[Vwdiesel] Hurricane Hermine

[Tad]

I did have my front-right footwell get some standing water one night after a
heavy rain parked on a sideways slope (and probably clogged drain - I didn't
know about them then).  As I was on a road trip through the Redwoods, I put
some newspapers down on the floor and changed them regularly, then ran the
heat+AC during the drive home and by the time i got back it was dry.  No
mold/mildew.

On other occasions I've had the headliner get wet, but never enough to cause
it to sag.  I think once you've gotten to that point you're in for a new
headliner.

On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 11:21 PM, Tad <tadc at europa.com> wrote:

> Probably the sunroof drains are clogged, or just overwhelmed by the volume
> of rain.
>
> In the front door hinges are black rubber "nipples" that need to be pinched
> in order to open up and let the water out.  The rear drains are a little
> harder to find.  But you probably already knew that.
>
> Haven't bothered with the recall as I've already fixed them myself, but
> note that the recall only covers the front drains, which any monkey could
> fix in 10 minutes, but not the rear drains, which are the real PITA.
>
> Some class-action ambulance-chaser really screwed us on that one...
>
>
> On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 9:23 PM, Shalyn Shourds <sshourds at flash.net> wrote:
>
>>  Here in Ft. Worth/Dallas, we just had the remains of the hurricane
>> blow overhead.  I even got to see a tornado as I was fixing to leave
>> work.  In Texas, that improves your social standing tremendously.  I did
>> elect to stay at the plant till it passed.......   Worst part for me was
>> going out to the car and seeing standing water in the front footwells.
>> Doing some research on the TDIclub website (good to so some searches on,
>> not nearly as pleasantly interactive as this list), I saw that there's a
>> history of sunroof drains leaking.  I'd say that's the case as my
>> headliner is now damp and sagging everywhere.  Furthermore, I found out
>> that there's some kind of service campaign on this (not that they sent
>> me the paperwork on that.....).  Anyone done the dealer service on
>> that?  I suspect that both my headliner and carpet are hosed.  Not sure
>> what they'll do for a 10 year old car, but I'm curious to try.  If
>> anything, I'm just hoping to avoid drilling holes in my floor pan to
>> drain the water.......
>>
>> -Shalyn
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