HELP - Jazz windscreen fogs up, rear seats are going mouldy

[Scooby P1]

My 5 door '53 plate Honda Jazz has some moisture issues!

The spare wheel under boot floor has water sitting there.

The windscreen regularly needs a squeegee to get the water off the inside and as a result of all this, the rear seats are starting to go a bit mouldy on the cloth.

Ordered some rain X anti fog and am leaving the windows open a few mm, but anyone got any ideas how I can solve this?

[NPI]

The roof seal between the top of the C post and the roof goes - people think the water is coming in through the rear lights but it's higher up than that.

I don't know the time limits, but Honda was repairing them FOC.

ETA - apparently the age limit is 6yrs. Some info here and in linked pages: http://clubjazz.org/forum/index.php?topic=3271.0

Edited by NPI on Sunday 12th January 21:44

[Riknos]

Does the car have a sunroof? Aerial in the roof?

My mum's Megane has the exact same issue, sunroof / aerial / rear boot seal were all the culprit!

[Scooby P1]

Yes it has a sunroof and being an older car I think you guys might be right that it is all seal related.

It's only a town runaround for my wife, but this constant steaming up issue is a major pain. Do I take it to Honda or simply a local garage to sort out?
For such a cheap car, not a problem I was anticipating having to budget for.

The C pillar seal for example, is that easy to fix yourself?
Thanks for the help

[Glassman]

Whereabouts in London are you?

[NPI]

Scooby P1 said:

Do I take it to Honda or simply a local garage to sort out?

I guess a Honda dealer would be familiar with the issue, but it's more of a bodyshop thing than a garage, although that's probably because the official Honda repair will involve repainting.

Scooby P1 said:

For such a cheap car, not a problem I was anticipating having to budget for.

We ran the same model to 6 years old but ditched it when the gearbox bearings started to get noisy, although Honda did subsequently start to do those FOC too. Older Jazz's are not without issues - a/c is a bit of a weak point too.

Scooby P1 said:

The C pillar seal for example, is that easy to fix yourself?

There's reasonable detail in the link in my previous post.

[Scooby P1]

Glassman said:

Whereabouts in London are you?

Fulham

[munch997]

It is usually the roof seals that run along the roof line to the boot that leak. There is a fix for it but involves taking out the wet interior trims and drying them. Take it to your dealer, I would be surprised if they havn't had this happen.