Water accumulating inside trunk hatch lid

Hello everyone,

Since the return of warmer temperatures we have had quite a bit of rain locally, and after leaving the car outdoors while at work, I found that significant amounts of water would pour out of the trunk hatch when opened, but not from expected places...

- From both round rubber stoppers near the edges of the hatch.

- More concerning to me, from both handles in the plastic molding, especially from the one with the button to close the trunk.

I had my local SC look at the issue last week when my car went in for the battery shield, and I was told they had "sealed some hinges" as per a TSB. It did not, however, seem to do anything. Yesterday I opened the hatch and it looked like I had opened a faucet under the trunk closure button, and some water often comes out on a few subsequent openings.

I have not seen any evidence of water ingress elsewhere in the vehicle.

Aside from a defective pin in the charge port, this has been the only issue that I would consider more that a trivial annoyance after 13 months of grinning / ownership.

I will try to get some video of this when it rains this weekend, but I just wanted to see if anyone else has had a similar problem, and if so how it was resolved.

Cheers.

It seems to be new (post-winter). I did not have this problem last summer.

I agree it must be a seal somewhere, but my SC seemed to have no idea...

The forecast rain just started in Montreal.

I'll hopefully be able to get a good video of the problem to show to the SC.

Thanks to everyone for your comments. Will keep you updated.

Quick follow-up. I had the car in for servicing this week and this issue was addressed.

However, I am not certain they understand the issue - the repair log states that I noted "heavy condensation in the taillights", whereas I actually reported significant amounts of water coming out of the rubber stoppers and hatch lid hand holds after the car has been sitting in rain for a while. I explained what happens in detail verbally and by e-mail, and even sent them a video to demonstrate... They re-sealed the trunk hinges, and applied a seal to the taillight assemblies.

After the visit to the service center, the car was in a brief but intense downpour, and I noted a few drops of water from the driver's side rubber stopper while opening the trunk, concerning but not enough to conclude repair failure, I will have to wait and see.

NLC, your car has the same symptoms as mine. Let me know what diagnosis you get! (et félicitations pour votre superbe voiture!)