I've owned my 07 FN2 for just over 2 years and I absolutely love driving it. However it's developed a fault in the last few months that's turned into a headache and is souring the ownership somewhat.
It started a few months back when I was vacuuming out the car and removed the mats to clean under them. When vacuuming the carpet, moisture appeared and I assumed that the Climair deflectors I had just fitted were at fault. I removed them but the moisture remained.
I then took the car to a bodyshop to see if they knew if they could figure out where the leak came from. I initially assumed it would be the windscreen but they found a crack in the roof under the roof strip just at the top of the A piller and filled it with Tiger seal. Job done or so I thought.
I had been placing tea towels under the carpet to dry it out the carpet and underfelt and the towels had been getting less and less damp. In the past week, there was a heavy rainfall and when I went to change the towels, they were saturated. The leak had obviously not been fixed.
I'm getting autoglass out this week to reseal the windscreen (I'm unsure this will fix the issue or not). I did a bit of digging this weekend however and think I've found the ingress point.
This is the bit of plastic trim just below the glovebox.
I removed the plastic trim and the bare metal behind was damp to touch. I notice when I put my finger into one of the holes that it was filled with water.
The square hole is where the water was coming in. The 'bulgy' part below it was filled with water. As the car moved about or as more water got in, the leak made its way to the carpet.
I've used a pipette to get as much out as I can but here's what I'm hoping to know. Where does this bit of bodywork go? What other points could be letting water into that area (assuming it's supposed to be watertight)? Has anyone else come across this fault before?
Many thanks.
It started a few months back when I was vacuuming out the car and removed the mats to clean under them. When vacuuming the carpet, moisture appeared and I assumed that the Climair deflectors I had just fitted were at fault. I removed them but the moisture remained.
I then took the car to a bodyshop to see if they knew if they could figure out where the leak came from. I initially assumed it would be the windscreen but they found a crack in the roof under the roof strip just at the top of the A piller and filled it with Tiger seal. Job done or so I thought.
I had been placing tea towels under the carpet to dry it out the carpet and underfelt and the towels had been getting less and less damp. In the past week, there was a heavy rainfall and when I went to change the towels, they were saturated. The leak had obviously not been fixed.
I'm getting autoglass out this week to reseal the windscreen (I'm unsure this will fix the issue or not). I did a bit of digging this weekend however and think I've found the ingress point.
This is the bit of plastic trim just below the glovebox.
I removed the plastic trim and the bare metal behind was damp to touch. I notice when I put my finger into one of the holes that it was filled with water.
The square hole is where the water was coming in. The 'bulgy' part below it was filled with water. As the car moved about or as more water got in, the leak made its way to the carpet.
I've used a pipette to get as much out as I can but here's what I'm hoping to know. Where does this bit of bodywork go? What other points could be letting water into that area (assuming it's supposed to be watertight)? Has anyone else come across this fault before?
Many thanks.
