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Ford Focus 2012 | water leak found

Ford Focus 2012 | water leak found

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0:00 Okay, so we've got a Ford Focus in today for a water leak, and so we're just going to show you what the problem is. It's quite common on the Ford Focuses, and so we're just going to show you what we've done. So we've put our hose up behind the bumper there to simulate that it's raining. If we go on the inside, what I've done is I've put my flexing camera down in that hole there. So if we just go onto the screen here. So as you can see on

0:24 on the screen now we have the air vent. Okay, so we can see that the water is coming in quite quickly on the air vent now, and there's water down at the bottom, so all the shiny bits are obviously the ingress of the water coming in. So we're just going to go over to the driver's side now, let me just quickly readjust my hose, we're going to go down behind the light, and there we go, so we've got the air vent in there, and as you can see that one is rushing in now. So it's going to need the

1:17 rear air vents replaced, and that should be it all done. And basically what it's doing is, when it's coming in, it's filling up these side pockets, it's then filling up into the spare wheel holder, but as well as using this as a guide. And then what it does is it drops down behind the back seat and then fills up the pot wells inside the car. So there we go.

Sep

2020

Another Ford focus here at New Again for our water leak 28 point check.

This focus has had some rear accident damage, which is contributing to the water ingress.

Poorly fitted rear light and the common problem with leaky recirculation vents located low in the rear bumper are the reasons this car is suffering with ingress.

The passenger rear light has been re-installed incorrectly after repair, causing the water to find a channel down a wire from the light cluster.
As you will see in the video, we use a camera which allows us access to areas that we can’t physically see.

Typically, the reason why we get this age of Ford Focus in with us is because the rear recirculating vents fail causing water to build up in a low box section which in turn then leaks into the cabin footwells, saturating the vehicle underlay.

Solutions to fix this leak: We will remove the rear lights to make good, reseal re fit and retest.
We will also replace the faulty vents and reseal to make them watertight
The carpet and underlay will be removed, so we can decontaminate and dry the car and make it safe for the customer to drive again.

Question: "It hasn't rained for weeks, why is the floor of my car always wet?"

Answer: Once rain water leaks in, the only way it can find its way out if through evaporation, and here in the South East of England it rains more than it shines. And you would be surprised how much water is under your carpets. The foam that covers the front floor area can be six inches thick in places, and we have on occasions pulled eight gallons out of a car. The only way to dry your carpets is to first make sure you have found and fixed ALL the leaks, then lift the carpet and dry it using hot air blowers and dehumidifiers.