Supposed to be nice (at least in my part of the state) until Monday. I'll be glad to see Agent Orange on Saturday, although I like the Focus too!

 

OK, so it took till today to run mine thru the local 'master-blaster' car wash.

Riding thru I was looking everywhere, seeing nothing leaking anywhere obvious. then I wiped my down my Panel good & dry, & inside the jams as well....

Then I went checking everywhere on the floor/etc ... Dry as a bone..Even checked my cabin air filter...(Don't want to jinx it) But, for now all is good, & my ride is clean as a whistle..

 

Had my '09 since August never noticed the problem. This past week we had heavy rains and noticed standing water on the drivers side front and back seats. Going back to the dealer. I was also concerned about mildew on the rugs. The dealer told me that they are a man made material type rugs and are water resistant and will not mildew or smell...yea right. Other than that, I love the machine.

 

Welcome Fred-

If you've read back earlier in this post Hillsdale got NEW carpeting after a leak..
Sounds like your dealer may be trying to get out of getting you New Carpeting. The padding/insulation is part of the carpeting also.

Did you show them how much water it had in it ?

 

Took my car in because of a water stain on my sunroof panel after having the car sitting there all day I called to pick it up and it's funny the guy answers the phone and says "I just got your paperwork" he says the drain tube on one side is plugged and he can't get it unplugged and will have to replace the drain tube at a cost of $341 which includes the $29.00 replacement tube. This is rediculous, and even worse it's not covered buy my warranty "Extended Warranty". Has any one replaced this themselves, if I even need it? Please advise. This looks like something I can replace or unplug myself.

Thanks,

Ben,
2006 HHR LT2 65,700 miles

 

My 06 has the same leak under glove box! Is there any final solution? When I take it to a car wash, there is no leak, only when it rains.

 

Give this thread a read Leonard, a leak into/under the glove-box is usually the butyl patch on the cowl that is cracked, torn, or loose causing the problem.

https://www.chevyhhr.net/forums/show...ht=butyl+patch

 

How are things going with your leak in your HHR? Was the link helpful to assist you in getting this resolved?

Michelle, Chevrolet Customer Service

 

Hello folks, my first post here, but I've poked around for some time. I hate to drag up an old thread like this, which I've read a great deal of.
Situation much like the others. But a twist.

Got the '06 last July'ish, used. 25K miles now. Sunroof, no running boards. Very nice shape. Living in the NW has been a very dry summer, but we got some pretty hard rains here recently. That's when this leak/leaks showed up.

Seat behind driver soaked, and both rear floor boards soaked last Friday. Today, seat was basically dry other than the crease between the seat back where the seat belt is. Front driver and passenger side seat not affected, nor front floor boards. Headliner on roof not affected, and rear hatch area not affected.

All the door seals seem to be intact and in good shape, no tears or obvious signs of misalignment.
The car is driven relatively short distances most of the time since this occurred, and we park it at a slight nose up angle in the driveway. No garage room at the moment.

We had a slight fender bender to the rear driver quarter panel bumper a few weeks back which was taken care of by the insurance. It was not a substantial hit, but I decided to go back to the claims center today and have them look it over.

They ran a water wash test and did a visual. I did not see how they did these tests. They denounced any cause from the repairs they did previously.

At the time of purchase we got an extended warranty, but it only covers the drive train (after I went to the claims center, I went to the dealership we got it from and asked the service center their opinion.) I then called back to the claim center to ask about my comprehensive policy. That won't cover it either because we have no event to claim cause.

My understanding is that TSB's are informational only, and a used vehicle would not be covered by them for all the possible reasons for the leak. So my pocketbook (very small) will be affected.

I am not able to work on this type of thing myself. Physically, nor tooling. Nor $$ really.

Many posts talked about the drain tubes for the sunroof. Can these be cleaned without too much difficulty? How hard is it to remove the side pillar covers to determine if the drain tubes are in place or cracked? Does anyone have pictures or fische diagrams they can share? Where would the water go if the tubes were cracked, or plugged? The dealer told me they normally drain to the underside of the car body.
Compressed air was suggested, but also warned against---possibly blowing the tube off the drain itself.

Like I said, I read many of the posts here, and see the possible culprits. If any of you can offer something a very inept guy could use, to ease the concerns, I'd be very grateful.

We hope for clear enough weather to be able to dry it out in the next day or so, but I'm not holding my breath. And of course, life must go on.

I appreciate you taking the time to read this, and help if you can.

Joel
Vancouver Wa.

 

Joel......

First welcome to the forum, but it is to bad that your first post concerns such a depressing issue.

Now if I understand you correctly, ONLY the rear seat and floor boards were wet. Nothing in the front was wet? If that's the case, I doubt if the sunroof drains are the source of the leak. In all the instances that I can think of, when the sunroof drains are the problem, they leak to the front area first. And as you stated, the headliner is not stained so the leak is probably not at the sunroof itself.

Also, have you had significant rain prior to the fender bender? And while speaking of this, what exactly was repaired.....just the quarter panel for example, the door also, etc.? You mentioned the rear seats were wet. ....the seating surface, the surface edges, the seat backs?

You have "peaked" my interest with this. Others will also supply some ideas.

The TSB.... you are correct, mostly, on your understanding. But the TSB is just a suggestion/tool for the technician to use in assessing a problem and repairing. It is used for warranty and non warranty issues, when seeking to diagnose and repair a particular owner problem. It will be a no charge item for a warranty covered vehicle, and POSSIBLY (usually, but not always) an owner charged repair for a non warranty repair (.