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How Do You Guys Keep Rainwater From Pouring Into Your Trunk?

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It has been raining here the past couple days, and every time I open my trunk, water literally pours from the channel between the glass and the trunk lid directly into my trunk. Has anybody else had this issue, and did you come up with some solution? I get that sometimes there will be some amount of water that comes in, but this seems really excessive to me. It is a significant amount of water that just pours right over the sides. Sometimes I wonder about the people who engineer these things. TIA!
 
Well are you opening the trunk when it's still raining? I have not and I have not seen the issue have. RJD
 
RealKaseyGrant said:
It has been raining here the past couple days, and every time I open my trunk, water literally pours from the channel between the glass and the trunk lid directly into my trunk. Has anybody else had this issue, and did you come up with some solution? I get that sometimes there will be some amount of water that comes in, but this seems really excessive to me. It is a significant amount of water that just pours right over the sides. Sometimes I wonder about the people who engineer these things. TIA!
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Yes, given the design, after a rain storm or running through a car wash, water collects and when you open the rear deck, a lot of water is still residual in the left and right channesls and runs out. I always keep a towel for all instances, rain, car wash, and or driveway wash. In addition, both corners of the rear deck under the wing, collect dirt and need to be addressed when washing the car.
 
Big Smoov said:
Never had a problem here in the wet Pacifc Northwest
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Yeah, but I have lived in Seattle, and I know that your rain is really more like a constant mist for 9 months out of the year, so maybe it doesn't accumulate the same way. Last night, I bet it was over half a cup of water that poured into my trunk in not very heavy rain. 🫤
 
daperry said:
Yes, given the design, after a rain storm or running through a car wash, water collects and when you open the rear deck, a lot of water is still residual in the left and right channesls and runs out. I always keep a towel for all instances, rain, car wash, and or driveway wash. In addition, both corners of the rear deck under the wing, collect dirt and need to be addressed when washing the car.
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I am glad I am not the only one. I was starting to question my sanity or my ability to determine whether or not I am on level ground lol. I just got my cargo liner, and that will at least prevent things from getting too wet in there, but I was thinking about a way to fill that channel or block it at the ends and direct the water elsewhere so that I don't have to always have damp towels in my trunk. These are nascent thoughts at the moment, though. I will let you know if I figure something out that doesn't look like shit. 😆
 
RealKaseyGrant said:
Yeah, but I have lived in Seattle, and I know that your rain is really more like a constant mist for 9 months out of the year, so maybe it doesn't accumulate the same way. Last night, I bet it was over half a cup of water that poured into my trunk in not very heavy rain. 🫤
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Maybe debris clogged the roof drains. Used to happen with the previous gen LX chargers/300/Magnums from sunroof. I haven’t looked closely in and around the rear gutter and seals, but take a look and if you have access to compressed air you can try to blow them out?
 
Big Smoov said:
Maybe debris clogged the roof drains. Used to happen with the previous gen LX chargers/300/Magnums from sunroof. I haven’t looked closely in and around the rear gutter and seals, but take a look and if you have access to compressed air you can try to blow them out?
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That would be the only thing that comes to mind for collecting H20. As mentioned I've had no issues with mine and I do have the rear cargo mat and no water. RJD
 
I haven't noticed any exceptional issues with rain getting in the trunk, most of it will run off into the drains that run along the sides of the hatch.
Water doesn't pool on the trunk decklid for me either. At least not an unexpected amount.
The only related issue I had was that water would get stuck under the spoiler (especially soapy water from washing the car). It drove me insane so I actually took the spoiler off and put sealant underneath. No issues with it so far and it's been about 6 months since I sealed it.
 
One thing I noticed since installing the new AFD spoiler some water may puddle on one side as drive is not level but it's not much and hardly open the hatch at home so I'll drive and then its gone. RJD
 
I know my car set on the lot, since March. When I got it , I washed it and found a lot of debris in the rain channels and nooks and cranny's. My car usually never sees rain. But when I wash it, I do open the trunk to get the dirt out of the inside channels on either side of the hatch. And really for me , not a lot of water drips in?

And I too, carry a towel in the back just for such an event.
 
We're talking about water in the hatch channels, right? Mine are over an inch deep, and when I opened it now, the water from a car wash just ran down over the taillights. Unless part of that big rubber seal is missing, I can't see why this would happen. You KNOW you can adjust the hatch opening height, right? ;)
 
baabootoo said:
We're talking about water in the hatch channels, right? Mine are over an inch deep, and when I opened it now, the water from a car wash just ran down over the taillights. Unless part of that big rubber seal is missing, I can't see why this would happen. You KNOW you can adjust the hatch opening height, right? ;)
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Yeah, it will wrap around and come off the hatch into the trunk when opening it. Mainly from the spoiler it seems.
 
baabootoo said:
I get nothing inside, but I do have it permanently set to open less also.
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I guess I could try that, but it is so rare it bothers me, and it is just water. Not like it leaks when closed or anything. On my Jeeps I've had I had to set the hatch height for the old garage I used to be in, but I like this all the way. Maybe next time I wash I'll open it manually (stop it, then move with hands) and see where it starts to drip in.
 
Pioneer4x4 said:
I guess I could try that, but it is so rare it bothers me, and it is just water. Not like it leaks when closed or anything. On my Jeeps I've had I had to set the hatch height for the old garage I used to be in, but I like this all the way. Maybe next time I wash I'll open it manually (stop it, then move with hands) and see where it starts to drip in.
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I just like being able to open it less in my garage, and back out if I have to w/o smashing it.
 
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