Water Leaks In a MK7 w/ no Sunroof? | AskDap 

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Going to disagree with the ‘take it to the garage’ advice. Rear and front leaks stem mainly from the water crossing from the wet side of the door to the dry side - often by the speaker and leak across the lower door rim. This then runs in to the foot well. Telltale signs after rain are a wet track across the door rim from under the door card. Door card need to be removed and the seal in the speakers replaced where they are attached to the door.

As much as i love VW, this is not acceptable at all! THIS IS MY STORY: My car (2014 Golf) had a strange smell that suddenly became stronger and more consistent. I went nuts trying to find out what was causing the awful smell. My girlfriend are describing it as cigarette like smell. I had read about water leaks from speakers causing water in the rear footwells, but no one is mentioning that it smells bad, and since my carpets weren't soaked i figured that it must have been something else. A couple of years ago i spilled some housepaint in one of the rear footwells (No that's not what caused the smell), and i tried EVERYTHING to get that paint stain to go, with no luck. So i decided to change the whole interior carpet, myself. A lot of work pulling seats, plastics and basically the whole interior that touches the carpet, but i found a good condition carpet at the junkyard. THEN, when i pulled the whole carpet out the smell got even worse! I looked at the isolation that covers the whole floor and i found MOLD, lots of it! Pulled out the isolation and i found mold at both sides. So i guess i had a water leak after all.. I drenched the isolation in vinegar and other strong liquids, scrubbed and let it dry. Since the smell traveled to seats etc i now have to get one of those Ozone-cleaner machines to get rid of it permanently. So VW, take care of your customers, do a recall of ALL golf mk7s !!!! This is obviously a very common issue on these cars.

my mk7 w/no sunroof just started leaking during the last few months of SoCal rainy season. It pooled up many inches in the spare-tire area and underneath the front passenger-side carpet. Now everything smells like mildew... SOooo I'm amassing tools and watching videos on trim removal. I have a few chemical cleaners in mind to clean the carpet, but I'm just worried about how good a job I can really do with this. I'm going to put silicone around the 4 speaker seals, the rear vent seals (behind the bumper), and the taillights before I do the water test just because those are super common, and it'll futureproof them. I'll also check out the rear-camera drain tube. Then there is the issue of cleaning out the A/C because now it smells bad with the recirculated air setting. Some people suggested using an ozone generator for a short time, aside from merely replacing the cabin filter. But obviously avoiding overuse, since I've heard horror stories of the interior materials offgassing for weeks. Anyway, it's just really stressful, and I cannot currently afford this problem. I'm hoping that I can get it done over the course of a couple days and resume my life.

Diagnosing water leaks in some European VW dealership costs about 700€ (that's 840$) JUST TO DIAGNOSE some of more than a few design flaws every modern car has - so it should be free of charge, even once out of warranty. In my case the rear badge drain pipe is loose (the grommet came off) so I have some water beneath the spare wheel that came up through the rear right seat. The culprit also may be the two pressure vents at the back quarter panels, I need to remove the rear bumper to see. The car is 6 years old, out of warranty so I could be facing maybe 1000EUR worth of silly job anyone can do if I go to the dealership. So I will do it myself. All I need to worry about now are the drains beneath the windshield in the front. Once they get clogged, that is. But luckily that's a DIY job too.

It's the seal around the speaker, happened to mine. pulled drivers side rear door card and sure enough was coming in around speaker seal. pulled speaker and re-sealed and no more leak. I know there's a thread on the forum about it.

Can you do a MK7 2.0 MQB GLI video please i do not have any gti but i love your videos and informational content.

Have a golf mk7 1.4l 2014 and in the front passenger seat there is a leak in the footwell. The thing is there is a problem with the coolant aswell it finishes quicker than it should do so there must be a leak there aswell. Either it’s 2 separate issues or the coolant leak is going towards the front passenger seat footwell. Not sure what to do now as we bought it about 4/5 months ago and got tints on the car and replaced the brake pads and discs and a lot of other things so spent a lot. Not sure what to do now. Either try get it repaired because there was a problem when we bought it with the coolant leak, so try see if they can repair it again (if they even fixed it in the first place) or try to sell it. MOT and service is soon aswell

Have a 2017gti and a leak when it rains in the drivers side rear seat floor board area.

Just discovered water leaking from my hatch somewhere on my 17 Golf GTI. No sunroof either. Not sure where the water is leaking from. Will half to dig 🤦🏻‍♂️

we need to start Class action lawsuit

Found leak on my GTI 2015 after stripping all interior....Found the hood release cable GROMMET pop out . Under Driver dash on Side wall.

😭😭 i have a leak in the rear ..slow leak and i cant find it so far. Puddle where the spare tire is anyone experience this ??

Three leaks on my 2017 GTI already. The entire carpet and padding had to be replaced. I am glad this was done under warranty, but I am very disappointed in VW since it appears to be a known problem for the last 10 years. Who wants to drive around in a moldy car? My parents' MK1 and MK2 never had leaks. The GTI is great to drive, but I will definitely stay away from VW from now on.

Is it me or my Chromecast fucking itself with the jumping? Nice video

I have their same issue on my 2017 TSI, it’s been inspected at the dealership and the leak is confirmed to be coming from the speaker like in many other cases. they submitted the information from their inspection to the third party company “warranty solutions”, and it’s come back as denied so far. I have not yet spoken with them nor Volkswagen of America yet, but this really seems like something that would be covered under warranty for a 4 year old vehicle to be rusting from faulty/poor quality control. Any tips?