Water Leak In Rear?

[nicksamaniac]

Hi all, my 97 stagea has a leak!

Ive got Water getting in through the back somewhere?

It's not from around the door/hatch but I've noticed it leaking from under the corner plastic trims, (near the tail lights, between the quater window and door opening) then leaking down the carpeted trims and filling my cargo mat.

Both sides seem to do it, depending on where it's parked, and Wich way the rain is blowing.

Has anyone had this? Would it be from the cover on the body vents? Or from behind the corner tail lights/indicators? Or possibly the windows.

Any advice on this before I start pulling it apart to investigate would be sweet.

Cheers, Nick.

[ClassOne]

My M35 stag had the same problem.

Showed it self on a rainy day.

Do you have 3 child seat restraints fitted in the roof at the rear?

In the M35 they drill through the water Chanel to install them! Forehead slap!

Which would have been "ok" except the water doesn't stop flowing down the Chanel just because the safely anchors are installed .

I had to pull them out and seal under the mount plate with silicone.

All fixed, was just lazy workmanship .

Make sure you just put silicone under the plate and around the hole, and NOT between the plate edges and the channel edge.

Water still needs to flow down the water channel if required.

[nicksamaniac]

I do have 3 anchor points but they are in the middle of the roof between the seats and door, is this the area your talking about?

I did find a thread about that but they all mention as though they have been mounted right on the door Chanel and the bolts go through to the hinge mounting area.

[66yostagea]

I have had leaks in the S1. The water came in thru the lights in the guards. Took the lights out and re-caulked. Fixed