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Chrysler Sebring Water Leaks

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#158 of 169 Driver's floor soaked by jbusc

Oct 06, 2011 (8:08 pm)

Two questions regarding my 2001 Sebring Convertible - I pulled up my driver's floor mat to find the drivers floor & carpet soaked - the rest of the floor was dry - I drove in heavy rain 2 days ago but none leaked in the roof/side window area. Where should I be checking for leaks, firewall maybe?
Second question the hooks that attach the roof to the header appear to have threaded hokles that look like set screws should be in them but there are none - aren't there supposed to be set screws to keep the hooks from turning & where might I get some? (I called the local dealer's parts department and they seemed to think there are not supposed to be set screws - then why the threaded holes? Thanks

#159 of 169 Re: Standing Water in Floor Board [grnchrysler200] by eiluj77

Nov 29, 2011 (2:21 pm)

Replying to: grnchrysler200 (Oct 05, 2004 2:51 pm)
I found this on another web site, it seems plausible, I just vacuumed 4 inches of water from the back and front driver side floor boards. It's sleeting right now, so I'll have to wait to look for the weep holes but I have a good feeling about this one. Please let me know if this works. Sebring Convertibles have weep holes under the body that get clogged with debris and cause the water to back up into the floor. Take a paper clip and straighten it to clean out the weep holes. The weep holes can be found just under the frame at the doors where there is a seam(about where the jack would go). Along this seam about every 12 or 16 inches there will be a small slot for the water to drain.

#160 of 169 Re: Standing Water in Floor Board [eiluj77] by rbender

Dec 01, 2011 (12:53 pm)

Replying to: eiluj77 (Nov 29, 2011 2:21 pm)
I've posted photos and web of the drainage holes many times!

#161 of 169 Re: Standing Water in Floor Board [eiluj77] by rbender

Dec 01, 2011 (12:54 pm)

Replying to: eiluj77 (Nov 29, 2011 2:21 pm)
http://chryslersebringdrainslots.webs.com/Drains.htm

#162 of 169 chrysler sebring water link by joeweber6

Jan 17, 2012 (6:55 pm)

Water Sloshing ...as you drive. My sebring convertible had the drain hole plugged with a plastic plug The hole is located in front of each of rear tire, inside fender at rocker level. This is a mfg defect, when i purchased it new.
 
The hose that drains the top storage compartment were left inside the fender, rather then installed thru the rocker drain hole. .....so all the water that normally ends up in the storage compartment and drains to the ground was draining into the fender and rocker wells. when they reached their max. or you hit the brakes the water would spill out under the carpet. ....Solution: pull the plug and fish the hose thru the hole or remove inside panel and insert thru hole. ..................apparently mine was not the only one with this mfg defect and others.

#163 of 169 Water leafing into the front floor cure by neisman

Feb 03, 2012 (9:57 am)

Replying to: kaycan (Jul 24, 2010 1:50 pm)
Early Sebring convertibles had trouble with water leaking past the rubber weatherstrip that fastens to the "A" (Windshield) pillar. That weatherstrip goes in one piece from the bottom of the door window, over the top of the windshield and down the other side. It seals the front of the door window and the front of the convertible top.
Early gaskets were smooth on the "A" pillar where they contacted the window. Later Chrysler changed that weatherstrip to include a ridge that kept water from entering the car. I bought the later weatherstrip at a junkyard and installed it on my 98 Sebring, stopping all leaking.
I don't know in which year the change came about.
 
Karl at aoksales.com

#164 of 169 Re: chrysler sebring water link [joeweber6] by claires HOST

Feb 03, 2012 (8:48 pm)

Replying to: joeweber6 (Jan 17, 2012 6:55 pm)
rbender posted a great pictorial about this -- check out his post:
http://townhall-talk.edmunds.com/direct/view/.f0f68aa/146!vuserName=rbender
 
ClaireS, Host
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#165 of 169 Standing water in Back passenger door by ronmon06

Feb 07, 2012 (8:46 pm)

I have had my 07 Sebring Touring Sedan since 10 and this is the first time I have had this problem. We live in Texas and often have bad rain storms, well this past Saturday it rained very hard and my car was out in the rain. After the sorm cleared I noticed when I drove it and came to stops it sound like water was being thrown at me. Well today I slammed the door on purpose and you could hear standing water in the back door. To my surprise I poured water by the window in this crack and thats where its coming from. My window seal is not keeping the water out.

#166 of 169 Re: Water Getting into the Frame [rbender] by srobertson1

Oct 01, 2012 (6:46 pm)

Replying to: rbender (May 28, 2011 1:07 am)
im going to try looking for these. i bought this 99 and i started to hear a slosh in the passenger side. not in the door. i went to the guy i got it from and was trying to explain what i heard cause i was going to try to get a shop vac down the side of it. it wasnt in trunk or door, and wasnt coming from firewall but it made the passenger floor wet. he said the car is made to drain so he didnt see how it would be holding water. his wife had showed up so he was in a hurry to get going. so tonight it rained like crazy. the slosh was horrible on way home. it started going to the passenger floors and i heard it mess with a speaker. i had made sure the radio is off but if made a wierd noise and the lights on display went off. the power locks stopped working, and the lights on the rear view mirror stopped too. hope thats just a fuse.... i had one these cars before and never had this problem

#167 of 169 Re: Water Getting into the Frame [srobertson1] by rbender

Oct 02, 2012 (4:34 pm)

Replying to: srobertson1 (Oct 01, 2012 6:46 pm)
Do check around the door seals, Bottom of the door there will be rubber seals and they do stick the car. gently pull them away from the paint and check for the slots when you find a slot clean it and insert a large paper clip to keep the rubber seal from sticking again. Once I inserted the paper clips and made a habit of cleaning them once a year I have not had a water problem with the doors again in my sebring

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