vidamas
X-TRAIL NEWBIE
Date Registered: 08-2020
Location: Inner West
TOTAL POSTS: 12
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Re: Water in spare wheel well
Hello Jimbr and CDK1 - I don't know if you both resolved this issue of water in the boot area, but thought I'd add my experience if it helps!
I just bought a 2006 X Trail ST-S with 165,000km. Seemed like a reasonable deal. Got it home and while cleaning it up inside I noticed rust spots under the boot cover - the spare wheel, the jack, the latch for the boot door, and most of the bolt heads had what I think/hope is "superficial" rust.
It was raining, and I could see it was wet, but no puddles in there like you have both described.
This is what it looked like inside. It can clearly be seen where water has been running:
It seemed the water was coming in from behind the taillight. In the bottom, rear, left corner you could see a small stream of water.
First thing I noticed was the rubber wire loom cover on the upper left, near the tail light, was not seated properly.
I cleaned it up and re-seated it, but the next day saw it was still a bit wet. Water was still getting in from somewhere.
After more rain yesterday, I was hoping it would be dry today, but no luck. I took the taillight off and found a ton of gunk stuck around and on the taillight wire loom. The plug was also a bit loose, but seems to just be the way they are since both the left and right were the same.
I cleaned it all up and am now waiting for the next rain storm to check again, but I think this is the issue for me.
What did you end up finding was the cause of your leaks?
Where is the drain plug that was mentioned?
--- Jeff
2006 ST-S, Auto, 2.5l
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11/Aug/2020, 7:46 pm
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Revhead Kev
Date Registered: 10-2006
Location: Mona Vale, Sydney, AUSTRALIA
TOTAL POSTS: 6360
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Re: Water in spare wheel well
Have you guys seen the video I linked in the other thread here ?
--- Kev X450(c) T30 Guru
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26/Aug/2020, 5:29 pm
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