Water in footwell?

[ben1000000]

Any ideas as to why the rear passenger footwell in my 06 Ford Focus is completely soaked? All the other footwells are dry so it doesn't seem to be leaking from the front to back.

[eybic]

Is it a 5dr? If so, have a look along the inside of the cill to see if you can see where it's entering as it could be a defective door or window seal. Worth checking drain holes are clear in the rear door too.

If however it's a 3dr, I have no idea

[ben1000000]

eybic said:

Is it a 5dr? If so, have a look along the inside of the cill to see if you can see where it's entering as it could be a defective door or window seal. Worth checking drain holes are clear in the rear door too.

If however it's a 3dr, I have no idea

Yes it is a 5 door, I have checked the door seals, drain holes etc all seem fine, any idea what else it could be?

[swisstoni]

Could someone have left a rear window open for a while and rain has got in perhaps?

Worth looking at the simple possibilities before taking stuff apart.

[louiechevy]

Its probably going to be either a drain bung in the floor or possibly coming in one of the rear light clusters I've had that before!

[ben1000000]

swisstoni said:

Could someone have left a rear window open for a while and rain has got in perhaps?

Worth looking at the simple possibilities before taking stuff apart.

No definitely not that which is why I can't figure out where it seems to be coming from.

[CrutyRammers]

Had it years ago in a Peugeot, it was the heater matrix leaking. Check your water levels.

[thatdude]

Go round with a hose at windows, doors, boot etc etc and see if you can tell where the water is trickling in

[RicksAlfas]

Check the scuttle drains are clear.

Do you have a sunroof?

[ben1000000]

RicksAlfas said:

Check the scuttle drains are clear.

Do you have a sunroof?

No don't have a sunroof, what & where are the scuttle drains?

[eybic]

ben1000000 said:

No don't have a sunroof, what & where are the scuttle drains?

They're at the bottom of the windscreen (on the outside)

[Donbot]

Check for rust underneath and in the wheel arch.

[ben1000000]

eybic said:

They're at the bottom of the windscreen (on the outside)

Oh ok, yes that's all clear.

[Nickp82]

Iirc the Mk1 Focus has a common issue with passenger footwell getting wet due to blocked pollen filter , not sure if that still applies to mk2.

[eybic]

Nickp82 said:

Iirc the Mk1 Focus has a common issue with passenger footwell getting wet due to blocked pollen filter , not sure if that still applies to mk2.

It's the rear footwell

[Nickp82]

eybic said:

It's the rear footwell

Serves me right for skim reading , apologies

[Demelitia]

Is it the inner door membrane behind the door card? Water gets in through the scraper seal on the bottom of the window and usually runs down the membrane and out the bottom door drains. If it’s been disturbed before or the seal has perished that might be your culprit. You might be able to see witness/run marks under the door.
Has the car been parked facing uphill? Just wondering if the water is indeed coming from near the front and running along the floor pan to collect in the rear.

[ben1000000]

Demelitia said:

Is it the inner door membrane behind the door card? Water gets in through the scraper seal on the bottom of the window and usually runs down the membrane and out the bottom door drains. If it’s been disturbed before or the seal has perished that might be your culprit. You might be able to see witness/run marks under the door.
Has the car been parked facing uphill? Just wondering if the water is indeed coming from near the front and running along the floor pan to collect in the rear.

No not uphill only on a flat driveway. So should these door drains not be wet at all or have any water in them as I did notice on the inside door drain it was wet but was not dripping water out heavily when opened after rainfall?

[Scootersp]

Google about removing your carpet there, some cars you need to unbolt the front seat some not.

It's normally trim clips and pulling only required but check it out first. Then you can get to peeling away the carpet and soaking up the water and you'll see how much is there (it will have been probably leaking a long time as the carpet and backing can soak up a lot of water)

Leave it peeled back, if the focus floor (ridged cross beam) means it's definitely not coming from the front footwell then you are really only looking at the rear door/window as the issue. Hose against the door/window with no carpet should let you see the leak. Heard of people drawing chalk lines in places as then you can just wait and any water leaks will wash away the chalk.

[thebigmacmoomin]

In the Mk2 Focus, it can leak from where the boot hinges are & the body seams around that area. I had a wet boot because of this but it could cause the footwell aswell.