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Volkswagen Jetta 2006 | water leak found

Volkswagen Jetta 2006 | water leak found

Name: Volkswagen Jetta 2006 | water leak found
Uploaded: 2020-12-17T00:00:00+00:00
Duration: 2 min 43 s
Description: The VW Jetta had a mysterious leak in the boot area which was enough to make the underside of the boot carpet wet.

Video transcript

0:00 We have a Volkswagen Jetta in today, it's a 2006 model, and so we've carried out a water leak procedure, so we're just going to show you what we've found. So the customer was having water in his boots, so we've removed some panels just to check the rear air vents, which seem to be fine. What we're going to focus on is these arrows here are pointing to these seams. If we look closely, we can just see that seam there has a massive crack than it. So what we're gonna do is we're gonna grab a bit of water, and we're

0:31 gonna put the water just directly on top of that seam. And if I quickly get you inside, and we will show you what we found what to be about here. Okay, so we're gonna be looking at this section here, so just why I'm putting some water up on that top weld. Okay, so we can see that there's water running down inside the box section, and we can see obviously there's water starting to arise here, and so that would be the passenger side. And if we just bring you

1:23 over to the driver's side. On the driver's side, same thing again, we're going to focus on this area, so you can see that it's cracked here. So we're going to apply some water, and then what we're going to do is see what it does on the inside. It's not leaking as bad as the passenger side, but this one is leaking too. Right, so what we're going to focus on is we're focusing on this little bit here, so as I put my water on the top weld there, we can slowly see

1:56 that it's starting to work its way out, obviously where it's behind in the box section. So there we go, if I just put my finger here, so we can see that the water's coming out of here and then dropping down to here. And then obviously result of that is filling up this panel behind here, which is obviously this cover goes on too. And what it's actually doing is it's just making the bottom of these covers wet under here, to show you these

Dec

2020

The VW Jetta had a mysterious leak in the boot area which was enough to make the underside of the boot carpet wet.

We checked the rear vents, as this is a common problem on the VW Golf, but these seem to be okay. However, we found water to be getting in at some welds on either side of the tailgate.

This is a similar problem as found on some Fords. This is NOT a structural problem and isn't unsafe -- the car isn't coming unwelded! Cars are spot-welded, which means they are welded every few inches in a spot instead of along the seams, which is what most people imagine when they think of welding. However, spot welding does leave space between panels where water can get in, and this is usually prevented by having the panels sprayed on one side with a coarse sealant.

Solution: We will carefully and neatly seal this seam with a professional sealant. The boot carpet will have already been treated with a disinfectant and anti-microbial before we start work on the car, so all that will then be left to do is dry the car.

Question: "I took my car to my local garage, and they fixed the leak, at least I think they did, but my car is still wet and smells damp.

Answer: It's very possible they did fix the leak, but the car won't dry out on its own if there was a lot of water in it, which there usually is. People often don't figure out that all that condensation they have suffered for months is a leak until the carpets are damp, which means the floor pans have already filled with water. We can dry your car, we are set up for it. That should solve your damp problem and now, if the car gets wet again, you'll know for sure there's another leak.