Water Leaks

[Pavement Princess]

So I bought my 21 Ram 1500 Limited almost 10 months ago now, and we had gone through our first bigger rain storm for a bit here in California. I had noticed two days ago that it had taken in a substantial amount of water into the cab below my seats and floor mat. It had caused mold to grow the following day. I tried finding where the leak is coming from by removing the seats and didn't find anything that made it obvious of point of origin other than streaks from both top corners of the rear glass. Id have to assume its coming from the third brake light/ antenna/ or rear glass seal. Has anyone else run into these problems and if so what was it and how did you go about fixing it? I am curious if it's a good idea to go through insurance because my seatbelts look slightly corroded as well..

 

[kapinallinen2]

Has anyone else run into these problems

You and few others on the forums to say the least.
Sounds like rear window frame is cracked in the corners.

Here are couple of the shorter threads discussing the matter. Pretty sure there is also one with over 80 pages.
REAR WINDOW LEAK
The dreaded leaking and cracked rear window frame

 

[Scram1500]

Welcome to the club

 

[mikeru82]

A simple search would have brought up at least a half dozen recent threads about leaking rear glass, 3rd brake light, rear cab vents, and sunroof drains. Lots of us have had these issues.

 

[kapinallinen2]

New member. Could take little time getting used to navigating the forums.
I have been here awhile and still find the search function frustrating.

 

[asgadf/lkjnadsfg]

Yep, common problem. I had mine fixed the first time under warranty and they replaced the entire back glass and frame. I'm sure it'll happen again because they've not redesigned anything, thye just put another of the same faulty design back in there. I say "the first time" because I'm highly confident it'll happen again.

You can find more reading on the subject here: If you've had the rear window leak...

 

[kapinallinen2]

Yep, common problem. I had mine fixed the first time under warranty and they replaced the entire back glass and frame. I'm sure it'll happen again because they've not redesigned anything, thye just put another of the same faulty design back in there. I say "the first time" because I'm highly confident it'll happen again.

You can find more reading on the subject here: If you've had the rear window leak...

I did permatex after the replacement cracked.

 

[Royal]

A simple search would have brought up at least a half dozen recent threads about leaking rear glass, 3rd brake light, rear cab vents, and sunroof drains. Lots of us have had these issues.

I just did that exact search. It brought up one. This one.

 

[mikeru82]

I just did that exact search. It brought up one. This one.

Part of searching effectively is knowing the right words to search. What did you search on? Try “rear window leak”...

Search results for query: rear window leak

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