Do I even need to explain? Is there a solution to this ridiculous design flaw

Never mind!

Edited 28 January, 201313 yr by brocky

there been some mention of silicone down the sides to divert it, but i aint even bothered looking into it much, but seems i should as all i get in the west is rain rain rain

go into edit on your first post and use "Use Full Editor" and change the typo in the title

I'm starting to get minor surface rust tgats y I wanna sort it, does my head in especially when the babies stuff is in the boot

you can run a bead of silicone in the glass to metal chanel at the bottom of the rear windscreen, that will stop it filling up with rain, however open the boot a bit, let the water run out to the sides, then fully open the boot is the other way to help solve this.

I always do that opening it a small bit but regardless rain always fins its way inside

i know, its a pain, try running some silicone then to block that chanel. it does help

Hahaha. Should'a gotten an Estate.

you can run a bead of silicone in the glass to metal chanel at the bottom of the rear windscreen, that will stop it filling up with rain, however open the boot a bit, let the water run out to the sides, then fully open the boot is the other way to help solve this.

Yep this is the best option...

I did this in the first week of ownership as what a stupid design....

I filled tiger seal in the whole of the channel on mine. All that does is attempt to funnel the water off the side of the tailgate higher up than than letting water sit in the channel and then run into boot..It does not a bad job.

but as mentioned you still need a kinda 2 step opening process.

step 1 open slowly and let main water drain off

step 2 raise tailgate quickly from that point to force water quickly off the sides.

As Mark says,

it doesnt solve the problem but does reduce the amount that runs into the car significantly.

Or use a water blade/squeege

MK2,s suffer badly with this too. I usually just slightly lift tailgate first to let excess run off before fully open. It's a right pain though.

Somebody in the MK2 section has used long door edge protectors along the length of the tailgate glass (either side) and appears to be effective.

I thought our 2000 hatchback was having this issue but it seemed to have got much worse over the last month or so.

This morning, after lots of rain yesterday and overnight, the outside of the car was dry but as I opened the tailgate about a mugfull of water poured out from around the rubber bumpstops each side on the lower edge of the tailgate.

As I raise the tailgate higher the flow stops, only to resume again as I lower it. Repeating this a few times the amount coming out each time reduces.

Apart from getting water down the back of my neck and into the boot, it can't be doing any good floating around inside the tailgate itself.

There's no obvious gap around the rear window.

It doesn't have a rear wash/wipe to leak.

The rubber boots and the clips along the hidge line don't appear to be cracked or anything.

Where is likely to be coming from?

I have some black and clear sealants but I can't see anywhere obvious that it needs to be applied.

Any suggestions welcome

Edited 28 May, 201313 yr by warpc0il

WarpcOil,

I have noticed the same thing once or twice with my hatchback,

but its been from the rear washer popping the hose at the wiper motor connection.

Could it be getting where the rear washer was removed and plugged?

used to **** me right off this, I solved mine by buying an audi lol

The 2000 model didn't have the wash/wipe, even as an option, so there isn't a hole.

As Mark says,

it doesnt solve the problem but does reduce the amount that runs into the car significantly.

This is exactly where mine has rusted.