Water leak where the front doors meet the a-pillar
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JK Freak
Joined: May 2010
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From: San Diego, CA
Water leak where the front doors meet the a-pillar
I have a significant water leak on both sides of my 2007 JKU hardtop. I recently removed and reinstalled the freedom panels and that might have increased the leak but thinking back I believe maybe it's been happening for a while and I just didn't notice because of the carpet (which I've now pulled). From what I can see, water is designed to drip off the roof where it meets the windshield header and go INSIDE the door seals and around the door to the ground. Besides that this is an idiotic design, on mine, water seems to be dripping past the seals and down the inside of the door. It hits the rocker panel trim and then floods the footwells (pretty much in the same place where water drips when you have the door open). Since the water flowing off the roof seems to be going to where Jeep designed it too I don't think it really has anything to do with the top. The crazy thing is that both sides are leaking. I can see a bad door seal causing one side to leak but both at the same time?
Has anyone run into this and found a solution?
Thanks!
Has anyone run into this and found a solution?
Thanks!
JK Newbie
Joined: Jun 2010
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From: Atlanta, GA
Yep, I have the same issue on the driver's side. Mine's a 2007 JKU. I tried fixing it with Sugru, a moldable silicon putty that cures to a permanent form, but that didn't stop the leak either. Would love to find a permanent fix because it's so annoying, I'm actually considering selling the Jeep over it.
JK Junkie
Joined: Feb 2012
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From: Bunnlevel, NC
JK Jedi
Joined: Dec 2010
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From: Knoxville
Good point.....it finally doesn't leak now. Mine never leaked when it was new or when I switched from a 2010 top to a 2013 top.
The door seals are definitely something that I think is frequently overlooked. They've made some serious improvements. The part revision was -AM when the jeep was made and the current revision is -AU or -AV.
The door seals are definitely something that I think is frequently overlooked. They've made some serious improvements. The part revision was -AM when the jeep was made and the current revision is -AU or -AV.
JK Enthusiast
Joined: Nov 2016
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From: york
The water just rolls off the roof onto the floor whenever the door is opened. I haven't found a way to avoid it. THe roof panel's gutters don't reach far enough ahead of the A-pillar to catch the roof runoff.