95 Accord Water Leak in Rear Floor Pan

[bczupryna]

My first time here. I have a 95 Honda accord. When it rains I get a lot of water in the rear floor pan on the driver's side. When I open the driver's door there is water standing on the trim piece you step over to get in but it's weird because the water ends us in the rear floor not the front. Any suggestions?

bob

[jeffcoslacker]

Look at your door perimeter seals for tears or out of place...if you don't see anything obvious try closing a piece of paper in various points of the seal, then try to pull it out (a dollar bill usually is good for this). If you find a point where it slips out with less resistance than everywhere else, you've probably found your leak.

Got any excessive wind noise on the highway from that door?

I would suspect that if the water finds the back floor from the front door, the leak is most likely high and at the rear corner of the window frame, and drips straight down from there...that's the most common place for the frame to get bent out slightly also, which causes wind noise and leaks...

If you suspect that is the case, you can usually fix it real quick by simply blocking the bottom of the door open with something, and push in on the top rear corner of the window frame hard enough to bend it back slightly, and when it closes it's seal tighter....

[jeffcoslacker]

PS, automatic high pressure car washes are great for diagnosing leaks...just sit there and watch while you go through, you'll usually see it.

The blow dry will usually have water flying from the leak...

[bczupryna]

Originally Posted by jeffcoslacker

Look at your door perimeter seals for tears or out of place...if you don't see anything obvious try closing a piece of paper in various points of the seal, then try to pull it out (a dollar bill usually is good for this). If you find a point where it slips out with less resistance than everywhere else, you've probably found your leak.

Got any excessive wind noise on the highway from that door?

I would suspect that if the water finds the back floor from the front door, the leak is most likely high and at the rear corner of the window frame, and drips straight down from there...that's the most common place for the frame to get bent out slightly also, which causes wind noise and leaks...

If you suspect that is the case, you can usually fix it real quick by simply blocking the bottom of the door open with something, and push in on the top rear corner of the window frame hard enough to bend it back slightly, and when it closes it's seal tighter....

Thanks for the advice. I'll give it a try. No noise from the door.

[bczupryna]

Thanks for the advice. I'll give it a try. No noise from the door. This is the second Accord I've had with this problem and never figured out what it was on the first one.

[Igovert500]

http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbul...t=sunroof+leak

Same issue, and that thread has a bunch of suggestions.

My first guess would be the sunroof drains are clogged.
Second would be water coming in through rusted wheel wells.
Third would be the lower window seal, allowing water to drip down through the inside of the door.