Water Leak-Rear 2002 4.4

[Rockit]

I have a wet carpet in the very rear right side. It even filled the small well up.

I'm guessing its a sun roof drain, anyone else have this problem. I've owned this car for 6 years or so and never a problem with water leaking.

2002 4.4 standard sunroof.

[EODguy]

I'm not sure but I think you can also get water leakage through the fuel filler door if body seal pulls away.

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[jsoto]

Pull back covers . Pour water from the top. See where the water flows.

If nothing, start checking the lights.

[Rockit]

No its leaking up high on the pillar down to the carpet.

I thought the drains just drained to the front. Its not a gasket on the hatch. Its coming from the roof and leaking to the back right side rear just as it sits parked.

[SlickGT1]

There are drains coming off the rear of the pano roof, and come out at the top corners of the upper rear hatch. If yours are clogged up, you will overflow the sunroof drip tray and leak into the car.

[Rockit]

Originally Posted by SlickGT1

There are drains coming off the rear of the pano roof, and come out at the top corners of the upper rear hatch. If yours are clogged up, you will overflow the sunroof drip tray and leak into the car.

Thanks…..an you get to those drains from the sun roof or from the back area somewhere?

I've searched around online and found no info. I'm going to try cleaning around the sunroof and hope I can see the drain tubes. While not the best thing I'm going to try and blow compressed air through them.

[SlickGT1]

Originally Posted by Rockit

Thanks…..an you get to those drains from the sun roof or from the back area somewhere?

I've searched around online and found no info. I'm going to try cleaning around the sunroof and hope I can see the drain tubes. While not the best thing I'm going to try and blow compressed air through them.

I have pano roof. Maybe slightly different for the sunroof, but my previous cars had the same rear and front drains. If you want to see if the drains detached, then you will need to drop the headliner, which is honestly an hours work. I had my headliner out of the car in 40 minutes my first attempt.

I suggest get some water. Park on a slight hill with front higher up, open sunroof and pour some water into the pan. Open your rear hatch. Left and right side of the d pillar, next to the hatch seal, there are two holes, you should see water coming out. If you don’t, than you have a clog or the drains detached. I doubt the drains detached though. When I was wrapping my headliner, I checked those drains, and it would take something supernatural to get those to slip off.

Check the front drains as well, those drain out under the car straight below the windshield each side.

I also recommend replacing the sunroof seal. Mine was dry and literally not stuck on in all the corners. Glue failed in the corners.

[Rockit]

So I think I found the problem. The roof rack, the 2nd to the last mount where it fastens to the roof the gasket was slightly pulled away from the roof.

I was able to just silicone around that post and it should fix it. I remembered when I bought the car the old owner had a tree branch fall on it and dented the rail, I had a new one put on and slight body work done. So it must have been not 100% flat in that spot. It also slopes back and made perfect sense it was it.

The front sun roof and drains were perfect. The way the sunroof sits it slopes down to the front and the car sits so no way it could leak to the rear. I did not see any rear drain tubes from the sun roof, I'm sure there are channels there. I see in the rear hatch on each side channels rubber coated for water to drain and drip out by the rear tail lights.