NEW ONES LEAK TOO.

D · Post by D » Tue Aug 10, 2004 6:10 pm

picked up our 04 plate 206cc at the beginning of july, after a few heavy downpours no leaks, great we thought, last weeks glorious sunshine roof down, fantastic. just had virtually two days of torrential rain and noticed that when you broke hard a few drops would shoot forward from where the drivers side roof fastener is , after further investigation found water on back seat, lower of back seat had water stains and rear carpet was wet through all on drivers side.what a bummer, the only consolation if any is its going in next week while we're in corfu. i thought the new ones were ok.

Ed_shek · Post by **Ed_shek** » Tue Aug 10, 2004 8:23 pm

Its just down to luck.

I thought my car was going to be trouble free as it didn't leak but the roof now refuses to operate after a year and a half.

Dealer will be looking at this on Thursday.

bif · Post by **bif** » Tue Aug 10, 2004 8:42 pm

I think it is just down to luck.

I got mine the same time as other people and their's has leaked and my hasn;'t (touch wood).

The goods news is I think their's are all leak free now.

Having said that it has been freaky weather and 2 of my mates of SLK's that have both leaked this week and at no other time.

Alig · Post by **Alig** » Tue Aug 10, 2004 9:22 pm

I had drops come in through the catches on hard braking this morning (both sides). Is this a leak or just where water ran in from opening the doors beforehand?

Frosty · Post by **Frosty** » Tue Aug 10, 2004 11:34 pm

This is the same that I've had and I don't consider it a leak. As you say when you open the doors there's nowhere for the water due to there being no gutter so on some occasions it goes into the seal and the finds its way out at the roof clips when you brake. I had mine looked at, they replaced the seals and haven't had a recurrence since.

D · Post by D » Wed Aug 11, 2004 9:55 am

this was my first thought too so wasn't overly concerned but it was the fact that the rear footwell was wet through too that set the alarm bells ringing.

D · Post by D » Sat Aug 21, 2004 5:21 pm

dont mean to go on but picked up car today after having leak fixed, (which appears to be sealing up with a sealent although receipt sats 2 new seals ) got home thought i'd give it the hose pipe test, first of all is testing with hose pipe out of order (i;e not blasting but just watering) anyway after hosing down, both sides had a trickle of water running down inside of window where roof joins at the front , this is before opening door, should this be accepted, then after a long enough spray equivelant to a heavy downpour the water appears to store up in the seal itself and builds up till it overflows down onto back seat panel. when i go back should i mention testing with a hose pipe or would they see this as extreme, personally i see no other way.

DPH · Post by **DPH** » Sun Aug 22, 2004 1:25 am

I can't imagine them seeing hose pipe testing as extreme, fair enough if you had been blasting the seals with a pressure washer but dribbling water using a hose pipe shouldn't cause an issue.

Sounds like they will need to try again.

bif · Post by **bif** » Sun Aug 22, 2004 1:17 pm

I get wash mine and I don't get any leaks at all (touch wood).

I would have thought that if mine is like that then they all SHOULD be.

bif · Post by **bif** » Sun Aug 22, 2004 1:17 pm

Oophs should have said JET wash

Spud · Post by **Spud** » Tue Oct 26, 2004 2:45 pm

Hi,

Havent actually got the car yet but am hoping to get it in Jan, but after reading all the comments about leaks im starting to think that they are not such a great buy.

Is it worth getting one if it has so many problems?

Post by **Lyndon** » Tue Oct 26, 2004 5:43 pm

i for one would say yes buy one

true they do have their little niggles but doesn't almost every car that you could buy

if there is a bit of trouble with a CC at least it should get sorted easily as the niggle may have cropped up b4