Passenger seat belt wet?

4mula1Z

It is not a few minutes of water pressure that causes the wet seat belt, it's a pool of water that gathers during a constant sustained rain, that slowly leaks into the compartment. Print out the picture from post 36, take it to the dealer and ask for them to replace those 2 panels and the brackets that hold them on.

Vaidol

They have ordered parts. When I get the list I will post the part numbers for future reference. It seems to be a 2016 issue.

david81968

Thanks, please let us know the parts & outcome.

Mikefairladyz

No more wet seatbelt since i have put eurethane on the two round plug

SouthArk370Z

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Nixin

Show us some pics there Habs fan!

Iskateforfree

Has the solution for the wet seat belt been confirmed (reinforcing the top window panel and replacing panel and clips). I want to print this out and show the dealership so they have an idea of how to fix the window leak.

JARblue

Congrats on getting new body welts ... but I doubt that is the problem. Mine are torn to hell and have never leaked in over 90K miles.

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zfever

Yeah, I doubt it too. I don't see how water could get through the door and into the seat belt retractor area. It's pretty obvious the water would need to leak through the roof panels above the door or through the hatch.

I think the techs probably spent more time driving my car around than thinking about where the water is coming in from.

Totally off topic: what do you guys do to reduce joy ride miles driven by techs / advisors / whoever? It seems like every time I take my Z to the dealer (first 2 free oil changes then twice for this leak) there is between half a mile and 2 miles added to the odometer, presumably hard-driven miles.

JARblue

I take photos of the odometer and make sure they know I don't want the car driven unless they have explicit permission from me. I bring a sheet of paper with all my instructions and expectations printed out to leave with my service guy. Some people even go so far as to leave a post-it note on the gauges. I've only left the Z at a dealer a handful of times, but I've never picked it up with more than 0.3 miles driven. I'd raise bloody hell for 2 miles.

Of course, that still doesn't stop them from parking my 6MT on a hill and letting out the clutch before applying the parking brake so the weight of the car is sitting on the transmission instead of the rear brakes

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Christian Sun

I have this issue too on my 15 nismo I went to dealer couple of times no result, I end up fix this by my self, you can pull out the B pillar cover and tape sealing every thing under the cover it probably fix your problems too. Hope it works.

OhioYJ

Hopefully my issue is as simple as those plugs. When I pulled the passenger plug up there was water there. I did seal them, and it has rained one day since and it was dry the next day. Still waiting for a heavy down pour though to see if its really "fixed". If it happens again I'll admit defeat and pull the B pillar.

Christian Sun

My Z got leak again T T need some help now....

simul8r

I took mine to the dealer, yet again, for the issue. Both top panels above the doors have had new weatherstripping and RTV installed. The rubber cable grommets on the rear deck lid have been sealed with RTV. The seatbelts still get soaked.

Yesterday the tech and I witnessed the flow of water right into the B pillar windows. Gents, this is where our cars are leaking.


I'll post an update as soon as my dealership figures out how to fix it.

wildolympic

I fixed my leak by removing the 2 black plastic caps in the hatch area and putting RTV silicon on them pushing them back into place and wiping off the excess and I have not had any water leaks, problem solved.