richmondvatdi
Veteran Member
- Joined
- Feb 5, 2005
- Location
- Chesterfield, Virginia
- TDI
- 2005 Passat Wagon 5-speed,2003 Jetta GL Wagon, 2003 Jetta GLS Wagon, 2013 CC 2.0T
After pulling the headliner out and the carpet up looking for a (sunroof drains?) source of the water in the driver's side foot wells (front and rear), I discovered that the water is coming in at the seal area in this picture https://goo.gl/Xj8TVA
Unlike some of the other threads I've read on here, water is not entering between the rubber seal and the door sill. Instead it is coming in over top of the seal between the bottom edge of the door and the seal (basically the yellow line shows the path the water is taking).
The seal appears to be fine. It's firm and flexible and shows no signs of drying out.
Is my only option to buy a new seal or can I try putting some silicone in the seal groove behind that contact point in order to try to improve the door/seal contact? Am I just going to relocate the leak further down the door?
Unlike some of the other threads I've read on here, water is not entering between the rubber seal and the door sill. Instead it is coming in over top of the seal between the bottom edge of the door and the seal (basically the yellow line shows the path the water is taking).
The seal appears to be fine. It's firm and flexible and shows no signs of drying out.
Is my only option to buy a new seal or can I try putting some silicone in the seal groove behind that contact point in order to try to improve the door/seal contact? Am I just going to relocate the leak further down the door?