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IainC · Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2009 5:34 pm Post subject:

[quote="Sassinak"]As I read it, the water isn't collecting IN the door, but UNDER the door, between door and frame at the bottom and then flowing under the door edge onto the floor.
Can you clarify this for us Julie please because the two problems would have completely different solutions

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Thats the way I read it too, hence me thinking the seal thats there is doing it's job properly, in that it's stopping the water getting past... only problem is the water is already on the wrong side of the seal.

Smooth Hound · Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2009 5:46 pm Post subject:

no thats what cars are like these days

my fiestas the same, i think they just forget to finish things, or they havent got time, something like that, youve got to adapt around these things

no your probably right, im probably a bit ruthless with vehicles

if in doubt, drill a hole

Julie · Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2009 6:13 pm Post subject:

I might have confused you SH, what i said was we couldn't find any blocked drainage holes, they will be there if they are supposed to be i'm sure.
Sass and Iain read it right, it is actually sitting on the lower part of the door sill trapped between the car door and the door sill. It builds up until it actually spills over into the car. There is a seal at the bottom of the actual door, that is angled in towards the car and I had wondered if cutting a small notch out of the rubber seal would allow the water to drain away. I don't really want to do that though, I presume it is there to stop road water from being driven upwards into the car door. It would probably be better to find the cause and solve it properly.
LA gave a link to a forum for Seat owners that seems to suggest it is a common problem and there is a new type of seal now. In view of that, I might phone the dealership and ask if they have any experience of the problem. If it is common, they'll know which seals we need and I can buy the right ones from them. I had a squidge of the door seal this morning and the water does seem to be getting under it at the bottom, but I want to know why it is finding its way into the door opening in the first place, it never used to. There is a log V shaped seal that runs along the lower roof edge above both front and back doors and also an inner seal around each door apperture. It might turn out to be a combination of both seals.
The most baffling thing for me is that all four doors are affected, what are the chances of that happening eh?
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IainC · Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2009 6:18 pm Post subject:

Does definitely sound more of a design flaw than them being damaged somehow... unless it was the YTS trainee who fitted the seals on yours (or whatever the modern equivalent is of YTS).

Would be worth pushing to see if you can get the seals FoC, if it is a known issue then it's more of a design flaw that the car should have maybe been back in to get it done under a recall or something?

Smooth Hound · Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2009 6:33 pm Post subject:

IainC · Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2009 6:37 pm Post subject:

Smooth Hound · Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2009 6:46 pm Post subject:

close

Smooth Hound · Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2009 6:47 pm Post subject:

its just a big bit of metal

Julie · Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2009 6:56 pm Post subject:

I had one like that......it was named 'Spot'

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Smooth Hound · Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2009 7:01 pm Post subject:

ive had a few

but i dont name cars, wouldnt like to become attached

a bit like chickens,