Water niggles

[Mr Overheads]

Apart from the rattle somewhere inside the dash only when glovebox is closed, the other niggle with the V8V is that when you open the boot after it's been raining, all the water pours off into the boot - is there some sort of mod to the seals to prevent this?

The only solution I can see to stop the boot smelling of damp in the long term is to make sure I run the air-con to dehumidify the interior.

[xraybloke]

Mine does the same thing but only on the right hand side

Was sure I read a thread recently about this but can't find it...

[Neil1300R]

Mr Overheads said:

Apart from the rattle somewhere inside the dash only when glovebox is closed, the other niggle with the V8V is that when you open the boot after it's been raining, all the water pours off into the boot - is there some sort of mod to the seals to prevent this?

The only solution I can see to stop the boot smelling of damp in the long term is to make sure I run the air-con to dehumidify the interior.

Open it slowly, let most of the water run off once you open it an inch or two. Well thats how I do it.

[alevine]

Mine does the same thing. I had my dealer look into this during the last visit and asked to make certain no drain holes were plugged. Everything checked out ok and it still fills with water after washing the car, etc. My solution is to keep a few towels draped over the inside the trunk so water drips onto the towels instead. I think it is a design flaw of some sort.

[marcelg]

Also had the same problem but on the left side. Asked the dealer to check it wasn't blocked when I first bought it, but problem returned within a few weeks.
When in another dealer sorting an unrelated problem, they told me this drainage issue was common and their 'fix' for it was to fill the holes with a silicon gel as apparently it can lead to a worse problem - the water draining directly into the boot !!

[steve_amv8]

I seem to recall AM adding some rubber fittings to the bootlid of later cars, as a barrier to the water. That said, rapid opening of the boot on my MY08 car results in water on the parcel shelf....

[oceantools]

I was driving through some rain a while back. Got to my destination, opened the boot to find.....

[marcelg]

That sounds like the problem above - need to seal up the drainage holes I would think

.....although looking at your nickname, are you sure you weren't using the car for work??

Edited by marcelg on Saturday 28th May 10:40