2002 Saturn L200 rain leaking in

2002 SATURN L200
82,000 MILES • 6 CYL • FWD • AUTOMATIC
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COACHABLEONE
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When it rains, drivers side floor - front and back floods. This is when car is parked in driveway so it has nothing to do with kicking up water when driving.
There is no visible sign of where the water is coming in. Windows are rolled up, doors close tightly. When you open doors, it appears dry all the way around.

I theorize it is coming in under the plastic trim pieces along the bottom edge of the door or maybe the kick panel by the driver, but where do I find the leak entry point?
Dec 8, 2009 at 1:42 PM
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SATURNTECH9
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Water leaks suck to figure out where there comming in at it sounds like ur whindshield or fire wall is leaking u will have to use a water hose without a nozzle and start spraying down under ur hood on the fire wall ur whindshield while u have someone in the car looking under the dash looking for water leaking in also try the hood hinge area it's hit and miss u just have to keep putting water differnt places u may even have to pull the seats and carpet up to find it and dry out the carpet.let me know how it goes and if u have anymore questions.does it have a sunroof?
Louie
Dec 8, 2009 at 11:06 PM
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Thanks for the leads Louie. I will attempt your solution this weekend and let you know. I originally thought it was the windshield and went so far as to have it replaced, but that was no help. Sort of dismissed the firewall knowing that it leaks just sitting in the driveway, but I guess that water running down the windshield has to go down somewhere.
Dec 9, 2009 at 6:56 AM
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water is most likely running down from somewhere because we know its not splashing from under the car because ur not driving the car.let me know what u find.
louie
Dec 9, 2009 at 2:25 PM