'95 Caravan wet floor mats in rain (no air conditioner use)

Nov 07, 2003 1 Replies

Our 1995 Caravan recently was driven a few hours in a moderately hard rain. The carpets were wet on both sides right next to the doors. On the driver's side, it was wet from the front of the driver's door to at least the rear of the driver's door. On the passenger side, it was wet from the front of the passenger door at least to the rear of the sliding door. I don't believe it was leaking through the doors and I wasn't running the air conditioner (nor the defroster, which I realize would have run the air conditioner).



I mopped up a lot of the water with a towel. It rained all night, but apparently no more water leaked into the car. The next day, while driving, more water did apparently leak on both sides. It seemed to be wetter in the front of the car, so I surmise it was leaking from the wheel wells. (It was hard to be sure no water leaked over night, because I couldn't dry the carpet out completely. It was similarly hard to be sure the source was the wheel wells.)



Does anyone have advice on how to eliminate this leakage?



Thanks.


snipped-for-privacy@attglobal.net (will) wrote

Do your doors slosh when shaken? Bad/missing weather striping around door? Plugged frame drains? Run hose into grill under front windshield. Water should come out under front of door openings, not inside car.

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