14Sport

I found this in the All Leaks pdf and just checked mine. Both were folded over. I fixed them and hope that eliminates the problem for me.

El Dorado

mine did too. Had to take it in more than once till I finally got mad at the Shop foreman. They replaced all the left door seals and some on the freedom top with some new and improved better Wx stripping??????....no more leaks! The jerkwad foreman tried to blame it on my vehicle wrap, that's when I let him have it with both barrels to the point he looked like he wanted to clock me. I just got in his face even more. The service writer finally told him to fix it no matter what the cause. Just because it's a jeep there is absolutely no reason to just expect leaks and live with them.....this is why I bought mine with the hard top.... If they couldn"t or wouldn't fix it I would participate in litigation for sure.... it was just not the leak, but the constant water under the carpet that fried me.....

marcusjames2

This was something j posted quite a while back that fixed the leak above the handles for me. Very simple fix.

For quite a while I have been trying to fix my hard top and soft top leaks. Got most taken care of except the pesky seal at the top of the doors. From what I have read it is a very common problem, especially with the soft top.

I finally got it fixed!! It is a rather simple fix, but nothing I had run across through any forum. I found something very discreet about it in the JK leak manual that you can find online. It talked about for leaks at the doors near the corner to adjust the flange. I had no clue what it was talking about, but kept looking around and spotted it. So here are pictures of what I did.

As you can see in the pics, there is a metal flange behind the rubber transition. It has a groove that you can stick a screw driver behind. Simply pry it outward with the flathead screw driver to adjust.

We had a pretty heavy rain today, that normally would send water pouring in at the front of the doors with the soft top, but after this NOT A DROP! So easy.

14Sport

I want to try this on my wife's Jeep. So to be clear, you bend the metal flange out, right, forcing the rubber out further?

OH9JK

Link to the PDF leaks document...

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B7IW...p=docslist_api

marcusjames2

That's right. Check out the link that OH9JK just posted. That was the document I read to fix most of my leak problems.

14Sport

Thanks.

northlander

Really????
I am absolutely amazed at how many times I hear something like this on this forum. For $45,000 it should not leak, period!!! It should not leave me stranded on the side of the road multiple times( mine did)

If you are wheeling the crap out of it, yes, you have to expect some issues, but under normal circumstances, NO WAY

Gr808JK

^^ this. Agreed. Maybe You could make that claim on a new, $10k YJ that saw more trail time than road time. But it's no longer acceptable on a $40k+ machine. Even if it is a Jeep.

loud pipes

I had problems with my 2012 JKUR for a couple of months. What I found (at least in my case) is that through trial and error I finally got everything adjusted right. Here's what I mean:

For the two screw pins in the rear of the freedom panels, I only tighten them until they start to resist a little plus a quarter turn. Make sure you tighten the passenger side first. I then backed out the screw holding the latch in the center front of the panels and slowly tightened it, frequently looking outside the vehicle at the roof to get the freedom panels exactly level with the top of the windshield frame. Too tight and the panels will compress the gaskets and leak, too loose and water will seep in through the gaskets and leak.

I also lube my gasket seals each year with Shin-Etsu grease. It keeps the gaskets malleable and full/swollen, rather than letting them contract over time.

There are several points of adjustment, so it takes some patience and time. But I'm now 3 months into our rainy season and not one leak regardless of how hard I am braking.

I hope this helps.