Just bought my Terrain and when putting in an all weather cargo area mat yesterday, I glanced at the spare tire area and saw water pooled there. From other threads, it may be taillight area letting it in. Curious if anyone else has had this issue on recent models. The back of the car is not wet - neither cargo area nor back seats - just the spare well. Also - what is the white stuff in there? A sealer? Did they just do a poor job putting it on with that mess of it in the middle of the well?
robschmidt75
I've never seen such a sloppy job! Doesn't look factory to me ... and makes me wonder if the Dealer knew about the leak and did that to stop it?
Another possibility - and I hope this isn't it ... is - it took a rear end hit and that's part of the finished repair?
Before going back to the Dealer, you could take it to a car wash and sit back there to watch the water coming in, or even better - have someone spray the top of the vehicle with a garden hose while someone else is inside watching and listening for the water. You'd want to spray for about a minute, then stop, listen, and watch ... then repeat until the water starts to trickle in.
In the future, when buying any car (new or used) ... make sure you look over every inch of it. A co-worker just bought a sharp-looking 2020 Toyota Camry with about 20,000 miles on it and never looked in the wheel well! We were out in the parking lot leaving on Friday and he was showing me the stuff he may have overlooked:
1.) The very bottom tip/corner of the driver's door appears to be bent inward slightly (although the paint's not damaged). That's the kind of thing ... you gotta get down low and really take a close look!
2.) NO SPARE TIRE in the wheel well !! I told him to look up the Monroney sticker for the vehicle to see if it originally came with one, and if it did - I'd be right back at the Dealership to make them give me one (because the Dealer surely knew that spare was missing)! The well was rather large, and it looked pretty beat up back there (like there was one there previously), so I'm guessing it's supposed to have one, but then again ... so many new vehicles nowadays aren't coming with spares ... just a can of FIx-A-Flat (or whatever it is).
Just another bad idea from a bean-counter somewhere that's managed to catch on with most every automobile manufacturer.
Another possibility - and I hope this isn't it ... is - it took a rear end hit and that's part of the finished repair?
Before going back to the Dealer, you could take it to a car wash and sit back there to watch the water coming in, or even better - have someone spray the top of the vehicle with a garden hose while someone else is inside watching and listening for the water. You'd want to spray for about a minute, then stop, listen, and watch ... then repeat until the water starts to trickle in.
In the future, when buying any car (new or used) ... make sure you look over every inch of it. A co-worker just bought a sharp-looking 2020 Toyota Camry with about 20,000 miles on it and never looked in the wheel well! We were out in the parking lot leaving on Friday and he was showing me the stuff he may have overlooked:
1.) The very bottom tip/corner of the driver's door appears to be bent inward slightly (although the paint's not damaged). That's the kind of thing ... you gotta get down low and really take a close look!
2.) NO SPARE TIRE in the wheel well !! I told him to look up the Monroney sticker for the vehicle to see if it originally came with one, and if it did - I'd be right back at the Dealership to make them give me one (because the Dealer surely knew that spare was missing)! The well was rather large, and it looked pretty beat up back there (like there was one there previously), so I'm guessing it's supposed to have one, but then again ... so many new vehicles nowadays aren't coming with spares ... just a can of FIx-A-Flat (or whatever it is).
Just another bad idea from a bean-counter somewhere that's managed to catch on with most every automobile manufacturer.
I think you're 'throwing the baby out with the bath water'. You need to learn to put things in perspective. While I agree that a 6-year-old vehicle "leaking water in gallons" is unacceptable, it's not a major problem, and the solution is simple and (relatively) inexpensive. Now, if you tell me your engine or transmission has failed after just 6 years ... that would be a major problem.
If I were you, I'd simply fix the leak and keep driving. You want Domestic cars to be cheaper than imports ... but then you want to spend $24k on a new Import to fix an inexpensive water leak on your Domestic? That doesn't make much sense.
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