after i wash my car i notice that the carpet in the driver side floor is damp. no water on the floor mat or kick panels or seat, just the carpet. is there a drain that would let it come in the firewall or around the door?
Possible areas for water to enter a Hard top car:
1. Top of the door frame
2. 1/4 windows
3. Front windshield
4. Rear hatch / trunk area
5. Body plugs on the floor (check under your carpet!)
Possible areas for water to enter a Convertible car:
1. Everywhere
Is it in your drivers floor board or in the rear floor board? Take your driver side seat out(4 bolts) and peel the carpet back where its wet. Have a friend or loved one spray the car where you suspect the water is coming in while you sit in the car. Patch hole then drink beer. Go fishing.
car is a vert but there is no water in the seat or on the top of the floor mat just in the driver side floor. ill try what darthcual said and see if i cant locate the leak.
car is a vert but there is no water in the seat or on the top of the floor mat just in the driver side floor. ill try what darthcual said and see if i cant locate the leak.
check the door seal. verts are bad for body flex and old door weatherstriping. other than that check the body grommet under the hood for the steering column. people cut these to install wiring for stereos and such. the easiest way inside.
I had this EXACT thing happen to my car once (a 94 convertible), but from the rain, and not from a car wash. The carpet under my (the driver's) feet was a lake. Also there was no other water ANYWHERE. Not on the seat, dash, door panel, kick panel, steering wheel, windsheild, headiner, inside of top behind the headliner, gas and brake pedal, or the steering column under the dash. Nothing else was wet. Not any other area on the carpet either. I even looked at the carpet compared to everything else. I figured out the angles, and tried to find how the water could be there, but on nothing else. I made a mini plumb bob and hung it from my window, every half inch, to see if the water could come in that way, and not hit the door. NOPE. I asked around on here, and no one knew. My g-pa said something about a drain valve at the bottom of the windshield. If it get's clogged with leaves or whatever, water could spill over and maybe enter the car, behind the dash. So I took that plastic piece off under the winsheild wiper, and saw some confusing mess with no answers. This went on for almost a month. I gave up, and never found out why. Eventually the smell of wet socks went away, and that leak had never happened again. You washed your car though. When I go to a car wash, it involes two people. One on each side with a rag, to cover the spots as the water shoots in. My weather stripping is wearing out, and that's why. So go to a car wash, but stay inside, and you'll see what's happening. Water comes from all angles, so it's easy for your carpet to get wat and nothing else. When I wash my car, my trunk used to get wet, because the water comes up the body of the car, and goes under that black metal strip, then finds it's way into the trunk. It took me two weeks to find and stop that leak. But it could be possible you need new weather stripping on the top. Or do what I did and just don't wash your car anymore.