When I picked my Fabia 2011 Monte Carlo up a week or so ago, there was about 6 inches of water in the boot, in the space where the spare wheel would go. I thought it was because the guy had left the boot open when it rained, after drying it out I noticed some more water in it today, I've heard these Fabia's can get leaks in the boot but I have no clue where it's coming from, no damp on the roof lining, checked the rubbers around where the wires go for the heated rear Windows and as you can see in the photo where I'm pointing that's where some water was sat and some in the spare wheel area. I'm wondering if it's coming in through near the rear lights as I seem to have a bulb fault light on but all bulbs are working l, so wondering if that's where it's coming in and has corroded the bulb connector hen every I also have a bulb warning lights. 

 

Anyone else had this issue at all? If so where did you find the water was coming from? 

 

I really need to get this sorted otherwise it'll keep happening. I saw a guy on YouTube who had a similar issue and he reckoned it came from the vents behind the rear lights that let the pressure out the boot when closing it, so he removed them, cleaned them and sealed them back in. 

 

Any help or advice Greatly appreciated. 

 

Many thanks 

Ryan. 

It can be the lights seal,  it can be the rear flap,rear of car behind, actually in front of the bumper, it can be the hatch seal. 

Look at the Threads, these are just some of the many.

 

 

Edited 23 February, 20251 yr by Ootohere

Mine was the same. I drilled a small hole through the lowest plug in the spare wheel well and I have had no more problems.

As mentioned drilled a small hole in the wheel plug area just to stop water building up then went to find the cause, on mine it turned out to be the whole rear lens cover that was leaking ,there's a sponge  type seal / gasket under the whole lens and this was perished, dealers do not sell these they come with the new lens trying to get a good used one is nearly impossible not advisable to use sealer as if you need to remove lens to do a bulb change you won't get it off withouy breaking it, I did manage to make a gasket out of 2mm thin rubber spent ages cutting the shape out and just before fitting covered the gasket with vaseline first fitted the gasket to the light then fitted to the car did  both sides put them both  back on and any surpless wiped away with alcohol or WD for me this stoppped the leaking but I  did keep the hole open just in case, the flap seals under the bumper are also a leak problem but the bumper needs to be removed first, I did take my mk2 estate bumper off a few years ago to replace a dodgy reverse sensor its not a job you want to do on your own as getting the bumper sides to engage with the clips you have to be at both sides at once, also came across someone who had a leak from the tank seal rubber the drain hole to the underneath was blocked and rainwater in the fuel flap area was going inside instead of dropping down under car

Well I think I may have fixed it but not sure just yet. I followed what this guy did on YouTube, lucky we have had a few nice days to do it. 

 

Here is the video I followed , it actually wasn't that bad but there is a screw at about 10 o'clock behind the wheel lining which is an absolute pain in the arse to get to and unscrew, using a long screwdriver bending the lining back far enough I just managed to get it but it was very difficult and hard to see to get the torque head into the screw. Apart from that it was plain sailing, never die it before and I managed on my own took a few hours, removed vents and they had cack and gunk sat on top of them, cleaned them up and bought a small tube of sealant from Halfords for 7 quid. I would say removed the wheels to make it easier to get to that screw. 

 

I have washed the card with a jet wash and so far so good, so fingers crossed that has solved the issue. 

 

I also dried out the ply wood under the boot lining and used a sander to sand it back to get rid of the black mouldy stains and it made it smell ok too. So fingers crossed it's worked.