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Old Dec 12, 2011 | 08:46 PM
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Okay so a few days ago in the car wash and all of a sudden in the rear view i see my headliner getting wet first on the passenger side and i can see water just running in and then on the driver side. I didn't get a chance to snap a pic so I took a pic from online and circled red where the headliner got darker gray. Any ideas what it could be?? Sunroof drains? I could actually see a solid stream of water coming down.

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Old Dec 12, 2011 | 09:24 PM
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SI B 54 02 08 Water Leak From Sunroof.pdf - May Help.
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Old Dec 12, 2011 | 11:10 PM
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I doubt it's the sunroof but, possible. I had the same leak couple of months ago

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and this is why...

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check your rear window trim. it may need replacing
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Old Dec 13, 2011 | 07:18 AM
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Originally Posted by e6t.lab.rat
I doubt it's the sunroof but, possible. I had the same leak couple of months ago

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and this is why...

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check your rear window trim. it may need replacing
Hm that almost looks like the same leak. I will have to check that out, hopefully my acs spoiler doesn't block the view.
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Old Dec 13, 2011 | 07:36 AM
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Yep ... a well known sunroof drainage problem ... commonly clogged by dirt.
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Old Dec 13, 2011 | 06:02 PM
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It could be worse.....









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Old Dec 13, 2011 | 08:12 PM
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It could be worse.....









Man I feel your pain. I had the same exact problem. Blocked drain backed up into the ebox and eventually drained under the glove box flooding everything on the passenger side of the floor which is every major module and sensor. Made a claim with my insurance company and $14k later I am in good shape. new carpeting and padding, new ebox and all components. New wiring harness (thats the expensive thing but it WILL corrode if its not replaced and you will experience random errors down the road). New modules and sensors. What a nightmare.

My bad day
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Old Dec 19, 2011 | 04:05 AM
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Originally Posted by e60oholic
Okay so a few days ago in the car wash and all of a sudden in the rear view i see my headliner getting wet first on the passenger side and i can see water just running in and then on the driver side. I didn't get a chance to snap a pic so I took a pic from online and circled red where the headliner got darker gray. Any ideas what it could be?? Sunroof drains? I could actually see a solid stream of water coming down.

Had the exact same problem in the car wash.... I had someone service the sun roof drains and everything seems ok now. Don't mess around with this - from the other posts, you will see that this can end up draining into the trunk and areas that have costly electronics!
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Old Dec 19, 2011 | 06:28 AM
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I'm willing to be it is your sunroof drains because those drain lines are right behind that C-piller cover. You might want to pull off that pannel and pour like a cup over water over that side and see if you can see where the water is in deed comming from. That sucks bad. Hope your find out where it's comming from
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Old Dec 19, 2011 | 08:12 AM
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I had that leak once. It only happened once tho
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