Filled up my windshield washer reservoir today only to see it empty out onto the garage floor, in front of the drivers side front tire (opposite of where the reservoir is located under the hood on passenger side). The entire reservoir emptied in less than 30 seconds, so there must be a pretty serious leak in the system. Has anyone else out there experienced this? Wondering if it's easy to remove the reservoir to look for the problem of if I have to take the car to the dealer. Thanks! Dan

 

I was looking at my system last spring. found it was fairly easy to pop off that bumper segment, and from there, you can kinda get enough access to the whole thing. a decent slotted screw driver, just to help pop the plastic hooks. with that said, its easy to break some of those.

 

Thanks for the advice arfstrom. I'll give it a shot over the weekend. Yeah, I've broken off plenty of those plastic hooks working on my other car - good news is they're inexpensive to replace! Will post what I find on the leak.
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2011 XC90 3.2 R-Design
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It is strange that is leaking on the opposite side, that doesn't sound right.

Maybe the vehicle was at a slight side slope, and the fluid ran along the metal valance below the bumper? I had a radiator leak on the passenger side that would drip on the driver's side floor, for that exact reason...

It is relatively easy to take it out from under the car, by peeling back the plastic fender lining around the wheel. It is held to the body by a couple of bolts, and as far as I remember - it was in two parts (the neck that is visible from the top is a separate part).

On mine, there was a small crack half way up the reservoir at a factory seam. I preferred not to spend $80 bucks on a piece of plastic (new reservoir), so I melted the crack a bit with a soldering iron, and then covered it with some silicone... It's been 3+ years since and no issues.

 

Thanks Jordank! You're right, turns out my garage does have a slight slope causing the fluid to run to the lower drivers side of the vehicle. Hope my issue turns out to be a relatively easy fix like yours. Appreciate the advice!