hi everyone , i am new to this forum and also fairly new to skoda cars i've had vw for past 12 years , but i bought a skoda ( was bit wary ) about it though about 3 months ago , but i bought this felicia 1.3 lxi hatchback 1999 t,reg 1 owner and only 26000 miles which i thought was good value for money for

sounds like winscreen :(

have a dig out of all the >CRUD that has set between the rubber and glass and thus allows the water through

Yes the windscreen requires resealing in the corners.

Autowindscreen usually know what to do as they have done loads of them.

This is a very common problem.

You could try it yourself though.

Sarah

Many moons ago we had a R-Reg Felica. Same problem, Cleaned out the rubber seal around the windscreen and filled with clear bathroom silicion sealer.........Job Done!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

hi, thanks for the reply's i did seal the windscreen rubber a few weeks ago but still have the problem but i will check the rubber again , i have a suspicion that water is getting in at the back of the wing i did begin to make an attempt to remove the wing ( passenger side front ) but did not get far as it looks to be a longer job than i thought it would have been, i wonder if there is a body seam behind the wing that is causing problem ? also when car is parked facing downhill water does not seem to get in , then when it is parked level it starts to trickle down as if the rain water has collected in some sort of gully or pocket

Looks like you're going through the same trouble I have had over the last couple of years on SWMBO's Felicia. Each time I go out there with torch, screwdrivers, etc, get a bent neck, wet hands but nothing to show for it! But there are many other threads on this if you do a search. About the only thing which will work (although I must admit I haven't tried it yet ) is to seal all around the rubber windscreen surround with silicone. I saw a windscreen firm doing just that to a Felicia at my local dealer during the summer, he pumped gallons of black mastic between the glass and the rubber, and the same between the bodywork and the rubber. He reckoned it was because of the textured vinyl coating on the A pillar which prevented a perfect seal with the rubber.

Might be worth a try?

thanks to those of you that have replied , i will now get the windscreen rubber re-sealed , thanks again for your advice ..

hi , just to let the ones know who have advised me with the felicia leak problem , i have been to windscreen company today and had the windscreen re-sealed as advised i will let you know at a later date wether this is a success or not , the cost for the work was

rear screen can also be a prob :(

you normaly note space wheel well full of water and wonder why???

cure

as front screen and drill a hole in the spare wheel sump to ensure drainage

i had a vauxhall once i had holes in every foot well to stop floating carpents!!!!!

skoda aint that bad at all

relaiable and cheap and fun

Hi Spannerman,

Did the re-sealed windscreen cure the water ingress?

I have a similar problem to solve!

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Did the re-sealed windscreen cure the water ingress?

I have a similar problem to solve![/quote'] hi , i took my felicia to a windscreen company they scraped out the sealant that i had previously used on it and resealed it with some black tacky non silicone type of sealant it was about a couple of weeks after that there was a significant downpour of rain that i noticed that the problem was still there but quite a lot worse than before i took it to windscreen company so i obtained a tube of halfords black silicone sealer 310 ml size the size that fits in a general d i y sealant gun and did the job again myself all around both sides of windscreen rubber ( glass side & body side ) making sure the bottom corners were done well i also went under the bonnet at the back to the right of the battery where the wiring enters the car i used this sealant around those areas as well this was done about 7 weeks ago i layered the areas inside the car that were getting wet with tissue paper i have checked regularly since and each time i check now it seems to be very dry , the stuff i have used costs about

Hi Spannerman,

Many thanks for the quick and comprehensive response! I will try the 'Halfords' approach first. If it works, I will be very happy. If not, I may have to try Autowindscreens or similar. Having said that, www.jhmbuttco.com have replacements seals for only £14.00 or so.

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Many thanks for the quick and comprehensive response! I will try the 'Halfords' approach first. If it works, I will be very happy. If not, I may have to try Autowindscreens or similar. Having said that, [url']www.jhmbuttco.com[/url] have replacements seals for only

Had exactly the same problem on our Felicia, took to autoglass who removed screen and applied sealant when reffiting. No problem ever since. Cost about £15 ,cheaper, cleaner and more proffesional in long run to applying DIY sealant

Screens are not sealed in factory they are designed to be dry fitted with the rubber seal - seems this is the weak point.

Brief update on wet Felicia - went to local Skoda dealer to price a replacement seal for front screen. The genuine Skoda stock part was £15. The fitted price was £90! I nearly fainted with shock. So, I set to with some clear silicon sealant, splurging it between the rubber and the textured vinyl 'A pillar' cover. I then applied a neat (?) bead along the glass to rubber joint. I will keep an eye on it for the next few weeks and update on progress or regress, as the case may be

Hello,

I had water in from the windscreen on my W reg Felicia 1.6Glxi....it went back to the dealer on a few occasions for ever more black sealant to be added to the rubber seal. This black sealant soon degraded and I noted that in fact the sealant was opening the rubber seal possibly allowing more water in.??

After finding the passenger footwell with water above the rubber mat one cold morning with ice on too....I decided to talk direct to Skoda. I believe on the next return a new rubber seal may have been fitted which did seem to improve things.. but still the foam under the dashboard was soggy.

A while later I had a cracked windscreen replaced... and while the mobile fitter was attending to this I asked him about the water ingress.

He whipped out a knife :eek: and cut off 2 bits of the vinyl pillar trim at the bottom corners of the windscreen opening where it in fact folded over the metal edge onto which the rubber seal fits... and showed me 2 holes that were now exposed... drain holes he said, covered by the vinyl. The seal was then fitted dry without sealant.

I was a bit concerned as I had heard a ref' at the dealer previously as to checking that some holes were covered....??

But the windscreen fitter assured me that the vinyl at this place was only over there as part of the assembly process and that it definitely covered these drain holes...which allow water that gets in the first seal to get out at the bottom corner.

Anyway.. I seem to get the occasional slight misting of the windscreen if the car is parked in the sun following rain.. but have not touchwood had the return of the soggy foam etc..!!... so a definite improvement it would seem..

So was the windscreen fitter correct to expose these two holes at the bottom corners of the windscreen....????...should they be covered or not....?????:confused:

All the best,

Dorimow.