Wonderful summer weather this year - I've replaced the windscreen rubber seal already and hoped for a Felly as dry as the desert.

Starting yesterday, I've noted a few drops of water on the treshold plastic cover at the front doors (right yesterday, left today). It seems as if water seeps through the rubber seal at the top of the doors.

Seals are not damaged, cracked or dry. Any good suggestions what to do? Should I go directly for new rubber seals?

Since it's just a few drops that stay away from the carpet and soon dry, it's not a catastrophe. But annoying.

Could it be the membrane between the door and the internal door trim? My Octavia has a plastic sheet stuck to the metal of the door, behind the trim, which keeps water from coming through the door and into the car. I had one fail and ended up with water along the bottom of the door shut, on the inside of the seal.

I'm not familiar with the Felicia so I could be way out!

Thanks, VRSPhil. Have read about your problem (and similar) and I'm just waiting for it to appear on the Missus' Octy. But in my case the water definitely seeps round the rubber seal at the top (or just at the angle between top and front slope).

SS, are the door definately seating fully on the door seals? It doesn't take much "stand-off" around the window frame to get a few drops through when driving at motorway speeds.

Phil, pretty much all cars have door membrane seals of some form, so a partially failed membrane or membrane seal is quite possible.

Thanks for the suggestion, Ken, I'll make a thorough check tomorrow. Still: leaking occurs when stationary (e.g. parked over night). Door hinges in very good condition, no need to slam the doors closed (as on my previous Nissan Micra). Also, not much wind noise froom doors when on the motorway.

Probably not that then. Still, at least it's a no dismantling visual check.

As a first cheap step, try putting some silicon lubricant on the door seals see if this improved matters.

Thanks, cheezemonkai, with some luck that might do the trick. I've got some in the garage, use it in winter to avoid frozen seals.

No rain tomorrow if local forecast is to be trusted. Will inspect and lubricate. More rain on Sunday and then I'll se what happens...

I'm waiting for rain since taking the duct tape off my sunroof and fiddling to try sort the leak. I tested it with a hose on jet directly on the seal and it leaked a little, suppose I should try again and use the shower setting from a distance. When you would sort of like it to rain it seems to hold off

When you would sort of like it to rain it seems to hold off

Don't worry, rain won't be far away, not this summer;)

I've given my door seals a dollop of silocone lubricant and also ran my thumb under them forcing them slightly outwards. Let's see what happens next. They're very soft and yields to the slightest pressure, so presumably the odd drop could seep through now and then.

Sunroofs are nice, but after this summers trouble with windscreen and doors I'm quite happy not having one:)