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Old Jan 22, 2010 | 07:12 PM
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Well we just had some heavy rain here in west central Florida, and come to find out I have water in the bottom of my trunk. What could cause this? The rear hatch weather strips are in good shape from what I can tell. I'm at a loss, looking for ideas?
Car is a 99' Trans Am
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Old Jan 23, 2010 | 02:39 AM
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Originally Posted by Brianbanscak
Well we just had some heavy rain here in west central Florida, and come to find out I have water in the bottom of my trunk. What could cause this? The rear hatch weather strips are in good shape from what I can tell. I'm at a loss, looking for ideas?
Car is a 99' Trans Am
Thanks in advance!!!
I have the same problem every time there is a "heavy" rain here. I'm not talking just a regular shower, I mean like a storm. It never fails, after a heavy storm the rear hatch carpet area(where the t-top holders are) is soaked and sometimes there is water actually sitting there, like a little puddle. Mine is also a '99, Camaro albeit.
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Old Jan 23, 2010 | 08:52 AM
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same thing here. Haven't figured it out either.
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Old Jan 23, 2010 | 10:02 AM
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Old Jan 24, 2010 | 07:40 PM
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Thanks for the link, but other then a service bulletin that nobody seems to be able to read, I really don't have an answer on how to fix this problem.
Also have a little bit of water on the drivers side floor board.
Does someone have a fix for this issue, and how to perform a fix? I'm sure someone has had this problem before and actually fixed it, so how did you do it?
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Old Jan 24, 2010 | 10:47 PM
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You might try PM'ing some of the other people who have had the leak and see what they say. I don't recall ever hearing back from anyone who purchased the TSB or did other things to see if their fixes solved the problem.

The driver's side floor board is a different issue. Lots of other posts on those problems as well. (I don't recall the cause of the pooling in the front.)
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Old Jan 25, 2010 | 07:08 AM
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just a thought, when you close your hatch do you pull from the center or the corner specifically the left. could be you tweaked the hatch just enough to allow some water in.
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