat. it's been raining like crazy in ny since sunday and my car was parked outside on sunday and monday nights. tuesday morning i discovered all the water. i'm guessing this happens only to the right side because it's next to the curb on a two way street and the trees are right next to the curb. is there anything i can do to stop this from happening? has anyone else had this happen to them?

Shez

My friend's Redline kept leaking from the sunroof. It was clogged up in the fenders, he said. Check that out. It could just be backed up so much it's filling all the way up to the sunroof. This way, you can just clean it out yourself instead of paying people.

BPacak

sunroof drain?? never heard of it haha. the weather stripping is probably just messed up and you have a leak. probably just need to get it replaced.

NCC-2000

These sunroofs do in fact have drains, one on each corner, they each go down the pillars to get rid of water that happens to make it past the rubber around the glass. When they clog the water has nowhere to go but inside the car.

royce777

iTrader: (29)

get a car without a sunroof like me lol. no i wish i had a sunroof. but these sunroofs always cause problems

Sox-Fan

iTrader: (7)

The thing to figure out is why the water is getting past the seal and inside the sunroof frame in the first place. Yes, the drains should be open and flowing, but no there really shouldn't be all that much water, if any, getting past the sunroof and down the drain.

It rains here in Seattle a LOT. I'd go crazy if my sunroof leaked even just a little. You need to see why it doesn't shut and seal properly.

Tcobalt421

iTrader: (14)

exact same thing happeing to me right now i woke up today with a passenger side full of water ugh, it's so annoying, i hope getting the drain fixed isnt to costly im so sick of sticking towels in my car whenever it rains

07MetallicSC

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happend to me 3-4 times when i first first bought the car. they cleared the drains and knock on wood it was fine going on 4 and a half years

chood711

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It takes about 30 minutes to unclog it yourself. All you have to do is take the headliner down, pull the drain tube out, and blow air into it with a compressor. My rear drivers side got clogged a few months ago.

cobalt523

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i agree lol never heard of it and thats probably the problem

LSJ

This.

I would consider it a "maintenance" thing, as much as it sucks to do. I would rather take an air chuck to it every year then have to deal with a lake in my car.

girl loves cars

thanks for the advice everyone. it looks like i'll have to play with my car this weekend and investigate where the problem is really coming from. i don't mind taking it to the mechanic since he doesn't charge me but these once a year trips to the mechanic are starting to get on my nerves. i feel like i need to bring him donuts or pizza for doing it for free!

girl loves cars

ohh yeah living in NY you know that it's been pouring buckets at random times throughout the past couple of days. i'm excited for the rainless days that are coming our way this weekend

nfarrall

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i find it extremely hard to believe that there are drains leading into the pillars for water to run through

Sox-Fan

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get your believer fixed

wambo92

Same problem here... But I cleaned out the tubes and I am having the same problem. Leaks onto my floor and down the inside 1/4 window. Super annoying! I don't know what I'm gonna do.

girl loves cars

your problem is worse than mine. mine hasn't gotten to the point where it leaks down the 1/4 window. the quickest solution is vacuuming the water out of the car but it gets annoying after a while.

hatrik8

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I realize this is a bit old, but does anyone know how to access the sun roof drain near the kick panel/glove box? I must have a break or disconnect in my drain line because I am also plagued by water on the floor when it rains or I go through the car wash. The dealer wanted something crazy like 4 hours of labor to figure it out and fix it. I've already checked to make sure it was connected at the sun roof, I just can't see where exactly it goes after the bottom of the pillar. Do I need to pull the dash or the kick panel or both? I figure it must've been clogged in the winter, then froze and cracked or broke.