Water retention in the doors...
Discussion
...and how to avoid.
You may notice that on the underside of each door there are 3 holes.
These may be finished off with nice plastc plugs - remove them.
The holes are there for 2 reasons, they allow access to the bolts that hold the interior trim panel on and they allow water to exit. The window, where it meets the door, is not a perfect seal (it's not meant to be) and don't worry about the electrics they are protected within the door by a rubber curtain.
Apparently, someone in the finishing department at the factory started fitting these plugs (to finish the door off I assume?). Hence , you leave the car in the driveway (like me) and it rains overnight. The next morning you are fitting your overmats (like me) and think to yourself 'the doors don't usually slosh'. You get on your hands and knees, find said plugs (like me) and pull one out. Now (like me) you're kneeling in a puddle of water with a 'slosh' free door.
The danger is that if the car is left out (with plugs left in) and it rains heavily then the water in the door could reach a level where it will interfere with the electrics, and we don't want that.
The above advice is from the dealer/factory, passed on for your motoring edification and delight.
Cheers.
You may notice that on the underside of each door there are 3 holes.
These may be finished off with nice plastc plugs - remove them.
The holes are there for 2 reasons, they allow access to the bolts that hold the interior trim panel on and they allow water to exit. The window, where it meets the door, is not a perfect seal (it's not meant to be) and don't worry about the electrics they are protected within the door by a rubber curtain.
Apparently, someone in the finishing department at the factory started fitting these plugs (to finish the door off I assume?). Hence , you leave the car in the driveway (like me) and it rains overnight. The next morning you are fitting your overmats (like me) and think to yourself 'the doors don't usually slosh'. You get on your hands and knees, find said plugs (like me) and pull one out. Now (like me) you're kneeling in a puddle of water with a 'slosh' free door.
The danger is that if the car is left out (with plugs left in) and it rains heavily then the water in the door could reach a level where it will interfere with the electrics, and we don't want that.
The above advice is from the dealer/factory, passed on for your motoring edification and delight.
Cheers.
R...Early cars won't have them (my dealers first demonstrator never did apparently - there new one does, or did rather). You would assume that the practice will stop now, so it's newish cars that are affected.
Why the window seal's not water tight in the first place - I don't know, because it's hard to do? I've seen cars before that have drain holes (or slits) in the doors. The point is that this is a design 'feature' and you should not be concerned about the window motor, locking mechanism, etc. because they are protected internally.
Cheers.
Why the window seal's not water tight in the first place - I don't know, because it's hard to do? I've seen cars before that have drain holes (or slits) in the doors. The point is that this is a design 'feature' and you should not be concerned about the window motor, locking mechanism, etc. because they are protected internally.
Cheers.
its virtually impossible to make a reliable total water seal around openiong windows - what happens if it's fully down (below the door top)and starts to rain for instance? Much safer / cheaper engineering solution to make the internals waterproof and drain off. Vitually all car have sloping front window edges which dip below the seal as soon as you open them partially
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