Beetle leak. please help!

[FraserLFA]

Hi guys and girls,

My sister has an 02 Beetle 1.6 and for several weeks has had condensation appear as well as a large amount of water filling carpets, glove box, tax disc holder etc (Almost as if someone has put a hose pipe in there to be honest). I decided it was the sunroof which currently doesn't slide back as it is blocked by several of the pieces used to slide the sunroof back. There is obviously water coming through (You can see this by watching niagara fall through it) and so we took it to the dealer we bought it from as it was still under warranty. Long story short, he decided it was the sills around the wind screen and cleaned them (!?) before replacing them. This was "To allow the water to drain away faster".

Now, car is back, there is still a leak, a broken sunroof and the beetle has now been opened to the generally public as a transportable swimming pool, which may soon be used to drown this dealer.

My point is, has anyone else had this sort of problem or does anyone have any ideas what it could be. We will be taking it to a specialist next week to see what they think but i'd like to get it sorted myself if it's something simple as i'm going home this weekend to have a look for her and as she is a student, she is struggling for money as it is.

Any advice is greatly received.

Thanks in advance guys!

[bluebug]

Get onto club concept (new beetle site and post your question) there are plenty of folk on there to answer you

[FraserLFA]

Will do that now. Thanks!

[CoolC]

pop the A post trim off on that side, then remove the grab handle, this will allow you enough room the drop the headlining to see that the flexible hose that runs down the inside of the A post is attatched to the solid drain pipe from the sunroof assembly.

[FraserLFA]

Excellent that's exactly the sort of advice i was after. Will have a look at the weekend and see if all is well. I really can't thank you enough for your help. Cheers!