Thanks for the suggestions. I should be able to take a look this PM or tomorrow.

Cheers!

Steve A-

Hi,

There are drain holes along the pinch weld that runs along the bottom of the cars outer frame rails on both sides of the car.
They look like little puckers for openings.
The cowling drain to the the frame rails.

If you have a sunroof they drain down the sides the windshield in hoses to the same place at the back of the front fenders. The rear portion of the sunroof goes down the "B" pillars to the frame rails, I believe.

After a summer of leaves falling, they end up behind the heater coil of the center console and in the chamber of the front doors thresholds area.
If you pull back the carpets, from the threshold sides, you will see plastic plugs to give you accessibility to vacuum out lots of debris.
It goes forward to the front fenders. This is where the cowing dumps. If you run water in the vents you will see water come out from the back of the fenders.

Just clearing the tiny puckers will not work for long if you have not serviced the rail in a few years.
I have heard of these plugging up so bad, that water can be heard sloshing back and forth, until it can get to the drains that are farther back on take offs!

The doors themselves have small outlets that you should look for to have some crud blockage
as dirt and bird plop washes in there from the windows.


If your windshield is leaking, on any corner side, the water can run along some wires and should be a concern.
On the left side, water can end up into relays. The right side has those beloved computers.

There is a left foot step for resting your foot on. This is where the corner rises up a bit.
There is a sheet metal cover that causes that and it's over some wiper relays.
Under it are relays that should be turned with their tops mounted pointing upwards.
You want them up as high as you can get them under that cover, just for cases like this of water in the foot well.

Most likely the factory has them this way but if you are inspecting things, take a look especially on a " well used" wagon for its the hiding place of the rear wiper relay.

Good luck spelunking down there.

Phil

Take a hose and run water down the window. See if you get a drip.inside the car.
Check your fresh air intake for leaves and dirt clogging the rain drain holes. My 740 Volvo had a leaky winshied and I pulled the trim off and used some flow able silicon to fix the leak. I still have a small drip , so I'll be pulling the trim back off to add more flow able silicon.