Water on floor pan behind passenger seat

dplumpyh · 11-18-2006, 08:05 PM

I am fairly new to the jeep community, just bought my first '02 Wrangler Sport in May. I live in Michigan so I put the hardtop back on a a couple months ago. A couple weeks ago while I was giving the carpet 1 last cleaning before winter, I noticed the carpet was damp behind the passenger seat. I pulled the floor mat and figured it would dry out. Well...I went out tonight and found a puddle of water behind the passenger seat. The floor plug seems to be tight and the carpet around the floor pan area is dry. It has been rainy here lately, though I have never noticed anything before this. Any suggestions where the leak is?

jzmtl · 11-18-2006, 08:10 PM

My money is where the hardtop meet the body at the passenger door. The foam seal on hardtop may not have a good contact with the rubber piece on the body, or the rubber piece is missing altogether.

**Grewe02** · 11-18-2006, 08:34 PM

Click on the link in my sig and type in passenger floor board water puddle. I guarantee you'll come up with lots of results. Very common problem.

PS- I would've done it myself, but I'm lazy right now...

dplumpyh · 11-19-2006, 11:17 AM

thanks for the suggestions, I went out this morning and looked at it. The passenger side seems to have good contact between the top and the tub, I could not find where any water had run down the inside of the tub...still dust on the tub. Out of curiousity, I tightened all 6 of the bolts holding the hard top on and I could give all of them 1/4-1/2 of a turn. would this be enough to let water in? When I tightened the driver's side bolt, I actually squeazed water out of the foam between the top and the tub. should I take the top off and replace the foam? how could water have gotten from the drivers side to the passenger side?

chewrocks · 11-19-2006, 01:59 PM

I have the same issue when my hard top is on, water behind the passenger seat. I could find no trace of water coming from the door or seal along the edge of the top, everything was bone dry and no water marks anywere. Someone on the forum posted what they found, water coming in at the back window seal were it meets the rear door and running under the carpet to the foot well behind the front seats. I havent had the hard top on a couple years so I havent been able to look and see if that was my problem but it did make a lot of sence. It just seems strange that i had leak with the hard top and zero leaks with the soft top.

dplumpyh · 11-19-2006, 10:05 PM

I think it may be coming from the rear window seal, does anyone know where I can get a new one? or what I can do to fix the one I have so it doesn't leak. I pulled the back seat and all the carpet out of the tub. Maybe it will rain again soon, if not I'll be hitting the carwash and try to find the leak.

11-19-2006, 11:17 AM	#4
dplumpyh Registered User Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Michigan Posts: 3 Profile Gallery Classifieds My Jeeps	thanks for the suggestions, I went out this morning and looked at it. The passenger side seems to have good contact between the top and the tub, I could not find where any water had run down the inside of the tub...still dust on the tub. Out of curiousity, I tightened all 6 of the bolts holding the hard top on and I could give all of them 1/4-1/2 of a turn. would this be enough to let water in? When I tightened the driver's side bolt, I actually squeazed water out of the foam between the top and the tub. should I take the top off and replace the foam? how could water have gotten from the drivers side to the passenger side? Last edited by dplumpyh; 11-19-2006 at 12:01 PM..

11-19-2006, 01:59 PM	#5
chewrocks Registered User Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Oregon Posts: 277 Profile Gallery Classifieds My Jeeps	I have the same issue when my hard top is on, water behind the passenger seat. I could find no trace of water coming from the door or seal along the edge of the top, everything was bone dry and no water marks anywere. Someone on the forum posted what they found, water coming in at the back window seal were it meets the rear door and running under the carpet to the foot well behind the front seats. I havent had the hard top on a couple years so I havent been able to look and see if that was my problem but it did make a lot of sence. It just seems strange that i had leak with the hard top and zero leaks with the soft top.

11-19-2006, 10:05 PM	#6
dplumpyh Registered User Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Michigan Posts: 3 Profile Gallery Classifieds My Jeeps	I think it may be coming from the rear window seal, does anyone know where I can get a new one? or what I can do to fix the one I have so it doesn't leak. I pulled the back seat and all the carpet out of the tub. Maybe it will rain again soon, if not I'll be hitting the carwash and try to find the leak.