Hello,
I purchased a new 2017 with about 12 miles on the clock. I have 2 water leak issues. But first the sequence of events.
The vehicle did not have the roof rails installed by factory or by dealer. However the car sat in the garage during rain storms about till the point of the roof rail installation (about 3 weeks later). So there is no good baseline if there were water leaks before hand.
So after the roof rails were put on (by me) - and after the car sat outside during a good rain storm the rear right was wet (rear fuse box location) and the front drivers side pillar was wet.
Thinking I screwed up the install, I pulled up the rails at those locations and applied a liberal amount of butyl sealant around the bolt holes and and smoothed over any cracking in the area.
After a week I checked again and saw no leaks at the rear but the front was wet again. Found out the window was leaking at the upper right (water was dumped at the windshield vs behind the mounting location of the rails). So that was fixed at the dealer last week.
I thought I was done having water leaks! Today after the car being outside in the rain I looked and both areas were wet. I could not find the source of the leak in the rear - I see the sealant on the bolts, but one of the posts indicated it may be coming from the wiring related to the rear camera. However the front - closer inspection I see the water drip from between the stamped metal just under the window.
Will be calling the dealer tomorrow to determine where the leaks are really coming from.
I purchased a new 2017 with about 12 miles on the clock. I have 2 water leak issues. But first the sequence of events.
The vehicle did not have the roof rails installed by factory or by dealer. However the car sat in the garage during rain storms about till the point of the roof rail installation (about 3 weeks later). So there is no good baseline if there were water leaks before hand.
So after the roof rails were put on (by me) - and after the car sat outside during a good rain storm the rear right was wet (rear fuse box location) and the front drivers side pillar was wet.
Thinking I screwed up the install, I pulled up the rails at those locations and applied a liberal amount of butyl sealant around the bolt holes and and smoothed over any cracking in the area.
After a week I checked again and saw no leaks at the rear but the front was wet again. Found out the window was leaking at the upper right (water was dumped at the windshield vs behind the mounting location of the rails). So that was fixed at the dealer last week.
I thought I was done having water leaks! Today after the car being outside in the rain I looked and both areas were wet. I could not find the source of the leak in the rear - I see the sealant on the bolts, but one of the posts indicated it may be coming from the wiring related to the rear camera. However the front - closer inspection I see the water drip from between the stamped metal just under the window.
Will be calling the dealer tomorrow to determine where the leaks are really coming from.
