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Ford Fiesta 2009 | Water Leak Found

Ford Fiesta 2009 | Water Leak Found

Name: Ford Fiesta 2009 | Water Leak Found
Uploaded: 2021-06-04T00:00:00+00:00
Duration: 2 min 45 s
Description: Standard stuff on this Ford Fiesta. The sealant which is on the spot-welded seals around the tail-gate hinges has cracked and is letting in water.

Video transcript

0:00 OK, we've got a Ford Fiesta in today, 2009, so we're just going to show you what we've found so far. So concentrating on the back of the car, and we've got these welded seams up here by the gutter strip. If we look very closely, we can see that there's a crack there, so my colleague's just going to put some water up there, and we should have some water coming dripping out of here. So if you want to put some water up there then mate. So we pour

0:26 some water on there without it actually going inside the car. And then what it should then simulate, there we go, so we can see the water is dripping straight out, straight onto my fingers. So we've got the water here. And then what we're going to do is we're going to test the rear air vents behind the rear bumper, and so we're just going to quickly turn our hose on. And what I've got down here is, I've got my twisty camera, and so if I just quickly get this twisty camera in place, it's

0:59 probably gonna be better going now. Okay, so this is your rear air vent, which is behind the rear bumper. And so when my colleague puts a bit of water up behind the rear bumper, simulating that obviously it's out in the rain, we should see water coming through the air vent. Okay, so it's coming in very slowly at that back corner there, and as we can see, obviously it all looks wet. And just to show you as well, up the bank here, if I can just get our camera there, we have

1:55 blanking tape, and the blanking tape has come off, and as we can see there is water making its way past the blanking tape and then working its way down. And it's doing that on both sides. It doesn't seem to be leaking on the air vent on the passenger side, but it is on the driver's side. And then obviously what's then happening is, obviously we're getting water in the boot, and obviously the water was filling up in the spare wheel holder. And the customer has took the water out of the boot, and so obviously it's not that bad. And as we

2:27 can see here, this is where obviously it's starting to collect on the driver's rear. And so I believe we've found everything we've found so far. And with the top welded seams we're guaranteed doing both sides, and the same with the rear air vents as well.

Jun

2021

Standard stuff on this Ford Fiesta. The sealant which is on the spot-welded seals around the tail-gate hinges has cracked and is letting in water.

The rear air vents behind the bumper are also leaking. The seals on these perish and sometimes the flaps become weak, or they can just get dirty. Both these problems are common to both the Fiesta and Focus.

We can also see that where fords have waterproofed the car with paper-tape, this has come off and is letting in water. No, it isn't April 1st, that really is a thing on some cars. A rubber grommet might cost a few pennies, but paper tape is far cheaper, so as they are making millions of cars they can save hundreds of thousands of pounds. Maybe this is good news if you are a shareholder, not so great if you are a car owner. I'm not supposed to rant in the descriptions of these videos, but things like this rustle my jimmies.

Solution: We will put some new sealant around the seams, replace or reseal the rear air vents depending on their condition. And we will find some grommets to go in those holes.

The car will have been treated and decontaminated by this point, we always do this before working on a car. Then the car will be dried.