I am looking into a water leak on a 95 Passat. The car is in really good shape - all of the rubber door seals seem to be intact, as well as the trunk lid seals. I am considering pulling off the rear door skin (driver's side) to look at the vapor barrier, but I can't see where the fasteners are located, other than a couple of phillips head screws. Can anyone point me to the other clips or screws that hold the door panel on. The panel is leather if that makes any difference. Thanks.
Before you open it up, try an experiment. Get a garden hose and open the door. With the hos running gently, run water over the outside surface of the window. This will let water get into the door cavity. While the water is flowing look under the door to be sure the drain holes are open - water should be pouring out of them. But also look to see if water is seeping frome under the bottom of the door skin. My guess is that it will be.
Now you can open the door. I think there might be a couple of screws on the underside of the door skin if it wraps around the edge of the door. Sorry, I don't have a 95, but it is this way on the '90 and on earlier Jettas that I have fooled with. Once the dor skin is off, do the water test again and watch to see shere the water goes as it cascades down the interior. On the Jetta we had trouble with the water came out through the lower opening in the dor, meaning that a lot of pressure was exerted against the dust barrier - how did they expect it to hld up as a water barrier?
My fix was to lay sheet of poly film into the lower opening to divert the water. Tape it across the top of the lower opening on cars interior side - the side you are looking at. then drape it INTO the opening and let fall until it gets below the lower part of the opening. Do the water test again. If everything went right, the water that was hitting the opeining is now being diverted back into the interior of the door cavity where the drains can do their work. This leaves the dust cover to do only the job it was designed for - keeping out dust!
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