Why is my driver side floorboard wet?
Why is my floorboard wet passenger side? A damp carpet or water on floor passenger side situation can be caused by a plugged AC condensate drain line, a leaking heater core, leaking windshield seal, a problem with sunroof drains or water ingestion from the fresh air intake on your car’s HVAC system.
What can cause wet carpet in a car?
Wet Carpet in Your Car? 5 Potential Reasons
- Bad Heater Core.
- Clogged A/C Evaporator Drain.
- Clogged Sunroof Drain.
- Leaking Weatherproofing.
- Human Error. Moisture isn’t exactly rare in Oregon, which means that it’s easy for it to get inside your vehicle in ways that are completely accidental.
How do I know if there is moisture in my carpet?
They may seem dry on the surface, so you never know if moisture has been soaking the inner fibers for long. You can experience this if you don’t open check the corners of your home that may cause flooding. One of the telltale signs of a wet carpet problem is smelling a foul odor from the affected area.
Is the driver side floor wet after a rain?
What I do know, is after a rain, the driver side floor is wet. Much more than I would expect to be ldripping in along the hood release cable. You might check to see if the comfort control module is under the carpet in the drivers side foot well. You do NOT want that module to get wet, don’t ask how I know.
What to do if your car floor is wet?
The carpet and carpet padding can absorb a lot of moisture. Only way to really verify a fix is to blast a LOT of water here and there and watch for leaking. Sometimes this takes a couple of people (one inside to watch, one outside to run the hose).
Where is the drain on the driver’s side?
There are drains in there too that need to me cleaned. Look at the area under the grill right in front of the windscreen. Likely you will find leaves etc there blocking the drain. It is also possible (depends on car) that the A/C drain is blocked.
Is the driver’s side of a Volkswagen Beetle wet?
Given you have no sun roof, yup. The PO of my beetle use to park under a pine tree. My passenger side floor was always wet and I kept trying to clean the sunroof drains with no results. It took me hours to get in and vacuum out the plenum. There are drains in there too that need to me cleaned.