Another cause of water under driver's seat

[Nola Mike]

have had the car for almost a month now, and during the last 2 rains noticed a very soggy driver's side carpet. checked the drains (front 3 were all clogged, rears seemed clear), but still no fix. reading about a leak through the door panel here, but the car was parked on a hill (nose down, driver's side down) which made the door an unlikely culprit. finally put the top in service mode (so _that's_ where the engine is!) and noticed a quarter sized hole punched in the foam liner surrounding the rear driver's drain. the insulation was wet underneath. i put a big gob of silicone on it, which should stop the leak. anyway, just thought i'd share another source of leaking. btw, i couldn't fit my compressor nozzle into the rear drains to clear them; i ended up using some speaker wire, which was pliable enough not to rip the drain--i was nervous using my normally trusty go-to tool, the wire coat hanger.

[Nola Mike]

update: some heavy rains last night, no more water in the cabin!

[djomlas]

i have the same problem....except i have like mad cracks all over the part, on drivers side.

also, i cleaned the drain holes up front as well...and let me tell you, there was no way i hell that ANY water can even get to the holes, and when you get to them from all the leaves and dirt and whatnot, the hole was packed with same stuff.

reminder, dont push those little rubber plugs wher the hole is, took me 4 hrs to get it back in place.

i called sunset, its $55 for the rear foam piece, if you dont want to fix or mess with silicone.

[Nola Mike]

well, the silicone was $5 and the repair took 30 seconds. for just a hole, this was definitely the way to go.