Leaking in heavy rain?
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Leaking in heavy rain?
I have an Edition One that I absolutely love. Sure, there are a few quirks that others have identified on this forum (and this is a great place to connect and share, so thanks to all). I have one issue that just resurfaced last week after not being an issue for five months.
The day after I picked up my etron in April, we had a downpour. When I got in the car after work, there was a steady dripping from the spot where the rear view mirror meets the windshield through the fabric of the headliner. I immediately took it to the dealer and left it for them to fix. After more than a week, where they ran garden hoses over the roof and removed the headliner to look for the leak, they couldn’t conclusively identify what happened. And when they ran it through the car wash multiple times, they weren’t able to reproduce a leak. The Audi tech that came from somewhere else identified a possible issue, and Audi was going to explore that, but I haven’t seen anything since.
Since then, we’ve had rain, and I’ve run my etron through car washes multiple times, all without any leaking...until last week. We had another downpour, and I had the same dripping in the same location. I’m scheduled to turn the car in Friday for the recall fix on the high voltage issue, so I plan to let them know about the recurrence.
Has anyone else had any leaking headliners in their etrons?
Thanks!
The day after I picked up my etron in April, we had a downpour. When I got in the car after work, there was a steady dripping from the spot where the rear view mirror meets the windshield through the fabric of the headliner. I immediately took it to the dealer and left it for them to fix. After more than a week, where they ran garden hoses over the roof and removed the headliner to look for the leak, they couldn’t conclusively identify what happened. And when they ran it through the car wash multiple times, they weren’t able to reproduce a leak. The Audi tech that came from somewhere else identified a possible issue, and Audi was going to explore that, but I haven’t seen anything since.
Since then, we’ve had rain, and I’ve run my etron through car washes multiple times, all without any leaking...until last week. We had another downpour, and I had the same dripping in the same location. I’m scheduled to turn the car in Friday for the recall fix on the high voltage issue, so I plan to let them know about the recurrence.
Has anyone else had any leaking headliners in their etrons?
Thanks!
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I have an Edition One that I absolutely love. Sure, there are a few quirks that others have identified on this forum (and this is a great place to connect and share, so thanks to all). I have one issue that just resurfaced last week after not being an issue for five months.
The day after I picked up my etron in April, we had a downpour. When I got in the car after work, there was a steady dripping from the spot where the rear view mirror meets the windshield through the fabric of the headliner. I immediately took it to the dealer and left it for them to fix. After more than a week, where they ran garden hoses over the roof and removed the headliner to look for the leak, they couldn’t conclusively identify what happened. And when they ran it through the car wash multiple times, they weren’t able to reproduce a leak. The Audi tech that came from somewhere else identified a possible issue, and Audi was going to explore that, but I haven’t seen anything since.
Since then, we’ve had rain, and I’ve run my etron through car washes multiple times, all without any leaking...until last week. We had another downpour, and I had the same dripping in the same location. I’m scheduled to turn the car in Friday for the recall fix on the high voltage issue, so I plan to let them know about the recurrence.
Has anyone else had any leaking headliners in their etrons?
Thanks!
The day after I picked up my etron in April, we had a downpour. When I got in the car after work, there was a steady dripping from the spot where the rear view mirror meets the windshield through the fabric of the headliner. I immediately took it to the dealer and left it for them to fix. After more than a week, where they ran garden hoses over the roof and removed the headliner to look for the leak, they couldn’t conclusively identify what happened. And when they ran it through the car wash multiple times, they weren’t able to reproduce a leak. The Audi tech that came from somewhere else identified a possible issue, and Audi was going to explore that, but I haven’t seen anything since.
Since then, we’ve had rain, and I’ve run my etron through car washes multiple times, all without any leaking...until last week. We had another downpour, and I had the same dripping in the same location. I’m scheduled to turn the car in Friday for the recall fix on the high voltage issue, so I plan to let them know about the recurrence.
Has anyone else had any leaking headliners in their etrons?
Thanks!
(BTW: stopping for charging, waiting for the charge post to accept my RFID card, and then taking over 2 minutes to release the charging cable in the pouring rain was less fun :-))
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Just a thought--was your vehicle parked on an incline when the leak occurred? Volvo XC90's had issues with leaking onto the cabin area when the vehicle was at an incline as the drain channels in the sunroof were not sufficient to capture the volume at water entry (FYI--all sunroofs leak somewhat, hence why there are drains). I had the repair, and never had a recurrence. Volvo has since redesigned them and the leaking sunroof reports have disappeared from the Volvo forums.
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Massive leak in headliner- in the shop for second time
Mine did this twice now.
so bad that when I turn the water pours all over me or my passenger. When driving it just pours in and I have to keep a blanket over the gear shift.
I have taken it in once already and they “fixed” it and the exact same thing happened again. It’s back in the shop and I told them I do not feel safe given how much water has been inside my electric car and do not want the car back.
so bad that when I turn the water pours all over me or my passenger. When driving it just pours in and I have to keep a blanket over the gear shift.
I have taken it in once already and they “fixed” it and the exact same thing happened again. It’s back in the shop and I told them I do not feel safe given how much water has been inside my electric car and do not want the car back.
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Mine did this twice now.
so bad that when I turn the water pours all over me or my passenger. When driving it just pours in and I have to keep a blanket over the gear shift.
I have taken it in once already and they “fixed” it and the exact same thing happened again. It’s back in the shop and I told them I do not feel safe given how much water has been inside my electric car and do not want the car back.
so bad that when I turn the water pours all over me or my passenger. When driving it just pours in and I have to keep a blanket over the gear shift.
I have taken it in once already and they “fixed” it and the exact same thing happened again. It’s back in the shop and I told them I do not feel safe given how much water has been inside my electric car and do not want the car back.
