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There is usually two common reasons for water in the foot wells. First is a damaged seal on one of the doors or sun roof, (if one is fitted). The other is a faulty heater matrix.
To check the door seals open the door wide and closely look at the rubber the door presses against when it is closed. Any rips or tears in these seals will let water in. These seal are a simple, tight fitting 'push on' fit and are normally easy to replace. Pull the old one off and push the new one on.
The Heater matrix is a small radiator mounted under the dashboard and supplies the heat for the heaters inside the vehicle. A simple way to check this is to smell the water pooling in the footwell. The matrix uses engine coolant so if this is the leak the 'water' should have a "sweet" smell to it. Unfortunately, to repair this you often need to remove the whole dashboard just to get to the part.
Once you have checked it isn't a car window that is slightly open there is three main reason for water in the foot wells. Sun roof, door seals and heater matrix.
If you have a sun roof fitted, check it is closed correctly. Open it all the way and check the running grooves it sits in for dirt and blockages. There are drain holes in the runners so try cleaning the runner grooves with an old toothbrush.
Open the front door on that side of the vehicle. Take a good look at the rubber seal the door presses against when it is closed. Any damage or splits can create leaks into the vehicle. Check the rear door seal for the same thing. If you can, check all the other door seals and the trunk/boot seal as well. These seals are usually a tight fitting 'push on' type which you can replace yourself.
This will sound silly but does the 'water' smell of anything? The heater matrix is under dashboard and is what supplies the heat to the heater blower controls on the dashboard. If this is leaking the leak will have a sweet smell as this is coolant from the engine. This is a big repair as you often have to remove the whole dash to repair it.
you can 'fish' a coat hanger through the door seal to press the unlock button on the armrest, or slide down along window into the door's body to attempt to manually work the locking mechanism... a slim-jim is helpful here but can be done w/ coat hanger. WARNING!: this may damage your paint or the door seal or both, or the window seal.... once in the main body of the car...trip the lever
There is no separate emission fuse, did you mean ignition fuse? If so there are some fuses located under the dash on the left side close to the door, look under the dash straight up using a flashlight you will see a black cover about an inch wide and four inches long, remove the cover there are fuses inside, they are labeled on the cover.
programing a remote is not hard but it is timing is every thing! set up. driver's door open all others closed. all movements are done at one second intervals. 1 insert the key in the ignition and remove it twice 2 close and open the door twice. 3 insert and remove the key once 4 close and open the door twice. 5 insert the key 6 close door 7 rotate key to run back to off and remove. (locks should cycle once) 8 press both the lock and unlock buttons for a second on the remote. 9 press the remote's lock button (locks should cycle once more)
Ome people put oil on the rubber seals around the doors. A better solution is to pick up some silicone spray and spay that on the seals. The spray can be found at automotive or big box stores (Depot).
1) Dead windows seals rubber that are no longer flexible and can break down to the point of being sticky rubber: replace the seals or as a temporary solution rub a bar of wet soap on the seals where the windows slide against.
2) Lack of lubrication in the windows winder mechanism: you will need to remove the doors handles & internal covering panel to get to the gears located in the doors cavity where the windows slide in.
Hi nanadevi,
There are two rubbers fitted to each of the caliper pistons.The outer one is a dust cover and the inner is the seal.... i you've removed the inner, you'll have to refit very carefully, not causing any damage....Lubricate with rubber grease and open the bleed nipple....push it in gently....The dust cover fits over the caliper housing and tapers outwards to fit the piston....
is there a factory defect with the driver's side window rubber tracking?
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