So I’m aware of the rear window leak but I thought that was primarily near the sliding glass.
My truck was parked for about 3 months just because I didn’t need to go anywhere or if I did we took a different vehicle. Live in Florida so hot and humid of course.
I go to unlock the truck one day and battery is dead. So I get a new battery, replace it and when I go to start the truck there’s mold everywhere on the seats and carpet.
I cleaned it up as thoroughly as I could. Vinegar, steam, lots of vacuuming. Ozone treatment. While I was cleaning I found the moisture, the passenger front floorboard was soaked. Pulled up the carpet and tons of water there. Dry it all, put fans in to dry the interior out, leave windows open on the hot dry days. Then I let it sit again to see if any mold would come back checking it every few days. I also checked the ac drain and the drains at the hood cowl to make sure those weren’t the cause of the leak. Both seem fine but cleared them anyway.
All looked clear a couple weeks ago so I went for a drive. While out I noticed one of my headlights the low beam wasn’t working. Came home and pulled the bulb, swapped it to the driver side and low beam worked fine. Put the driver side bulb in the passenger and not working. Ok, so some electrical issue.
Then I noticed the cluster info screen was stuck on the tire pressure page. The dashes at the bottom to change pages aren’t there and it’s not responding to input. If I hit cruise control it shows that so the screen itself is fine. Start checking other stuff out and the driver side door speakers don’t work.
Only thing I can figure is moisture has corroded some connections. I did try disconnecting the battery for a day hoping it would help. It did not.
So today I’m back out there, we’ve had lots of rain in the afternoons. Passenger floorboard is soaked again. Follow water up the passenger side under the wire looms to the b pillar. No noticeable signs of water further back from there. But I did see water coming in on the top left (if looking from inside the cab) of the rear window.
So… it may all be from there but I couldn’t find where it’s running from there to the front. I do park on an incline so water would run to the front.
Truck is a 2019, bought new and has 43,000 miles on it. So out of warranty for sure…. The leak, mold and water problem I think are fixable if costly. Not sure about the weird electronic issues. That much moisture during that time inside the truck I feel like I’ll be chasing gremlins for the rest of the trucks life.
There’s a good bit of surface rust on the metal components under the seats. I can only imagine what all those connections look like.
My truck was parked for about 3 months just because I didn’t need to go anywhere or if I did we took a different vehicle. Live in Florida so hot and humid of course.
I go to unlock the truck one day and battery is dead. So I get a new battery, replace it and when I go to start the truck there’s mold everywhere on the seats and carpet.
I cleaned it up as thoroughly as I could. Vinegar, steam, lots of vacuuming. Ozone treatment. While I was cleaning I found the moisture, the passenger front floorboard was soaked. Pulled up the carpet and tons of water there. Dry it all, put fans in to dry the interior out, leave windows open on the hot dry days. Then I let it sit again to see if any mold would come back checking it every few days. I also checked the ac drain and the drains at the hood cowl to make sure those weren’t the cause of the leak. Both seem fine but cleared them anyway.
All looked clear a couple weeks ago so I went for a drive. While out I noticed one of my headlights the low beam wasn’t working. Came home and pulled the bulb, swapped it to the driver side and low beam worked fine. Put the driver side bulb in the passenger and not working. Ok, so some electrical issue.
Then I noticed the cluster info screen was stuck on the tire pressure page. The dashes at the bottom to change pages aren’t there and it’s not responding to input. If I hit cruise control it shows that so the screen itself is fine. Start checking other stuff out and the driver side door speakers don’t work.
Only thing I can figure is moisture has corroded some connections. I did try disconnecting the battery for a day hoping it would help. It did not.
So today I’m back out there, we’ve had lots of rain in the afternoons. Passenger floorboard is soaked again. Follow water up the passenger side under the wire looms to the b pillar. No noticeable signs of water further back from there. But I did see water coming in on the top left (if looking from inside the cab) of the rear window.
So… it may all be from there but I couldn’t find where it’s running from there to the front. I do park on an incline so water would run to the front.
Truck is a 2019, bought new and has 43,000 miles on it. So out of warranty for sure…. The leak, mold and water problem I think are fixable if costly. Not sure about the weird electronic issues. That much moisture during that time inside the truck I feel like I’ll be chasing gremlins for the rest of the trucks life.
There’s a good bit of surface rust on the metal components under the seats. I can only imagine what all those connections look like.
