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Water Leak (Is my Santie crying?)

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Tsehdek	Water Leak (Is my Santie crying?)	Lead	[-]
Posts: 190 (07/24/08 11:29:14) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Tags : water, leak Remove this ad I was on my way to work today when I noticed water was spilling out like crazy all over my trunk area (there was a huge storm the night before). It seemed to be coming out of the top rear light, but everything seemed tight and secure. I have a moonroof by the way but I'm not sure that would be the culprit since the leak was in the back. I'm driving a 2004 model. Anyone have a similar problem like this, and found the culprit? Hopefully it's a one time thing but I'm concerned about wires possibly getting corroded over this. ************************************************** TsehDek - Jammin' Hard From The Empire State "DUDE! Where's my Santa Fe??"
sbr711		#1	[-]
Posts: 146 (07/24/08 16:02:03) Moderator Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I can't offer a lot, but if I recall, the rear lamp housings pigtails pass through a rubber grommet, you might just remove the 2 screws that hold housing to rear body, and wiggle the housing off, and look at the rubber grommets to make sure they in place. As to sunroof, you can slowly pour water in the track and see that it flows out somewhere under the car, I think there is a drain at each corner of the sunroof assembly (I don't like roof work)... Just a couple simple thing to look at.
Tsehdek		#2	[-]
Posts: 191 (07/24/08 21:42:15) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Thanks for the suggestion. I'll take a look at the grommets to see if that's where the leak originated. Hopefully that's all it was. ************************************************** TsehDek - Jammin' Hard From The Empire State "DUDE! Where's my Santa Fe??"
SugarLandSanta		#3	[-]
Posts: 502 (07/28/08 09:34:12) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	The sunroof typically has four drain hoses, one from each corner of the opening. The rear hoses route along the upper sides beneath the headliner to the rear pillars for drainage. If the hose is clogged, the backup will run along the headliner until it finds a way out.
Tsehdek		#4	[-]
Posts: 192 (07/29/08 10:17:42) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Sugar, if that's the case, how can I unclog the drain hoses? Or would I have to take it in order to be done? I'm surprised because I rarely use the moonroof anyway so I wonder why it would gotten clogged so quickly. Yeah I know I'm a complete moron when it comes to cars. I hate me sometimes. :P ************************************************** TsehDek - Jammin' Hard From The Empire State "DUDE! Where's my Santa Fe??"
SugarLandSanta		#5	[-]
Posts: 505 (07/30/08 09:03:19) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	You have to take down the headliner on all four sides in order to access the drain hoses. The headliner removal is tricky so if you are not comfortable doing it, you'll probably damage the headliner or it might look pretty bad when you put it back again. You do have to pull the hoses to clear them and make sure they're not kinked. Based on your post I don't recommend that you do it yourself.

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