Hi everyone, complete novice when it comes to cars, basically i drive 2015 leon, noticed back left footwell carpet was wet, didnt explore it further until today when cleaning the car that the front passenger carpet was wet too, checked the layer underneath and it was completely soaking, but drivers side front and back is fine. Just wondering has anyone had this happen or know where i should start to check? Had a look at the door seals and they’re all ok so don’t think they’re the problem. Any help is appreciated, thanks, steph
Carpet soaking in car?
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I'm no expert, but if my understanding is correct, its sometimes causes by drain holes being bunged up with dirt on the doors or sunroof (if you have one).
Rear door speaker seals is a fairly common water ingress point on the mk7 Golf, and as the Leon is essentially very similar to the Golf, it might well use the same (poor quality) seals between the speakers and doors. If this is the cause of your problem, then check to see if the design of the floor pan allows water in the rear footwell to ‘travel’ along forwards in the front footwell; if it can, that would explain why the front footwell is also wet.
You can test to see if it’s the speaker seal that’s the cause of the problem - open the rear door and pour water over the outside window. If the exit point of some of that water is between the bottom edge of the door card and the door rather than through the door drainage holes, then it’s likely to be the speaker seal that needs replacing.
You can test to see if it’s the speaker seal that’s the cause of the problem - open the rear door and pour water over the outside window. If the exit point of some of that water is between the bottom edge of the door card and the door rather than through the door drainage holes, then it’s likely to be the speaker seal that needs replacing.
Does the water smell like your screen wash ?
Is the rear washer less effective than it used to be ?
The pipe for the rear washer runs passed the bonnet release lever.
Guide on how to fix leak at bonnet handle (due to the connector from the back windscreen wash coming off)
This is a guide on how to get to the connector for the back screenwash located at the bonnet release at the passenger side for a SEAT Leon M3. I did this because my back windscreen wash was not going though. I could hear a noise when in use and noticed it was leaking from the bonnet release...
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Thanks for your advice on how to remove the bonnet lever. I may still need to do that, but the water coming out from behind it is definitely rainwater & not screenwash & the supply pressure to the rear screen window is good. So it looks like I'll firstly need to check for any blocked drain-holes around the bulkhead & doors. Will let you know if helpful to others....
This may give you some ideas where to look
water ingress into drivers footwell
I've got a problem with rain water pooling in my front drivers side footwell. I've had a search on the forums and ruled a couple of things out, but left the car with the carpets up overnight and come back to a puddle 1.5cm deep thismorning. It's raining now and I want to try and get the leak...
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So I left into the garage they done all the usual checks, only thing they found when they removed the cover from underneath the car, this is how I can describe it in most simple terms, basically drivers and passengers side of car underneath there is 2 holes and they have a plug/cover on them, except on the passenger side there was none. Somehow it had come off and road water was continuously getting in. They covered it and sealed it and it hasn’t been an issue since. Hope this helps and makes sense lol.
Re-water ingress in passenger footwell of 19-plate Leon FR - I have found that it only happens in heavy rain and specifically if the car is parked facing up a steep slope (our old driveway) It's sort-of solved itself because we've moved house and the drive is flat - no more wet carpet!! I'm guessing that it is a blocked drain hole somewhere in the bulkhead, but haven't got round to further investigation.
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