Water leaking into boot lid

[Scooter79]

As the title says, after a fair bit of rain, water is getting into the boot lid. Not the boot but the actual boot lid. When I open the boot after some rain I get covered in water as it pours out of the holes where the boot lid carpet is clipped into.

Anyone else had this problem? Of course I know its either getting in through the tail lights or boot garnish but what can I do about it. I already removed the lights and garnish and added some Permatex blue around the seal but it looks messy and didn't really work.

Any suggestions?

[daniel40]

I had some drain holes in my vr calais that where blocked with tape, i just poked them out with a screwdriver no more boot filling up with water, hope this helps.

[dirt drifter]

i've had a vr ss and a vs exec do this to me, both times i got new taillight seals from holden and it fixed the problem. they only stock them for one side (no idea why) so all i did was get 2 and flip one upside down it fits the other side perfect

[stocky]

mine does it. i think it could be getting in where the boot garnish goes

[Candive]

I've got the same problem and actually keep an empty icecream bucket in the boot to catch the water as it flows out of the little holes. It sounds like dirt drifter is on the right track to solving the problem. I've also read in another post that someone used silastic although I don't necessarily want to "glue" my lights on!

[CalaisJohn]

I've got the same problem and actually keep an empty icecream bucket in the boot to catch the water as it flows out of the little holes. It sounds like dirt drifter is on the right track to solving the problem. I've also read in another post that someone used silastic although I don't necessarily want to "glue" my lights on!

get some window sealant, it's black and doesn't cure - it remains sticky-tacky forever but it's a messy thing to deal with

[stocky]

is this to go on the taillight extensions on the bootlid?

[CalaisJohn]

is this to go on the taillight extensions on the bootlid?

I have a VN so not sure about VR/S but take the extensions off and you'll prolly have some sort of seal that's perished just go over it with the sealant once u've cleaned it thoroughly.. elsewise if it's held there by a nut or bolt run a seam of sealer around that.. then re-assemble.

[lucas_arts_182]

My VS did this, it turned out the boot seal was leaking, even though it looked fine. I got a new one from Auto-1 for $70

[Scooter79]

My VS did this, it turned out the boot seal was leaking, even though it looked fine. I got a new one from Auto-1 for $70

Yeah, but water is getting into the boot lid, not the boot. Will just have to check out the seals on the lid tail lights again.

[Deano3350]

check the holes where the license plate is screwed in too

[h0Ld3n`VN]

or the boot seal..?

[Cutty]

You could try drilling some small holes in the undeside of the boot (on the flat section) to act as drain holes? If the water is sitting in the boot lid and acting like a pool in the number plate panel area, this might enable the water to drip out as it enters the lid. It won't solve the problem from a sealant perspective but it should let the water out so you don't get covered in it when you open the boot after rain.

[sHeLz_85]

this may not help coz i have a VT n my problem was my rear spoiler wasnt seald proply so i siliconed it up from the inside of my boot where it bolts in n now i dont have that problem

[doigs8]

As the title says, after a fair bit of rain, water is getting into the boot lid. Not the boot but the actual boot lid. When I open the boot after some rain I get covered in water as it pours out of the holes where the boot lid carpet is clipped into.

Anyone else had this problem? Of course I know its either getting in through the tail lights or boot garnish but what can I do about it. I already removed the lights and garnish and added some Permatex blue around the seal but it looks messy and didn't really work.

Any suggestions?

I had the same problem with my VR SS. The seals for the rear 3/4 windows (behind the rear doors) were leaking. When it rains, water leaks into the boot. It's a bit of work to pull the windows out to reseal them with sealant, but it has to be done.

[Scooter79]

I had the same problem with my VR SS. The seals for the rear 3/4 windows (behind the rear doors) were leaking. When it rains, water leaks into the boot. It's a bit of work to pull the windows out to reseal them with sealant, but it has to be done.

No, water leaks into the Boot lid, not the boot.

[doigs8]

No, water leaks into the Boot lid, not the boot.

Yeah, same as mine. Went to a panel beater mate, and he told me the window seals dry over time, and rain leaks past the window seals into the boot. When the boot warms up due to the heat from the sun, exhaust, etc, the water evopourates and turns to steam, I suppose you could say. That moisture rises and is trapped in the boot lid. A long explanation I know, but my car did the same as yours. I would open my boot and heaps of water would run out of the boot lid. I couldn't see any way that water could get in there, so I asked my panel beater mate. I pulled the windows out, resealed them with sealant over the original foam seals, and have never had water in the boot lid since. You have too pull the back seat out to get to the windows, but it's not too difficult.

[whitey66]

Remove the boot lid carpet,get in your boot and shut it,use a torch to see where the leak is while a mate hoses it.
You can quite often see leak marks where the water is coming in if you look closely with a torch or lead light.
It usually comes in past the tail light seals but you might as well remove everything from the bootlid and seal the lot.You can seal the back of the badge holes with silastic.
Use a non hardening putty type sealant to seal the other leaks,Wurth make a product called "Dab Off" that is perfect for this job and it's not messy.

[Candive]

Rather than window sealent, I had some 3M Scotch Mount 4229 Body Moulding (double sided) Repair Tape I had purchased from Holden a while back. I stuck it around the edge of the hole where the rear reflectors mount on the boot lid and used an exacto knife to trim it. I placed the tape a little over the edge so when I reinserted the reflector it created a seal. It worked for me.

[Baldy2121]

I have the same problem and tried the resealing options, no joy. Opening the Boot lid one damp morning showed the inside of the Boot Lid saturated with condensation. I drilled a few more drain holes in the Boot Lid where i thought it would run off and Park the Car backside down a slope/driveway. Seems to work. Old Car, old seals if the Car is out in the elements you can't stop the condensation.

[mrvsbt1]

try some blue tack on the bolts that hold ur garnish on in the boot if u dont want to use slilastic