Toyota Sienna Water Leaks
My 2002 Sienna has water pooling in the front passenger side. We pulled up some of the front carpet and it's soaking beyond the passenger side. We need to find out where the water is coming from. It correlates to rain, but we tried hosing the passenger door and front windshield but didn't see any water coming in. Anyone have a similar problem?
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Haven't tried it yet, though.
I usually let my automatic climate control decide how to do those things and none of my cars have had a similar problem.
The hose test works for me. I removed the rug, and can see the water trickling down right behind the wire harness by the door. I can't tell where it is getting in, though (yet).
I'll let you know when I have it figured out.
Anyone have any success in addressing this problem?
Water has leaked in for the past five months, pooling up to a half of an inch in the front of the vehicle. My carpet and interior are now trashed over a $67.00 vent.
This took hours of research by a competent dealer, no body shop including the one that did the repair would look at this problem. Finally no more leak, I hope to save any one else the expense.
I have a 2000 Sienna, and have run into the same problem. Got
into the van a week ago and though the kids had spilled something.
Only to find it kept getting worse the next day. Pulled the carpet back on the drivers side and was horrified at the stench. Then saw that it was on the pass
side as well. Haven't pulled the seats out yet, but I did the hose thing while the
heater was running, and didn't see any leaks. Baffled, I got out of the van, and noticed water dripping on the side that has the rear heater core monted just under front passenger seat.
I've alread recieved a new interior carpet from www.custominteriors.com. NOT CHEAP. $310.00 after S&H. But I had only assumed it's from a bad rear heater core. Thanks for the rear A/C probability . . . I'll keep everybody informed.
Water running directly in from the rear door seal. Off to the body shop I go.
Good luck to all.
I have an 04 Sienna that started leaking this past January.First on the passenger side and then both . I think it has to do with how your van is sitting when it rains. It also leaks when driving in the rain. Sometimes drips out of handles above the doors.
Toyota tells me I'm the first to ever complain. Ya right. Would cost me several hundred in labor to remove head liner etc. etc. Of course I'm out of warrenty. Thanks for the possibllity of things to check. If I ever find an answer I will post.
Cardsfan
Just had one heck of a down-pouring of rain, and went in to my van and found water running steadiily out of the Garage Door remote-control button panel in the ceiling, and pouring down into the cup holder of the console between the front two seats. When I moved the van into shelter, water sloshed up within the ceiling somewhere, and even more water gushed out of the panel.
I've never had the problem before (purchased the van new in 2003) whether the van was standing or going 70mph down the highway in a down-pour.
Can anyone help me trouble-shoot this? I''ve called the local Toyota dealer but not gotten a knowledgeable reply - likely need to "open it up".
Any help you can give me will be greatly appreciated!
Thank you!
Thanks much.
Had replaced the windshield several months ago. Seal at top of windshield leaked - possibly due to rapidly cooling the windshield with air conditioned air when starting up on a very hot day.
Resealed the windshield, and the leak is now gone.
Anyone else had this problem? Suggestions?
Also, make sure the drains under the door jambs are clear, so water can drain out from your rocker panels. I think the holes are near the jacking points.
WONDERING IF LEAK ISNT FROM FRONT UNDER DASH,BUT FROM REAR AND ROLLING FORWARD TO FRONT.THE DEALER DIDN'T SEEM TO KNOW
ABOUT THIS,OR HEARD OF REAR A/C VENT CAUSING THIS,OR FRESH AIR DUCT.WHERE ARE THESE LOCATED?I CHECKED REAR A/C DRAIN AND ITS OK.NO WATER IN R/R QUARTER PANEL WHERE THIS LOCATED.
THIS IS A MESS.WELL I'M REMOVING SEATS/CARPETS TO LEAK TEST FURTHER.
DOES ANYONE KNOW ABOUT THIS?WHERE/WHAT WAS IS?
NOW THAT THE WINTERS HEAR,SEND HELP.
THANKS
JOEE78
Body shop wants to check thouroughly and investigate?
Please inform me if you find this problem fixed.
Thanks
Thanks
AFTER EXTENSIVE WATER TESTING,WE FOUND LEAK WAS FROM REAR
DOOR,THE REAR HATCH DOOR,SO WE REPLACED THE PERIMETER SEAL THAT GOES AROUND THE REAR DOOR,THE TECH WHO REPALCED THE SEAL SAW TOYOTA HAS CHANGED THE DESIGN,SO THEY MUST BE AWARE
OF PROBLEM AND LEAKS FROM REAR DOOR.
IT WAS HARD TO FIND SINCE WATER POOLED UNDER FRONT FLOOR MATS,
SINCE THE WATER WAS RUNNING UNDERNEATH BODY PAN AND TO FRONT OF CAR.THE LAST WEEK WE HAD HEAVY RAINS,AND NO LEAKS,YEAH!
GOOD LUCK,HOPE THIS HELPS
JOE.
Thanks,
George
OUR CAR IS OUT OF WARRANTY SO WE PAID.
I HAVEN'T HAD TROUBLE WITH SLIDING DOORS,SO I CAN'T HELP
YA THERE.
REMOVE THE SEATS AND SOME TRIM AND LAY THE CARPET ON A CLOTHES LINE TO DRY OUT.
GOOD LUCK
thank you so much Joe for this info, I can't believe it was posted so specifically! I've got the EXACT same symptoms on my 2000 Sienna, water pooling , severely I (I'm in Seattle ....) on both sides of the front floor. In investigating it, I was very puzzled by the amount of water leaking out the rear hatch door when it was lifted. Now it seems clear why! Is the seal replacement a "Dealer only" option, or do you think there could be a home remedy? Thanks again for posting
Listen folks, this is without a doubt, a manufacturing defect and a severe health issue, and they are refusing to pay for it. We are talking about a serious health issue here, in some cases it sends people to the hospital if not death. That's why I am standing the ground and making these people pay for it, IT'S THEIR PROBLEM AND YOU SHOULD NOT PAY FOR IT.
I've noticed a patern, they all deny that the problem exists with other customers, here's the classic -"nothing is in our database about this problem". Then why in the world Toyota re-designed the rear hatch seal????? ( maybe they were just boured...and woke up one day, "hey, lets design something different today!!! WOW!)
I had this leak problem since I bought the van 2 years ago, now it's unbearable smell of mold and rotting smell of death! I've had it with this people, if they don't fix it I am t :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: aking them to court. Guess what, they will pay a lot more than a mere carpet and a seal! Please contact the Toyota Corporation at the number above, if enough people make noise, maybe, just maybe, they'll do something. Please pass the word around, these water leak problems that I've read in posts similar to this one, reports problems from years '98 to '06. I feel bad for these folks, because they are stuck with it and not knowing what to do. (You would think, that the great TOYOTA would help you...NOT!) Hope this helps.
Listen folks, this is without a doubt, a manufacturing defect and a severe health issue, and they are refusing to pay for it. We are talking about a serious health issue here, in some cases it sends people to the hospital if not death. That's why I am standing the ground and making these people pay for it, IT'S THEIR PROBLEM AND YOU SHOULD NOT PAY FOR IT.
I've noticed a patern, they all deny that the problem exists with other customers, here's the classic -"nothing is in our database about this problem". Then why in the world Toyota re-designed the rear hatch seal????? ( maybe they were just boured...and woke up one day, "hey, lets design something different today!!! WOW!)
I had this leak problem since I bought the van 2 years ago, now it's unbearable smell of mold and rotting smell of death! I've had it with this people, if they don't fix it I am taking them to court. Guess what, they will pay a lot more than a mere carpet and a seal! Please contact the Toyota Corporation at the number above, if enough people make noise, maybe, just maybe, they'll do something. Please pass the word around, these water leak problems that I've read in posts similar to this one, reports problems from years '98 to '06. I feel bad for these folks, because they are stuck with it and not knowing what to do. (You would think, that the great TOYOTA would help you...NOT!) Hope this helps. :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:
it and the problem lingers on.it took acouple of years of this reacurring problem to get bad enough where i had to have someone else diagnose and repair leak from rear hatch.hanging carpet out to dry,and spraying with lysol the floor and carpets nuetralized the odor.i did notice with the carpet removed up in the front floor boards,area's rusted from this since ,off and on for awhile i noticed a odor,musty
and moldy at times,little did i know i had water below my feet.
well good luck with getting Toyota to step up and Fix.
LET US ALL KNOW HOW YOU MAKE OUT.
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I cannot imagine ever getting the mold smell out of the carpet so even after the rear seal is fixed I will probably leave it like this until you guys convince Toyota to pay for new carpeting.
I went back to the body shop that replaced the bumper and showed them that the back door was out of alignment and that water was leaking in. They fixed it. I then removed all the seats and the carpet and found that the entire carpet was soaking wet. While we are drying it out, it appears that water is still getting in somehow. I am not sure where to look next. From this thread it appears that it could be the rear AC panel. Did this finally fix the problem for you?
Thxs
Evalee
To all, correct terminology is a great thing when searching for parts and infromation. Its a liftgate, not a hatch or a door. Its not a seal, its a weatherstrip. The weatherstrip can be located online for $60-$70 and replaced by yourself. You can buy a reasonable replica of the carpet on ebay for about $250, and if you've already torn it up, you know it won't be that hard to lay down. Most important thing to worry about is how to correctly disengage the airbag system so when your fiddling around the front seats, replacing your carpet, you don't blow your airbags.
Cynthia
ABLE TO PRESSURE WASH VAN TO SEE HOW WATER IS GETTING
INSIDE.EVEN THESE NEW CAR WASHES THAT USE HIGH PRESSURE
WATER(NO BRUSHES) WOULD BE STARTING POINT TO LOCATE ENTRY
POINT OF WATER,REAR HATCH PERIMETER SEAL IS A KNOW PROBLEM
AND WATER WOULD LAY IN BACK,SHOULD BE EASY TO LOCATE LEAK WITH A PRESSURE WASHER.
GOOD LUCK.
JOE
Sorry I took that long to respond, just in the last couple months I have come to the bottom of this problem (at least I thought) and I know a lot of you are anxious for the fidings so here is:
After countless trips to the dealer, (I told them next to that, I will move in, set up my sleeping bag right in the showroom) they decided to pay to replace the entire carpet and door hatch seal (this seal goes on the body of van in the perimeter of hatch door) their cost of $2,100 (sorry I really don't feel their pain...) after job was done , they were very proud of their work and called me to pick up my van. I asked them again if it leaks, "oh no, we ran water over it for hours, it's bone dry" -they answered. So I went home and...I just had that urge to take a peek...so I removed the chairs and lifted the rug...it was soaked. Drove back and showed it to them, they were surprised? so I left the van there AGAIN. After a couple of days picked it up and again they said was day. By now, I am an expert in the detail field of auto mechanics!!!, so I removed the trim by the slide door driver side, lifted carpet and put my hand in there, yes you read my mind...it was really wet.
At this point, they said they are going to take my van to a water leak specialist, now that's an advancement in the rational thinking in this irrational world, I mean, I've only been farting around with this leak problem for 2 stinking years , and just now you just came to that conclusion? Brilliant!
Anyway, after I got my van back, I saw some metal shavings in the back, offcourse no one knew where they came from, it looked like someone drilled something.
So I went home, and peeked again, well, me and my beloved wife spent our Forth of July, removing the carpet all the way up to the driver seat, on our knees scrubing the entire van floor from the mold that already had grown. In addition to that, I found holes drilled in the body of the van, right under the hatch bottom molding, and voila! The water would came into the frame (there are a couple wide hole openings and inside there, I could see holes drilled, I could see light from outside. I was not a fortunate owner of a 12 gauge, but I whished someone had remembered me in the last Christmas! (no I would not use it on the van or the wife...)
So the dealer was surprise again to see holes in the van. Their theory, "we don't really know where the water comes from, but we sure know how to get it out..."
Ok, I admit that there is no water coming inside the cabin area now, so the carpet remains dry, BUT now it seems to pool in the hatch door from outside. So after it rains, and I open the hatch, water comes gushing out of the handle from outside, and that is where I am at. Don't really know how it gets there. Hopefully that does not cause a problem in winter in the freezing temperatures, we'll see...
So the dealer wanted to give us "new horses" at the tune of $23,000.00 for a brand new 2010 Toyota Sienna (actually I think is their cost), an idealistic perfect solution for a water leak, right? No, my wallet got constipated...so the the genius had ANOTHER solution, a bumper-to-bumper premium warranty for our "holly bucket" for 2 years or 24,000 miles...I took that because they did not have another van to trade-in with, and that is all folks!
If you wondering about all this "comedy" written in this post, is because, if I ain't laughing...I'd be crying for a loooong time. Maybe I should write a book about this a nd sell it on the internet, and make millions!
Thanks
FRONT OF CAR UNDER SUB FLOOR.
HOPE THIS HELPS
JOEE78
After reading this thread, though, I wonder if it really was mold. Are the Sienna vans still having leak issues?