Water leak from sunglass compartment? Ughhh. Love affair over?

[OldMarine]

Noticed a small puddle at bottom of center console. I have NO sunroof. Checked all headliner areas dry. No water anywhere in cabin except a dripping from sunglass compartment! Wtf? Dealer time I guess. Can only be one of 2 areas as far as I could tell. Either bad windshield seal, or shark fin leak running down to front area.

 

[SD Rebel]

I'm thinking shark fin based on your description. If you want to inspect, remove the 3rd brake light, you can unclip that rear part of the headliner easily by just pulling down on the edge so you can see if the fin better. The shark fins seal is actually internal, in the middle of the fin, the outside is just a cosmetic gasket. There is one bolt that holds it in place.

If you are still under warranty, I would avoid any repair so the dealer doesn't try to back out of a proper repair, including possibly replacing the headliner. It still blows my mind how delicate and cheap these little seals are on the antenna and 3rd brake lights are in preventing water intrusion into the cab for these and many other vehicles.

Here is a GM antenna which should be very similar.

 

[OldMarine]

I'm thinking shark fin based on your description. If you want to inspect, remove the 3rd brake light, you can unclip that rear part of the headliner easily by just pulling down on the edge so you can see if the fin better. The shark fins seal is actually internal, in the middle of the fin, the outside is just a cosmetic gasket. There is one bolt that holds it in place.

If you are still under warranty, I would avoid any repair so the dealer doesn't try to back out of a proper repair, including possibly replacing the headliner. It still blows my mind how delicate and cheap these little seals are on the antenna and 3rd brake lights are in preventing water intrusion into the cab for these and many other vehicles.

Here is a GM antenna which should be very similar.

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Yup I'm thinking shark fin too. Windshield is slightly lower than overhead console so water shouldn't go " up ". Might hit it with a little Flex-Seal clear and see what happens before letting dealer go at it. Still under B2B warranty.

 

[Dusty1948]

For some reason I cannot access my service manual today, but I'm pretty sure there is an inner and outer water seal used on DT Rams. The mounting concept is the same as GM vehicles.

Regards,
Dusty
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