Wet footwell

ppolly

we've just had exactly the same problem with our Vauxhall Corsa. Alot of water was coming in -we're talking about a substantial puddle after heavy rain.Took the car to a garage where they diagnosed a problem with water leaking in behind the acceleration pedal. They basically sealed round what they could reach, where the water was coming in, with a non-drying sealant (so it wouldn't dry and crack). It took them two goes to do. Since then the car has been fine. They also asked if we'd ever had any work done on the gearbox -which we had, as apparently that caused the problem. Sorry if this is not very technical reply.

Takoda

I had an Astra that had a water leak - only found when insurance assessor looked at car for totally unrelated rear door bump.

Was a bit of welding missed by the robot. Took 2 diff garages to diagnose. Car was never right - had electrical problems with lights going off at random times as we were driving along.

I got rid of it and have refused to buy Vauxhall again.

Strider590

Takoda wrote: »

I got rid of it and have refused to buy Vauxhall again.

Well..... As Vauxhall are owned by General Motors, you'd better think to exclude (Just in the UK and Europe).

Chevrolet
Vauxhall
Opel
Holden
Daewoo
Any SAAB before 2010
Any Suzuki before 2008

sassy_one

You may have a hole in the foot well

Takoda

Strider590 wrote: »

Well..... As Vauxhall are owned by General Motors, you'd better think to exclude (Just in the UK and Europe).

Chevrolet
Vauxhall
Opel
Holden
Daewoo
Any SAAB before 2010
Any Suzuki before 2008

Not a problem.

Deep_In_Debt

pwllbwdr wrote: »

Once you have found and stopped the leak, or possibly before, you will probably need to take the carpets up. Even if the surface carpet looks dry after a couple of days, you will find that the underlay beneath is saturated and will take forever (or even longer) to dry in the car. Plus it may start the floor corroding.

Thanks for this. Will be checking out blockages tomorrow night as not had a chance so far so will post back.

The carpet is still very wet despite the dry weather so I will need to take it up - it's only in the front driver's side and doesn't seem to have gone anywhere else. No condensation for the last few days though as that only seems to happen in the wet weather.

The Corsa is a 2005 and I've had it since 2006 with low mileage so can't imagine it's the gearbox or anything like that.

paddedjohn

My daughters car had a similar problem when it rained but i couldnt find the cause untill i realised that when it rained, she put her heater on to demist the screen and it was the heater that was leaking into the car. May not be help you but its worth a look

hethmar

I had this with my old Golf and also my skoda fabia. It was in both cases mouldy leaves bunging up the drainage. In the case of the skoda there was some sort of rubber bung that exacerbated the problem. When I drove into a skoda maindealer and did my Miss Fluffy act about the soaking wet passenger footwell, the mechanic immediately lifted the bonnet and pulled off this rubber bung thing and said "cured" and it was The golf just had to have the mulched up leaves removed.

cyclonebri1

As said it could be a multitude of thing, most are listed here, leaf filled vent drains being a favourite, my VX used to hold so much water in that area that it showered into the car on roundabouts.

When you do get it sorted blower on full at full heat with front windows open seems to dry it out fairly quickly.

My present car suffers from condensation as I regularly carry wet clothes, fishing tackle etc home. It's a bit anal but I run the heater full on fresh air setting to lift the moisture then a couple of miles from home I put it to cold. This ensures the car is full of cold air which holds less moisture when the car is put away, less lickly to condensate. Theoretical but does seem to help reduce the issue.;)

Lirin

Mine's very unlikely to have happened to the OP....

Drivers footwell saturated, turned out to be drilled holes that hadn't been filled in for a diffbox....

Good luck with sorting it, it's usually something simple, like a seal/blockage.