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Water in door seals

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Hello everyone, I am new here. I have a 2017 gla 200 amg line. I have only had it for a few weeks and I’ve noticed that when it rains, water collects in the door seals so when I open the door water is released into the cabin and on the seats. I also found spots of water on my leather seats in the back before even opening the door. I took it to my dealership who said the water sitting in the seals ones normal however it’s going back Tuesday about the water ingress without opening the car. Does anyone else experience this or anything similar?

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Welcome to the forum.

There are tubes within the structure that are designed to drain from roof to the ground. However they can get clogged with debris over time and water can back up into the vehicle. Very possibly this is the root cause.

This is common on most vehicles and a maintenance item that most don't pay enough attention until there's an issue. Here's a good example of sunroof channel cleaning/maintenance which also touches upon cleaning the drain tubes.


Likely this time when it's in for service they'll do a more complete diagnosis, to include the drain tubes, and resolve. I would certainly ask if/request they inspect and test same. All the best.
Welcome to the forum.

There are tubes within the structure that are designed to drain from roof to the ground. However they can get clogged with debris over time and water can back up into the vehicle. Very possibly this is the root cause.

This is common on most vehicles and a maintenance item that most don't pay enough attention until there's an issue. Here's a good example of sunroof channel cleaning/maintenance which also touches upon cleaning the drain tubes.


Likely this time when it's in for service they'll do a more complete diagnosis, to include the drain tubes, and resolve. I would certainly ask if/request they inspect and test same. All the best.
Thanks. I can’t seem to find any drain holes which I had with my bmw. Hopefully they’ll sort it out when I take it back. Do you know where the drain holes are located?
Thanks. I can’t seem to find any drain holes which I had with my bmw. Hopefully they’ll sort it out when I take it back. Do you know where the drain holes are located?
Hi there did you get to bottom of why water on rear seat I have same issue dsf looks like water coming over top of inner seal
Hi there did you get to bottom of why water on rear seat I have same issue dsf looks like water coming over top of inner seal
No I didn’t. I ended up trading it in after going back and forth to a number of different garages. Did you ever find a fix?
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