Back of my Saturn collects water in the spare tire area and has gone as far as the rear seat carpets. What gives?

SOURCE: 2004 Nissan Sentra, Spare Tire Cover?

call around to your local junkyards and im sure you will find it and probably pretty cheap too

Marvin

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• Posted on Jan 16, 2009

SOURCE: Water in spare tire compartment of trunk after heavy rain.

U need to carefully check the seams of the sheetmetal for any sign of water or dirt from the road, there is no common leak on these cars, in fact they seldom leak anywhere, the water is most likely splash up from the road, unless u left something out like it was sitting when this water accumulated. Let me know that info.

SOURCE: Wet floor on driver side only; Prevelant after heavy rain

I had a similar problem, water running off windshield down drain hole only came in when parked with front lower than rear. A hole used to route a wire to engine compartment from driver side through rear of fender allowed water to come in. Remove rear fender liner fastners from left front fender pull liner away without fully removing it and look for hole leading into cabin. Plug it with deaft sealer.
My 2001 had a wire for an alarm system routed through hole, but dealer who sold me car as used felt he could not leave an non factory alrm system in place DUH!
Ken

SOURCE: Water is getting into spare tire area on 2006 Nissan Sentra

CHECK TO MAKE SURE THE WEATHER SEAL AROUND THE TRUNK LID IS NOT DAMAGED.IF YOU CAN GET SOMEONE IN THE TRUNK WITH A FLASHLIGHT TO SEE IF WATER IS COMING IN AROUND THE SEAL WHILE YOU USE A HOSE TO SOAK THE TRUNK LID GAPS

SOURCE: water collects on floor behind driver's seat

Most likely the sunroof drains are clogged. It happened to mine, the floormats and floors were soaked, especially behind the drivers side. Volvo wanted to charge me $550 to clear them out and dry out the floors. Instead I took it home, rolled down the windows, parked it in the sun and let it dry out. Then I found a mechanic who blew out the drains with compressed air for only $20. He had originally quoted me $50-100, but ended up doing it for less. He said the two back drains are clogged. You can try sticking a small flexible wire down the front two yourself, then pour water down to see if it drains properly out the bottom of the car. When I looked I didn't see the two back sunroof drains, but my mechanic said they were clogged with leaves, you might be able to clear these yourself too. I would have never guessed that it was the sunroof causing this, because you don't see the water leak around the sunroof, you only see the water backing up on the floor. Don't take it to the dealership, it's a simple job and they will rip you off.