The first thing you need to do is drill a few 1/4" holes in the plastic pan so if it happens again it doesn't soak your EPB unit...Obviously, look where you are drilling... Jason
Water in EPB Area
Another thread about water in the little electronic parking brake area in the trunk.
The previous owner flex sealed that black bump out cover for the spare tire but it seems as though water is still making it's way down there. Found about 1 inch wide area of standing water underneath that horizontally long silver piece that branches out to each wheel.
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I probably got a little too involved in the dark at 8PM tonight but I wanted to start to make some headway into the issue. I ended up pulling out a lot of interior panels and started to follow the wetness. You can actually see the water drops on the metal floor from my testing next to the battery above my drill. Noticing first that the flat part of the right panel (the floor of where the battery sits) was damp feeling so I pulled that out and put it in the garage to dry while I worked. I come back 15 minutes later to find that a decently size pool of water oozed out of it. That spongy, spotty looking material did just that, soak up all the water. More on that later.
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I poured some water down the back window and waited for it to take it's way down into the trunk area. It took a minute or two and slowly it started to drip from an area above the battery, circled in red.
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Closeup of the bead of water below:
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And a look down the inside of that panel to where the water would travel and drip down from.
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Another view straight into that little cavity up towards the passenger side C pillar.
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Tried to shove my face up there to look but it was too tight so I had my phone up there in one hand and flashlight in the other to get these shots. Unfortunately, it didn't give me a very good idea where the water could be entering the body from. The plastic tray that surrounds the trunk lid is all cracked and is super brittle so I'm assuming that's likely the cause, unless one of you has a suggestion as to where the water may be entering and where I can start trying to water proof.
Some additional investigating revealed that the EPC cable, the one that runs from the area behind the rear seats to the EPB itself was soaked. My theory is that the water enters the trunk from above the battery, drips down to the interior panel soaking and spreading through that spongy material, to the EPB cable where it provides a path down to the spare tire area. Path drawn below:
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I'm praying someone here has some idea of where the water may be entering so I can patch it up. I gave up looking since it got too dark but left all the panels off with a towel draped over the battery so I can continue digging tomorrow. Thanks!
The previous owner flex sealed that black bump out cover for the spare tire but it seems as though water is still making it's way down there. Found about 1 inch wide area of standing water underneath that horizontally long silver piece that branches out to each wheel.
I probably got a little too involved in the dark at 8PM tonight but I wanted to start to make some headway into the issue. I ended up pulling out a lot of interior panels and started to follow the wetness. You can actually see the water drops on the metal floor from my testing next to the battery above my drill. Noticing first that the flat part of the right panel (the floor of where the battery sits) was damp feeling so I pulled that out and put it in the garage to dry while I worked. I come back 15 minutes later to find that a decently size pool of water oozed out of it. That spongy, spotty looking material did just that, soak up all the water. More on that later.
I poured some water down the back window and waited for it to take it's way down into the trunk area. It took a minute or two and slowly it started to drip from an area above the battery, circled in red.
Closeup of the bead of water below:
And a look down the inside of that panel to where the water would travel and drip down from.
Another view straight into that little cavity up towards the passenger side C pillar.
Tried to shove my face up there to look but it was too tight so I had my phone up there in one hand and flashlight in the other to get these shots. Unfortunately, it didn't give me a very good idea where the water could be entering the body from. The plastic tray that surrounds the trunk lid is all cracked and is super brittle so I'm assuming that's likely the cause, unless one of you has a suggestion as to where the water may be entering and where I can start trying to water proof.
Some additional investigating revealed that the EPC cable, the one that runs from the area behind the rear seats to the EPB itself was soaked. My theory is that the water enters the trunk from above the battery, drips down to the interior panel soaking and spreading through that spongy material, to the EPB cable where it provides a path down to the spare tire area. Path drawn below:
I'm praying someone here has some idea of where the water may be entering so I can patch it up. I gave up looking since it got too dark but left all the panels off with a towel draped over the battery so I can continue digging tomorrow. Thanks!
