help with sunroof drains!!!

[J. Santoli]

Sunroof drain Problem

Clogging of sunroof drains is an industrywide problem. Audi settled a national case by refunding the full cost of unclogging the drains and providing free water damage repairs. We are bringing cases for Land/Range Rover, BMW, Mercedes, Acura and Lexus customers for the same things. If you are out of pocket and would like details, call my cell at 1-800-279-6996 or email [email protected]. Jos. Santoli, Esq.

 

[J. Santoli]

Clogged drains are an indusrtrywide problem. Audi settled a national case and refunded the full out of pocket costs for unclogging the drains and fixed water damage for free. We have cases for Land/Range Rover, BMW, Mercedes, Acura and Lexus customers and expect same results. If you are out of pocket for unclogging drains, call my cell at 1-800-279-6996 or email me at [email protected] for details. Jos. Santoli, Esq.

 

[BlackRover]

I would really recommend that you not try to stick something down through the drain. You will either push the tube off of the sunroof tray, which will require dropping the headliner to reattach or you will put a hole in the elbow that attaches the drain tube to the inner fender wall.
The mostly likely cause of water in the footwell is the failure of the drain tube elbow. If the sunroof drain is clogged, the water will be in the headliner. Is there water dripping from the interior light fixture? if not, then the sunroof drain is fine, the carpet is getting wet because the drain tube no longer exits out the fender wall.

Do this first:
1. Remove the A pillar trim; pop off the "air bag" cap, remove bolt, pull off trim. With the trim removed, you can see the drain tube. It's black, about 3/8" in diameter.
2. Remove the trim panel under the dash, this is the panel that closes the area above the pedals. There are two weird screws that take about one turn to loosen, an interior trim clip and wiring to the footwell light.
3. Remove the rest/dead pedal; lift the foot pad off of the left rest pedal, loosen two nuts with a 10mm socket and extension, remove the foot rest.
4. Remove the handle for the hood release
5. Remove the kick panel,
6. Move the seat all the way back and look up the side of the foot well toward the A pillar. If needed have someone shake the drain tube to make it more visible . Amongst all the wiring, you will see how the drain tube attaches to a rubber elbow that in turn, should attache to the inner fender well. Mostly likely, its just dangling there.

You will likely see that the rubber elbow is no longer attached to the fender wall, This is where the water is coming from. You will need to buy a new drain tube just to get the rubber elbow. You can slip the old one off and replace with new. DON'T pull on the drain tube, you might pull it off of the sunroof try and than you will have a really big job.

To dry the carpet, lift the door threshold and lift the carpet. You can slip a shop vac nozzle in there and get some of the water. Most of it is soaked into your carpet. I put dry towels under the carpet squeezed out the rest. Drying the carpet is a knuckle busting job that will really make you want to fix that leak.

Tackling this job tonight...carpet soaked from yesterdays rain, carpet is almost dry now after a heater and two fans blowing all night.

I am assuming the drain fix is the same for the passenger side? I checked my passenger tube with water, and nothing drains...wondering if the tube is just crimped at the fender well. Is it possible for the tube to get clogged from mud?

 

[bakjar]

First really helpful reply Ive seen in a long time. Thank you. Step by Step is what most people look for when asking for help. Its greatly appreciated, and others posting answers should take a lesson.

 

[Danfromcharlotte]

sunroof drain lines redneck style

quick question,
I'm getting water in the passenger footwell from the rain.
I imagine it is because of the drains for the sunroof being clogged.
How do I clean them (the drains)???? and where are they located??? I see no water dripping from the room of the car and the liner or seats are not wet only the carpet!?!?!?
really annoying!!!!
Shouldn't dealership clean those as part of semi-annual visit??? ?wondering if I can guilt them into fixing the wiring for keyless entry that isn't working, for at least cost!!!

I fixed mine today...they were cloged and there is not enough room to blow them out from the top. And could not locate the bottom of them, they are under the fender flares and body molding. remove the A piler covers, by snapping off the air bag covers and remove the screw (star bit) the you will see the tub.....Cut a small slit about 1/8 inch, and blow it out from there....you will need to use plyers to stop air from going out the top.....then use glue to fill small slit in tube.....redneck fix but worked.....

 

[Carwag28]

Fix leaking sunroof drain-water in passenger footwell

This works! Took off more parts and trim to figure this out than we needed, so maybe this will save you some trouble. Took about 5 minutes. Once you CUT the end of the drain tube, blow air both ways-from sunroof and from side intake vent above wheel well. http://workshop-manuals.com/landrov...s_into_passenger_compartment_area/page_14439/

 

[MTnative]

I've had to tackle the soaked carpet today. Tore out the second row and passenger chair to clean, dry and assess the damage. I know this is the dry rot elbow. So I'm attempting that repair tomorrow. I'll be fishing a new line down the A pillar and connecting the new to the old. Should do the trick. Credit to jereme on YouTube for the nice explaination on what he did with the vid.

Tonight I'm running two fans and a heater to dry out the cabin. Tomorrow I'll clean the carpets, trim pieces and put it all back and then go after the drivers side.

What a pain this is.