Leaking Door Seals

[del1949]

I am a recent Skoda owner, and I know why this forum is widely used by Skoda owners, lots of problems. My first topic was rusty front seat tracks, one person suggesting the cause could be leaking door seals. Well both rear doors leak water into the car when it rains. I will have to de-trim both rear doors and seal the affected area on each door. A trip to a Skoda dealer to buy a supply of trim clips before I start, as well as some sealant. I dont know what possessed me to buy a Skoda, but this one is the first and it will be the last.

[Dave89]

VW is as bad... Polos of the same era suffer exactly the same thing. The good news... It;s cheap to fix, it's just a pain! In fact, it's not if you've got a fish slice, some sealant and some clips.

[WolfEyE]

Just get 99p rubber carpets form every little helps store and it will catch most of the water.

[booke23]

I know why this forum is widely used by Skoda owners, lots of problems.

Wrong. Look at JD power survey, warranty direct statistics or any other car reliability survey and you'll see Skoda in the top 10, Usually outscoring other VAG marques based on the same platform.....including Audi.

If you had bought a VW Polo with exactly the same problem (it's exactly the same car), what would you think?....most probably a rare defect?

Marketing in action......Gotta love it.

[Avalon]

So you've found one minor and well documented fault that's easy and inexpensive to fix and you'd be aware of before buying if you'd done any research and write off the marque? If I did that I'd not be able to buy any car. Everything has issues, this is minor, if you don't research before purchase and aren't prepared to do very basic work to keep your car in good condition then car ownership isn't for you. Perhaps consider a lease on a new car with warranty, they'll have more faults usually but at least the dealer does the work, you don't own it and you'll pay more than you probably paid for your Asia and have nothing to show at the end of it but that's the price you pay.

[speters]

The polo 9n are worse for leaking than the fabia as they have leaks through the rear lights, also the mk4 golf is the worst car I know of for leaking in from anywhere possible

[D15VRS]

We have 4 Skodas in our house now, the latest purchase needs this work to be carried out, it was noted before the purchase, as its a easy fix, I have had more expensive cars with faults and they cost more to repair. Nowt wrong with a Skoda.

[D15VRS]

http://www.briskoda.net/forums/topic/2158-warning-fabia-door-leaks/

[robstaaaar]

Over-worked me had this work done by the main dealer 'skilled technicians' I purchased mine from - It still leaks when it rains or if I park on side up on the kerb!

Complained direct to Skoda and they are to refund my payment and ensure work is re-done correctly - no admittance of an original design fault 'tho.. Skoda/VW group should have done a product recall, but hey, I guess we didn't complain enough in numbers.

Still love my fabstaaaar VRS 'tho.

[Holmesie]

I know why this forum is widely used by Skoda owners, lots of problems.

As with just about every forum it is people asking for help with their problems, i dont know of any car forums where every post is this car is ******* awesome and nothing ever goes wrong. To be fair lets be honest if the worst thing about the car you can find is that the rear carpets get a little damp ( which is easy to fix and if you wear shoes in your car you dont even get your feet wet) then its not a big deal really.

Skoda with most other cars are built to a budget every manufacturer is more than capable of building ' the perfect car' but this would be expensive and no one would buy it so as is the way they build it as well as they can to a set budget and it doesn't always work out but unfortunately that is life

[nafeun]

My mate has just bought a used 2008 Audi S5. The blowers blow just hot air, constantly. Temp control motor has bust. Whole dash needs to come out, certainly not DIY. No specialist will touch it. Audi is it. Well over 1k repair. Look at those clips and sealant and smile at the cost to DIY.

No used car is safe.

[modelrallysport.com]

Rear door leaks are a common problem but as most have said its an easy fix dont buy sealant BUY SOME "DENZO" TAPE use that it fixed mine

[hobbo]

Hi its not always the rear door carriers, the issuie I have is water is getting in through the passenger side rear door. The door seal sits on a metal rim that is part of the frame of the car and it has blown at one point, now water tracks through that area into a channel that runs down the side of the front seat, this then soaks the front footwell. I bought a new door seal and used sealant but this has failed and now have no idea how to fix it. So it seems that my skoda will have a swimming pool feature every time it rains until I have the money to let Skoda try to fix it and that wont be cheap. I will have to sell it in the summer when its dry.

[del1949]

I started this discussion and I was griping about my choice of car, but really, the car is spacious, has good handling, good performance, and my wife loves the heated front seat. I've sealed the inner plate on each rear door, scraping away most of the original seal, where I could. Rain was forecast so I was rushing a bit. If there are problems in the future I will remove the rivets at least in the lower half of the inner plate, so that a good adhesive/sealant can be applied to the faying surfaces. Skoda must have got the drain path of the door very wrong, the two drain holes look as if no water has ever flowed through them. Just waiting for some replacement trim studs to arrive from ebay, (10 for £3.54), they canot be any worse than the original.

[booke23]

Skoda must have got the drain path of the door very wrong

The seal is just poorly designed, with inappropriate open cell foam.

VW also got it wrong in the Mk4 Golf and the Polo too.