06 Vert... It snowed last night...

[Noobz347]

... and the trunk and back seat are WET WET WET!

Talk to me goose. What do I need to do to fix this? There are no apparent holes in the top. We're the second owner. We just bought this thing over the summer.

Thanks.

 

[LaserSVT]

Rear window seal or trunk seals. Check them. Check them now!

 

[Noobz347]

Rear window seal or trunk seals. Check them. Check them now!

Trunk seals are good. Window seal, "appears" to be ok. I've seen talk before about a cable. One that keeps the top tight at the bottom and channels the water to drains? You know anything about that?

 

[LaserSVT]

I know nothing. Why did you link me here?

 

[Noobz347]

I know nothing. Why did you link me here?

Cuz you turn a car every 3-5 days thought you might have run into this problem before.

 

[Noobz347]

Rear window seal or trunk seals. Check them. Check them now!

Can I reseal the rear window from the outside? RTV perhaps?

 

[Noobz347]

Well...

For lack of any other suggestions, I taped off and resealed the rear window with RTV. From the few, scattered threads I've been able to find, I've got nothing to loose for making the attempt.

 

[Steve491]

Sit in the back seat and have someone run a garden hose on it. You'll find the leak.

 

[Noobz347]

Sit in the back seat and have someone run a garden hose on it. You'll find the leak.

Yeah, that's how I found the leaks (plural) before deciding that the whole rear window needed to be sealed. I also found a piece of material on the driver side that was sitting outside of the water channel. It was funneling in water there as well. It rained last night and today, and so far it appears that the reseal and rearrangement has stopped all the leaks.

What remains is to see how long the repair lasts.

It costs $600 + labor for a new top. I figured that I'd try this first.