my 01 trans am leaks water on the right side of the hatch where the lift strut attaches to the hatch. i opened the hatch tonight after the car has been sitting for two weeks and water leaked out like normal and ran in the right speaker grill. anyone ever have this problem or know a fix?

 

check and see if hatch need adjusted. check seals and see if they either need replaced. heard vaseline also works on the seals to help this problem

 

Does the leak only happen when you open the hatch?

 

Mine does it too, seems to only happen when I open the hatch. I've not spent a lot of time looking for the cause however. It's more of an annoyance for me.

 

The problem when opening the hatch is a function of water pooling on the hatch itself and then running backwards through the gutters. The fix is to open the hatch more slowly and give the water time to run out of the gutters. (Then you won't get the excessive flow that causes water overtop the gutter and flow inside the car.)

 

yes it only seams to leak when the hatch is raised and the only place it comes in is where the lift strut bolts to the hatch and only on the right side.

 

If you keep your eye on the water flowing from the base of the hatch back up the glass as you open the door, you'll see the issue/flood. You just have to go slow.