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Old Jul 22, 2024 | 11:06 AM
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Has anyone else ever had a sunroof drain clog and water show up on the floor of your backseat? I am looking fro a repair shop to fix this. Any ideas?
 
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Old Aug 13, 2024 | 06:02 AM
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Yes I just had this problem myself and ended up fixing it myself.

It might be a clog or it might be that the tubes do not connect to the outside of the car anymore and just let al the water from the drain drip into the car.

If you want to do it yourselfs: There are some guides on YouTube. Just search for "fix sunroof drain v50". You give no specific information on where you live so tips for any repairshop are not so usefull.
 
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Old Aug 14, 2024 | 08:34 AM
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I had to do this a couple years ago. The amount of water that was showing up on the floor in the back was astonishing! I had no idea what was going on with these drain tubes and how they were routed, so I pulled down the headliner to get a good look. It took a couple hours to figure it out and put put everything back together, but it was a success. There's 4 drain tubes, one in each corner. The ones in front run down in front of the front doors and had some kind of transition pieces that were buried behind the dashboard. Avoid messing with those areas, if possible.. It's easy to determine if they are clogged or not. Just open the sunroof and pour a few ounces of water towards each corner and let gravity pull it towards each drain tube. You should quickly see water draining out of the bottom of the tube, under the car. I cleared the tubes with a miniature snake that's made to clean the water distribution lines on evaporative coolers. They cost about $10 at Home Depot.
 
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Old Oct 28, 2024 | 09:31 AM
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I had this problem last summer. I opened up som plastic beside front window and used air pressure (with gentle). Soon the leak showd up. A tube was in very bad shape:-(. It was really a easy fix.
 
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