Leaky Z?

Indy

Just got back from taking the car through wet weather for the first time since delivery and my passenger mentions that the carpet feels a little moist. So I get him to reach down to feel the carpet, and what do you know, there is a small pool down there...

Made a bee-line for home after that. Took part of the trim off, and had a look underneath and it seems like water is coming in from outside somehow, not sure if its leaking in from above or below:-S

Anyone else had such incidences? And what should I do, contact the dealer as soon as possible to get them to check it out?

BanningZ

Take pictures of any damage or evidence of leaking areas, and immediately get it to the dealer.

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zZSportZz

My Titan did this. Must be a Nissan thing. It was from the AC unit not draining correctly. Dealer corrected the issue.

Robert_Nash

If it's only happening in the rain then it sounds like something hasn't been sealed properly (my '79 TransAm was delivered to me with a windshield that hadn't been sealed at all; it was simply "laying" in the frame and nothing was keeping in on the vehicle expect its own weight and the framing they use to put on vehicles of that era).

There have been some "drainage" issues with other Nissan vehicels over the past few years years (drain tubes becoming blocked, etc) but haven't heard anything about such a problem encountered on with the 370 and such a problem would be somewhat "constant" (not tied to rain, etc).

At any rate, get it to your dealer ASAP and get the problem documented.

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shabarivas

My friends G35 does this to this day...

Robert_Nash

Is the dealer doing their best to find the problem; throwing up roadblocks or is your friend just not being very proactive in getting this addressed?

Since it's a G35 I would assume it's been going on a while now (since the G35 hasn't been offered in a while now); clearly this is something the dealer should fix or they should ask for help from Nissan in tracking down the problem if finding the problem is beyond them!

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CBRich

The dealer should definitely take care of this. And after they do I'd take it home and shoot it with the water hose with a friend inside to re-inspect and ensure they have fixed the problem fully.

nogoodname

did you have an alarm installed??

happened to a myg37 guy, got an alarm and the guy didn't seal the wire on the firewall properly and it leaked in from there

semtex

I'd check this hole here (behind the fender liner of the front-right wheel well). Normally, there's a grommet in it, but in this pic it's pulled out because I'm about to route wires through it:



Here's where it leads to on the other side. If it's not properly sealed, I could see how water would come through and soak the carpet:

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Indy

Hmm, I think you may be onto something semtex. When I pulled the trim apart, there was quite a bit of water collecting on the inside of that area.

Would you mind taking a few more photos of exactly where that hole is? My passenger side is on the left since I have an Australian model

semtex

Indy, look at this thread -> DIY: Blinder installation and radar detector hardwire

All the pics are in that thread from when I installed the Blinder laser jammer. I'm guessing that that hole is on both sides (i.e., both front wheel wells).

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semtex

I need to make one small correction about that hole. I don't think there's normally a grommet in it. The grommet I was thinking of came with the Blinder; it wasn't part of the car. I can't remember whether or not there was something sealing that hole that I had to pull out. It could be that the fender liner itself seals off the hole, which in turn means that the leak may just be due to a loose fender liner that isn't snapped in properly.

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