Hi all,

 

I have recently purchased a 2014 Octavia 2.0 TDI DSG and was loving the experience when compared to my previous Fabia.  However, having owned the car for only 3 weeks, someone pulled out on me and damaged the offside rear quarter panel and bumper.  Sine this time, I have noted water accumulating in the rear footwell and also, to a lesser extent in the front offside also. 

 

My insurance company has agreed to replace the rear quarter panel and repair the rear bumper, but do not believe the water ingress is related to the accident.  This may well be the case, as I had not encountered much rain prior to the accident.  At present, the offside rear footwell is like a swimming pool and the front offside is also very wet.  I do not have a sunroof.

 

Any suggestions on where to start would be much appreciated.

 

Thanks in advance.

 

 

I'm wondering if the door deal or door card were affected by the impact?  Or if the quarter panel moved away from the door seal, even slightly?

 

Are the door drains clear, and water exiting freely? Any water sloshing in the door?

 

Have you any water in the spare wheel well?

Edited 26 January, 20242 yr by Gaz

Hi thanks for your prompt reply.

 

There was no apparent damage to the door and two bodyshops have both concluded that they do not believe that the water ingress is related to the damaged quarter panel.

 

I'm not sure where the drain holes are or how to check they are clear yet - I'll investigate that further.  

No water sloshing around in the door, but in fairness, it hasn't rained heavily here in the last 24 hrs, so that could be a red herring.

Spare wheel well is bone dry.

 

Edited 27 January, 20242 yr by Tinintagel

Do you have a sunroof?

 

Rear washer working okay?

 

There should be a drain at the bottom left of the rubber under your fuel filler cap.  Shouldn't be causative but worth checking.

 

From the photo, I'd agree, that knock is quite unlikely to have affected the door seals.  With the amount of water you describe, I'd be checking the door seals and looking for tell tale signs of water.  Maybe sit inside and run a hose over it?

 

Gaz 

Edited 27 January, 20242 yr by Gaz
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