Water dripping from bottom of car

shanghai_knight · Aug 19, 2014

I noticed some water dripping from near the center of the bottom of the chassis after driving the car for a while and pulling over into a car park. Anyone experienced the same? Is this normal? Thanks for the tips!

ADN_ModelS · Aug 19, 2014

Its the air conditioning. Turn off the AC, and see if it goes away

bonnie · Aug 19, 2014

Were you running the air conditioner?

dsm363 · Aug 19, 2014

I'm seeing this now and then too. Near left rear wheel usually.

Vmax · Aug 19, 2014

Although I didn't get my car yet, I assume it's condensation water from the aircon or maybe the battery cooling system. Probably nothing to worry about.

mknox · Aug 19, 2014

In my experience, the a/c seems like it must drip on top of the battery, then run off in the direction of the car's particular angle. I've seen it drip out pretty much at all four corners at various times.

shanghai_knight · Aug 19, 2014

Yea, I had the aircon on. However, I never had this issue with my other car (Mercedes) with aircon on... Thanks all for the helpful info tho!

markb1 · Aug 19, 2014

dsm363 said:
I'm seeing this now and then too. Near left rear wheel usually.

Me too, same location.

pete8314 · Aug 19, 2014

mknox said:
In my experience, the a/c seems like it must drip on top of the battery, then run off in the direction of the car's particular angle. I've seen it drip out pretty much at all four corners at various times.

Indeed. Seems like an odd design, but I'm sure there's some logic behind it. This was a pic I snapped when I installed the radar detector, I assume the pipe in the middle is the condensation drain:

Canuck · Aug 19, 2014

Why does a car leak water while running the a/c?

Edit: Above is link. I got a PM from someone here saying they were about to answer my question until they realized it was a link... lol...

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