General Waterleak Diagnostic Guide

This bulletin is being revised to add waterleak diagnostic information. Please discard Corporate Bulletin Number 06-08-57-001 (Section 08 -- Body & Accessories).

Front floor wet at the base of the "A" pillar. Refer to the illustration above.

The park brake cable grommet may not be sealing to the floor pan due to some lumps in the body sealer. Refer to the illustration above.

Lift up on the lip of the grommet and level out the body sealer. Using a garden hose, run water on the engine compartment side of the dash ensuring that water hits the grommet. Afterwards, run water onto the center of the cowl screen between the windshield wipers at the base of the windshield in order to verify that the leak has been corrected.

Front floor wet at the base of the "A" pillar. Refer to the illustration above.

Remove the cowl screen and using a flashlight look through the opening in the top of the plenum for sealer voids in the fore aft seam between the cowl side and plenum lower. Refer to the illustration above.

After finding the fore and aft seam, apply seam sealer where voids are noted. Run water over this seam in order to verify that the leak has been sealed.

Front floor wet at the base of the "A" pillar. Refer to the illustration above.

Remove the fender and inspect the lower cowl area for a void in the sealant as seen in the illustration above.

Clear the area and reseal with seam seal. Allow dry time. Run water over this seam in order to verify that the leak has been sealed.

Customer comments about moisture between the top of the A pillar trim and the headliner. Refer to the illustration above.

The first item to inspect for is a possible sealer void in the roof ditch molding. Refer to the illustration above.

Run water over the front of the rubber roof ditch molding. If water leaks at the location the customer described, remove the rubber ditch molding and look for a sealer void between the roof ditch sealer melt strip and the sealer patch. Refer to the illustration above.