jenbooks

Hi folks. Two years ago I had a water problem going up both wire harnesses and soaking all along the carpet on both sides, and it was both the vaunted rear brake light *AND* the butyl tape on the rear (fixed) window. I have an f150 supercrew 2005.

Just this morning I noticed the right front passenger floor was soaked. I pulled up the carpet, wet. The wire harness filled with water. I didn't know there were plugs so I soaked it up with paper towels until it was dry. I pulled up the carpet, and it's drying but it was so wet I could squeeze out water. I haven't thoroughly dried it yet but will put a hairdryer to it tomorrow.

Fresh water, no mold smell, probably from two days of recent rain. It's sunny this week.

I will take it to get looked at, but the fuse box was dry, the back passenger floor and wire harness dry as a bone, and the carpet was not really too wet towards the middle area--so I'm just trying to figure out to limit my expenses.

I really am clueless, but I wonder if it's the door seal?

I have gone through the forums and cut and pasted possibilities.

Do I need to see the dealer for this or can my friendly mechanic figure it out? Thoughts?

Thanks guys. I HATE WATER leaks.

Moremoney

I went through this for the past year, soaking wet floors with overflowing wiring channels......figured it out though. There is a little plastic bracket that a push pin holds each corner of the cowl down. It goes right into the cab of the truck!!! Everytime it rains or I washed the truck water flow into the cab. Little bracket cost 10 bucks and I siliconed around it for extra protection. Hasn't been a problem since!

jenbooks

Moremoney (nice moniker!!), can you describe that to me a little bit more clearly, being a woman ;-)...I have no idea what a cowl is or where the bracket is. I can ask a friend to help me and we can spray water, if that' sthe case I can go to my mechanic and get it fixed (I don't know how to silicone caulk myself...embarrassed to say)

Moremoney

No problem. The cowl is the area directly in front of the windshield. It is covered by two large grey plastic pieces, your wipers stick through them. At the end of each piece is a little round dot (this is at the bottom corner of both drivers and passenger side of windshield). This is the top of a plastic push pin. This fastener goes into a small plastic bracket directly underneath the plastic cowl. This little bracket plugs into a hole in the firewall.(this separates engine compartment from inside of cab) it's a stupid design. My little bracket was broken and the hole is a size of a nickel. Well as soon as it rains water flows down tge windshield and into the hole.

Moremoney

That make sense?

Moremoney

jenbooks

Thanks!! I will pray that's the solution and check tomorrow.

Moremoney

did it work?

jenbooks

It's the weatherstripping on my passenger door. There has been a lot of heavy rain with flash flood. A spray boss isolated it and when I place a hefty bag over the door in rain (attached with small magnets to hood) no water.

I guess I need to go to the dealer though as there's no oem weatherstripping

13f150plat

iTrader: (1)

Not same car but may help
My gfs HONDA crv had the hood cable replaced
There is a small 30 cent rubber grommet around the cable
Fast fwd 2 years and floor was getting so wet back seat floor was wet was like walking on sponges

Went back to body shop ran hose on car air gun looking for bubbles everything
Called HONDA and said wtf

They told him check the grommet on hood cable and since then no leaks
Sounds similar

The water is running down firewall someplace and getting in
Check for that
If that helps