Water getting into car inevitable??

[kdub]

Hello everyone. I just became a Boxster owner last Thursday and I've been lurking the forum for over a week trying to learn more about the car as well as any known issues.

The common problem I've seen popping up is water getting in and under the carpets of the car. Is this problem inevitable for all Boxsters? Or it's only happening to a small percentage of Boxsters out there? Is there a particular model year that's more susceptible to this?

I read, and come to realized there are alot of drainage holes for the Boxster. I have never seen a car that necessitate so much drainage and so prone to these drainage getting plugged. There are even owners who said their car never see the rain, but still get the water problem from washing their cars.

I've had an S2000 before and I never heard anyone have problems like this.

[blinkwatt]

Double check and make sure that there isn't water flooding underneath your driver side seat. Your Alarm Computer is under there and is extremely expensive to replace if it's wrecked. Check your drain location,more so the one located behind the driver and passenger seats near the engine cover.

Where in the interior is the carpet getting wet?

[kdub]

Originally Posted by blinkwatt

Where in the interior is the carpet getting wet?

Oh I don't have the water problem. At least I hope I don't. I just got the car and haven't driven it in the rain or washed it yet. I was just reading the forum and realized the water problem has been mentioned more times than I like to see and I am just wondering if a "wet" Boxster is inevitable. Or are there owners out there who has had their Boxster for years and never had this problem and never paid attention to all the drain holes?

[Cloudsurfer]

Well, I think any convertible is going to be more of an issue with regard to water intrusion than a "normal" hard top car, but I agree, the Box does seem to have more issues with this than some other rag tops. I just recently experienced some water issues, which may be related to my custom audio install.

Patrick

[J-RAD]

I've never had an issue. She's as water-tight as a frog's...

[vipola]

Mine too, go play in rain often and never been an issue

[simbob]

Thanks for the response, but it doesn't address my question.

I know where the two drains are on either side of the battery in the front, but it appears that the diagram shows four drains in the front -- a drain ("1") in front of or beneath the battery, and a drain ("3") in the driver-side front fender.

I also know where the two drains are on either side of the top well in the back, but it appears that the diagram shows a drain ("2") on the driver's side in a location high on a side panel behind the door.

I have vacuumed and flushed the four drains I have found, two front and two back, but I want to be sure I do not leave other drains unattended.

Perhaps there are no other drains, and I am either reading the diagram wrong or the diagram is incorrect.

Is there anybody here who can explain the apparent differences between what the diagram shows and what I see in my car? Are there more than four drains? (In your response, please do not tell me about the drains in the doors, I know about those, too. I just want to address the diagram.) Do the drains vary by year? My car is a '99.

Thanks.

[Peter Serbanica]

I thought it never rains in southern California...... lol

[simbob]

I found the two additional drain lines in the rear, shown as "2" on the diagram.

They're at the front extreme of the outer vertical edge of the rear deck cover channel. When the top is in the service position, you can run your finger along that edge of the channel and find them just behind the doors.

So there are four drain lines in the rear, not two.

I still haven't found all of the front drain lines shown on the diagram, but I'll take the front end apart and take the battery out to search for them this weekend -- unless one of you can give me some advice from your experience about where I will find all of the locations shown on the diagram.

Thanks.