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Thread: Sunroof Drain, Weather Stripping, or Something Worse?!

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    Sunroof Drain, Weather Stripping, or Something Worse?!

    The last couple days, my dash has dripped water on me on the driver's side. Between the drips and the water I track in from the rain, it's hard to say exactly how much is leaking in, but every time I turned it dripped some more.

    Then, this morning, I felt a drop on my thigh, which I dismissed at first because it seemed absurd from that high up, but then I felt it again, and so I looked up, and sure enough, there's a nice dark wet spot at the top end of the pillar, actively leaking water.

    Is this an issue cause by the sunroof drain needing cleaning, or is it a weather strip thing? I haven't opened the sunroof since I got the car because we've been so out of season, but this is also the first car I've had with a sunroof, so I'm inexperienced in their issues/maintenance.

    I'm looking at a post from 2009 regarding weather stripping, but didn't want to assume that was the only possible issue. I took a picture; hopefully it shows in this post.

    Thanks in advance!
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    Open the sunroof and use weedwhacker lines or an air compressor to blow it out. Then you nee dot undo the grab handle and sun visor to pull back the headliner to confirm the sunroof drain hasn't come unattached from the sunroof cassette.
    Wade

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    Believe me when I tell you it's either sunroof drains or the door vapor barriers but since it's on your leg it sound like sunroof drains, very common

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    Thank you, will do!

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    Quote Originally Posted by jclausen View Post
    Believe me when I tell you it's either sunroof drains or the door vapor barriers but since it's on your leg it sound like sunroof drains, very common
    I appreciate the help narrowing it down, thanks a lot!

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