Water under the floor liner

How can a windshield protector force water into the cabin?

 

I was wondering the same thing. how is the water getting into the cabin?

 

That sounds horrible. I have an 07 also and live in Florida and it has seen some torrential rain also with no leaks. Never a leak.But of course no freeze.
I'm a little confused on the window shield. Do you mean an outside shield that's covering the windshield in case of hail? I can't see how that's going to help water get inside. Only thing I can think of is maybe the rubber door gasket's were already frozen and did not make a seal.
One poster here says that LPS Spray works good as a rubber gasket lubricant in the winter.Its basicly silicone spray.Helps in not allowing the gaskets to freeze.
I do know I can sometimes hear wind noise from the front windows but still they have never leaked even the slightest even in some bad nice person rains. Please post back with details.

 

At one time, it was common for folks up here to put a tarp across the windshield, to keep frost/ice off it at -40. They learned quickly not to try that stunt near freezing temps, as the tarp would generously wick any rain directly into the car interior

 

It sounds like the windshield cover is held in place by first opening the front doors, placing the cover down, then closing the doors to hold the cover in place.

Apparently some water wicked through the cover material into the interior of the car, causing the flooding problem that the OP encountered. Unfortunately I don't have any suggestions about how to deal with the flooding on the driver's side, other than using towels to absorb water, then a hair dryer to dry the carpet.

 

If that is how it was secured, another possibility is that the material thickness just created enough of a gap to leak on top of that wicking action, no?

 

If you can park in a secure place leave the car Ready with the A/C set on outside (not recirculate), directed to the floor, and maximum temperature. Leave a window partly open. This will push a lot of hot air through the car quickly. (If in an enclosed garage, leave the door partly open. Fresh cool dry air must be able to enter near the garage floor and hot damp air and exhaust must be able to leave near the ceiling.)

 

According to the manual:

1. Remove the front seat
2. Remove the rear seat
3. Remove the center pillar garnish lower
4. Remove the quarter trim panel lower
5. Remove the quarter trim panel upper
6. Remove the screw while holding the lever
7. Disconnect the cable and remove the lever

See attached pix

Hope this helps

 

Thanks Patrick. I've never seen that before. And I come from Vermont. Maybe cause that's a guaranteed leak. I would imagine anything deforming the cheapo seal around the door in very cold temps would leak. Maybe if frozen to the seal it would damage it.

 

Nope, never have tried to remove it. Repeated verbatim what the factory shop manual claimed to do