Leaky Trunk

Therman2020 · Post by **Therman2020** » Wed Apr 14, 2010 9:55 pm

Ok my problem is my trunk filling up with water, when it rains I get water in my trunk and then into my spare tire hole. Thank god last summer I Rino lined my trunk lol no rust but still my carpet and stuff in the trunk is getting wet can anybody help.

Post by **racer12306** » Wed Apr 14, 2010 9:59 pm

It's a very common problem.

You need to seal up the tail lights or replace the tail light gaskets.

There is a how to on how to seal them up in the how to section. Or you can just go get a new set of gaskets from the dealer.

darthroush · Post by **darthroush** » Thu Apr 15, 2010 3:14 am

I replace the seals and then sealed them. I wanted to make sure I wasn't going to be dealing with that hassle again anytime soon.

blueneo03 · Post by **blueneo03** » Thu Apr 15, 2010 12:10 pm

also check the 3rd brake light gasket i had a problem with that one to... just replace all the gaskets there its not expensive ne ways..

sidepipe87 · Post by **sidepipe87** » Thu Apr 15, 2010 2:20 pm

My weather stripping is bad on mine and water gets in around it so that could be an issue too.

nineball · Post by **nineball** » Thu Apr 15, 2010 2:53 pm

lay down the rear seats, sit inside partially in the trunk and have a friend throw the hose on it. you should be able to tell where it is coming in from, and my money is on the tail light seals.

sidepipe87 · Post by **sidepipe87** » Thu Apr 15, 2010 3:29 pm

nineball wrote:lay down the rear seats, sit inside partially in the trunk and have a friend throw the hose on it. you should be able to tell where it is coming in from, and my money is on the tail light seals.

that's essentially what I did after I sealed up my tail lights and found out it was the weather stripping.

Midnight_Rider · Post by **Midnight_Rider** » Fri Apr 16, 2010 2:57 am

blueneo03 wrote:also check the 3rd brake light gasket i had a problem with that one to... just replace all the gaskets there its not expensive ne ways..

That happened on my 1GN so I just bought and installed a new CHMSL rather than try to fix the leak.

Therman2020 · Post by **Therman2020** » Wed Jun 30, 2010 1:46 am

Were do i find the tail light seals at? and about how much do they cost? Do new aftermarket tail lights come with seals?

blueneo03 · Post by **blueneo03** » Wed Jun 30, 2010 4:02 am

dealership... not much like 6 per iirc and mine didnt..

Swordfish2Cowboy · Post by **Swordfish2Cowboy** » Wed Jun 30, 2010 2:02 pm

I think mine cost me $8 a piece from the dealer, but it might have been $6.