The windscreen and three of the doors were leaking on this Vauxhall Astra.
The problem with the doors were twofold. Firstly, the drainage holes at the bottoms of the doors were blocked, causing the doors to fill up and overflow, pushing past the membrane. Secondly, the membranes ware beginning to come away, which means any water now running down the inside of the membrane will now pass straight through.
Solution: The windscreen will need to be refitted which isn't such an expensive job, after all there is no need to buy a new screen, it just needs to be re-sealed. We will remove the door membranes and wash out the bottom of the doors ensuring there is no debris in there that can block the drainage holes, then membranes will be re-fitted and carefully sealed.
Up to a third of the cost of your car was computers, processors and sensors. Delicate electrical systems hidden under your carpets, which might now be sitting in water.
Question: "Why is my car floor wet when it rains? The carpet is sopping on the passenger side."
Answer: There are numerous ways water can be leaking in to the front. A leaky sunroof, through the doors, badly fitted windscreen or even through the bulkhead. We test all these areas, and it's not unusual to find more than one leak, for example both doors leaking. That why our Leak Detection Service is tailored the way it is.
You had a rain water leak in your car, and you got it fixed. What next? It will dry out on its own right? Maybe you can just vacuum the carpets, and it will dry?
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This car came to us with a suspected rain water leak, there were wet carpets and water on some of the door shuts. We performed our water leak detection inspection and found the source of the leaks.
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Because of the freezing weather, we weren't happy with our initial inspection, so we checked again.
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In this second part of the video James demonstrates where the leaks are in the back of the car.
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In this video James shows where the water is appearing on this Vauxhall Astra. It is pooling under the carpets on the driver's side.
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This Insignia has water in the boot, which we traced to one rear vent, which is resulting in wet carpets throughout the car.
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Modern cars are constructed by spot-welding the panels together. This is strong enough to hold your car together, but it doesn't make them waterproof, as the seams aren't welded all the way along.
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We offer a specialist car water leak find and fix service, as well as a professional car carpet drying service.
If you would like to have your car water leak investigated by the professionals, you can find out more on our car water leaks page.
If you would like to speak to one of our technicians, simply request a callback by filling in the form on our contact page.
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