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Any luck with water leaks?

Smerberj

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I have not the slightest clue. I used some silicone to fill in the hole so we'll see how that holds up. I have an appointment Monday at my dealership to have my truck looked at. I'm going to request new carpet.
UPDATE:

Got the truck back from the dealer, they had a "water specialist" come in and take a look at it, he found 3 areas where it was leaking into the driver side cabin. One was the pinch weld in my post and the other 2 were where the fender meets the firewall. He patched them up with paint matched epoxy weld and it looks great. Dealership shampoo'd and detailed my carpets so no more water stains. I'm a happy camper now.
 

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UPDATE:

Got the truck back from the dealer, they had a "water specialist" come in and take a look at it, he found 3 areas where it was leaking into the driver side cabin. One was the pinch weld in my post and the other 2 were where the fender meets the firewall. He patched them up with paint matched epoxy weld and it looks great. Dealership shampoo'd and detailed my carpets so no more water stains. I'm a happy camper now.

Great news. Let us know how it holds up after a good rain.
 

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UPDATE:

Got the truck back from the dealer, they had a "water specialist" come in and take a look at it, he found 3 areas where it was leaking into the driver side cabin. One was the pinch weld in my post and the other 2 were where the fender meets the firewall. He patched them up with paint matched epoxy weld and it looks great. Dealership shampoo'd and detailed my carpets so no more water stains. I'm a happy camper now.

Sounds like he followed the TSB that we posted up. I hadn't sent mine in yet for it (Manager asked why I didn't do it myself and get paid for it) LOL (my reply, "we aren't the body shop, let them due it")
 

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Just found a leak in my big horn quad cab last night. My son was sitting in the passenger side rear seat and there was water dripping on to his shoulder. It was coming in at the upper corner of the rear window. This is ridiculous. The whole seat ended up getting soaked. I'm guessing it's just not a good seal on the window to the cab but who knows. I'm going to take it to a glass shop and have them pull the window out and re seal the whole thing. Not dealing with the dealership anymore.
 

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UPDATE:

Still have a water leak, went to the dealer yesterday and asked what work they performed, they showed me the paperwork and notes that the tech wrote, nothing in it mentioned removing the fender as the TSB indicates. So I went to the guy who sold me the truck and since we have a good understanding of each other he said he'll make it happen. We'll see.
 

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Just found a leak in my big horn quad cab last night. My son was sitting in the passenger side rear seat and there was water dripping on to his shoulder. It was coming in at the upper corner of the rear window. This is ridiculous. The whole seat ended up getting soaked. I'm guessing it's just not a good seal on the window to the cab but who knows. I'm going to take it to a glass shop and have them pull the window out and re seal the whole thing. Not dealing with the dealership anymore.

Hey Benji80,

I'm very sorry to hear you are experiencing this as well. So we can have this documented, would you mind following up via PM to provide your VIN? Thank you in advance.

Mark
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Just got my truck back after 2 weeks, the dealer resealed something behind the front fender and water tested it, said it was A okay. Well, it rained today and I still have that dang leak! I took it back to the dealer and had the service manager look at the leak, he was blown away. Anyway, they took my truck and are going to call FCA to see what they can do for me.
 

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