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Originally Posted by 1781cc
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I hate the car at the moment
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Yes I'm afraid I know that feeling too sometimes. One feels that the car has let you down after all the care and attention you have lavished on it, not to mention the money!
Is your car parked on the level when you get the problem? If it is, then I'd be guessing water ingress from the front somewhere. As you know, I've got a hardtop on my Cabrio, and that was allowing water in from above the left front window. Water was running down the inside of the window and then on down the front door panel and thus to the carpet. It was worse if the window was pointing to the South West ( where all our gales and storms tend to come from ....and we've had more than our fair share this Winter ).
I wonder if it might be worth taking the hard top off ( a pain I know ), and seeing how water tight the car is with the hood up? If you still get water in, that would tend to eliminate the hard top.
I was getting water into the boot too, on the left hand side. Plan was to replace all the sealant around the light unit, but before I did that I tried just a gentle tightening squeeze on all four nuts that hold the unit in place, and now no more water coming in. Maybe only a temporary fix for me, but one less thing to worry about immediately.
Hope you get it sorted.....I hate water leaks and reading this thread and others, VW and Audi are certainly not the best when it comes to making cars watertight.
Have had a few Japanese cars recently, Subaru, Toyota, Suzuki and none had any water ingress problems.
Wishing you the best of luck.
