Body - Water Leak Into Driver/Passenger Footwell Area
Date: February 22, 2008Order No.: P-B-63.20/15
Supersedes:
Group: 63
SUBJECT:
Model 211.026/065/070/076/082/083/265/276/282/283
Water Entry at A-Pillar
If you receive customer reports in the above model vehicles of water entry in the driver/front passenger foot well and in some cases accompanied with electrical faults due to water in the control units, this may be caused by a few different issues.
Possible Causes:
1. Blocked water drain in the upper longitudinal member under the front fender (blocked by debris) (Figure 1, callout 1).
2. Rising water penetrates the interior compartment because of a lack of seam sealer on the double panel of the firewall/longitudinal member on the inside at the top (Figure 1, callout 2).
3. Mounting hole for the tilting/sliding roof drain hose, water may back up and over flow into interior.
To remedy these possible causes, proceed with the following.
1. Remove front fenders. Refer to WIS document AR88.10-P-1000T.
2. Clean the areas of the upper longitudinal member under front fender.
3. Apply seam sealing to the double panel of the firewall/longitudinal member toward the cross member under the wind deflector (Figure 1, callout 2).
4. To permanently fix the water drain problem mentioned in possible cause 1, a water drain hole with reinforcement plate must be made (Figure 2).
5. Drill the additional drain hole.
6. Remove the lower bolt on the fender bracket (Figure 3, arrow) and bend the bracket upwards.
7. Mark the position for the additional water drain hole 7 mm away from the edge of the seam sealer. Drill a 10 mm hole in incremental steps reference Figure 4.
8. Make a 1.5 mm thick metal plate, using mild sheet steel (locally purchased), with 6.5 mm holes drilled for 5 rivets. Reference Figure 6 for template.
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Template not to scale. Please call Alldata Customer Service to obtain copy.
Note:
It is important to comply with the specified dimensions so that rivets do not damage the original weld spots.
9. Using the metal plate as a template, make sure that the second rivet hole is positioned under the drilled water drain (Figure 5). Remove seam sealer in the area of the reinforcement plate, mark and drill five 6.5 mm holes (Figure 5).
10. Deburr all drilled holes and clean the shop-made metal plate. To prevent corrosion; apply primer (primer stick A000 986 05 50) to the inside of the drilled holes and allow to dry.
11. Rivet the reinforcement plate (shown in Figure 2) using rivets A003 990 35 97.
12. Apply seam sealant in the area of the reinforcement plate, A-pillar and rivet heads.
13. Brush on cavity sealant (A000 986 72 70 10).
Parts Information
Note:
The following allowable labor operations should be used when submitting a warranty claim for this repair. This information has been generated on February 22, 2008. Please refer to Netstar --> Star TekInfo --> Star Time for the most current labor time allowance.
In Case of Warranty, use the table.