Water penetration in footwell - 3003L 1992 W129

[PeterG]

During our recent tropical weather I have noticed my drivers footwell is pretty wet. I checked underneath and so no obvious hole although most of the underside is covered with panels. I also checked the door frame which is fine. The firewall on each side is dry so it is def coming from below. Any ideas guys.
Thanks Pete

 

[Andy]

Water penetration in footwell

Hi Peter,

I would double check the front & rear windscreens for ingress. The water to could be moving from the rear to front or vice versa.

Regards

Andy @ www.mercedesservicing.com

 

[PeterG]

Water penetration in footwell

Thanks Andy I will have a look when its pouring with rain again.
Pete

 

[dave elcome]

Water penetration in footwell

That wont a long delay then!!

 

[kes 300]

Water penetration in footwell

i had the same problem the seals at the  top of the door pillars are leaking  ( dripping onto seats& floor) where the hardtop meets .as my drive is on a hill i parked it uphill  so that the rain did not run of the roof towards the windscreen this made a difference ,unfortunatley i found out  that the water in the footwell was due to a buggered heater matrix  

 

[gtmoore]

Water penetration in footwell

Just a thought and not really sure if it's the same on Mercs as I drive a BMW (I'm here for someone else!) but I had a 5 series that suffered a wet footwell and this was due to the drainage holes in the sunroof channel becoming blocked - this caused the water to backup and run inside the headlining, down a door pillar and into the footwell.

HTH