This was super-helpful for solving the trunk-quarium in my daughter's ST. I'm somewhat handy but also lazy so we started by removing the taillights and retaping to see if that worked. We didn't even unhook the lights; just held the fixture while other one cleaned and taped. In addition to the big square hole, we taped over the taillight screw holes. After heavy rain the next day, trunk bowl was bone-dry! 🎉 Thank you!
Wow. Thank you so much for outlining not only where to look for leaks, but also how to get to those areas in such an in-depth manner. This is an _incredibly_ useful video, and I really appreciate the effort you put into sharing this information. I purchased my Fiesta ST new in 2014 and its been pretty fantastic overall. Only within the past few months had I noticed water in the spare tire well. I was dreading tracking down how it was getting in there, but this video goes a long way removing the mystery. edit: The other Fiesta ST videos you have on your channel are also good. I wasn't scared to do this, but It is comforting having seen a good in-depth video on it.
Thank you for the kind words! I'm glad it could be of use to someone. I was in a similar situation where I knew there was a problem and there was a lot of info floating around, but not in one place. I figured this video would help those chasing down this annoying problem. Thank you again!
This video is very timely for me. My 10 year old mk7 has just presented me with 2 inches of water around the spare wheel! I know what to look for to solve the problem now. Thanks!
I'm glad the video came out in time! Good luck - I would definitely start with those sunroof drain hoses - you can partially pull the headliner down at the rear to check the rear ones without removing it completely.
Wow!! I can’t believe this. I just noticed my leaks for the first time this weekend and started freaking out. While I’m still annoyed at the whole situation, your video was excellent!!!! I had never seen such a helpful and meaningful video. Thank you so much!! Wish I could just take the car to you. Mechanics will be terrible with this and I definitely don’t have these skills 😞
So glad to have found this. I’ve found water in my se twice since I’ve owned it and only after really hard rain. No sunroof so looks like I’ll be pulling the taillights this weekend and checking it all out, thanks for such a solid breakdown of all the possible points of entry
This car leaks like a sieve. I have a '69 BMW with a sunroof that leaks less than this thing. Sunroof, hatch, and driver-side rear footwell on my 2012. Appreciate the in-depth video.
I've never owned a vehicle that leaks so much water. 2 trips to the dealer and prob 9 hours of my own time tracking down. All these leaks. I knew by switching from honda to ford there would be some quality issues but Holy crap is there quality control issues with these cars. However the car is 20x more fun than any vehicle I have ever owned
Hello my friend I saw your video and let me tell you you’re incredible because you could disarm all sunroof. Actually I got a ford fiesta se 2016 and i got a trouble with my sunroof at the part of behind drains has the same with leaking on left part of the guide. The question is, how did you solve it ? Did you seal ?
This is a very in-depth and comprehensive and well explained video thank you very much. I do however wish you would have spent a little more time on the very front of the sunroof as that is a very common area, like when the car is pointed with the nose downhill on a slanted driveway.
A valuable resource. I've just discovered a boot leak, which I feel must have been there for months in my 09 Fiesta. So the leak is very small, but enough to make my boot carpet mouldy and a tiny amount of water in spare wheel. Looks to be coming from the right side of the boot, perhaps behind tail-light. Finally going to take things apart and look today. Have been meaning to all week. Driving me nuts.
@@speedygarage264 fixed most of the problems that I could identify but water still getting in. Only place I haven’t checked is roof rails! Resorted to using towels and sponges to absorb anything that gets into boot sadly 🥲
Thanks for this video, my 2011 Fiesta has been mysterious filling with water in the spare wheel well on-again-off-again for years. Hopefully I’ll be able to find where it’s coming from!
Unfortunately I have the need to find this video, but damn is it a good one. Thanks man, going to try to fix my soggy rear passenger footwell this weekend :(
Great Video, just purchased a 2015 Fiesta ST and found my passenger foot well full of water. I knew there was something up as the bottom of that door and rear wheel well is rusting. Only real rust on the vehicle. I expected something wrong when it is under market value. Thanks
RE: 2011 N.A. Fiesta. Our car had oval grommets behind the taillights, not tape, but there was tape under the bumper cover below the taillights and that was the source of our leak. That tape came off, water leaked into the compartment below the vents and would just pool there as there was no drain. After years of corrosion, the water began to seep from those compartments inside the spare wheel well. This is pure negligence on the part of Ford and most definitely led to premature corrosion; planned obsolescence in action.
How many leaks does these fords have. I didn't know Ford made submarine. Sadly I just purchased this problem. well done video did you do a video of how to remove your bumper, you did go over it, but would have more confidence if i saw you do it step by step. Thanks again for your detailed video.
I have this same issue in my 2011 fiesta hatch. You would think ford would have fixed this issue by 2016 lol I don't have a sunroof. I hear it's from vents for cabin pressure that open whenever ac or heat is on. The vents are in the wheel well. They open and whenever it's raining the wheels sling water back into the cabin from the open vents. Pretty sure that's where you're leak is and probably every fiesta on the road.
I had around the same amount of water in my 2012 Fiesta. I also have a leak in my rear passenger side foot well. I took it to Ford about a year ago and the guy said he had never seen anything like it. He then told me it would probably be at least $600 in labor to find the leak and probably end up costing $1000 easy to fix. I think I'm just going to trade it in for a Maverick and let them deal with it.
If you follow the steps in this video, it is really a weekend project and pretty easy. I understand it looks daunting, but you can do it! I'm here to help if you need guidance.
@@Data-qj7mo I've had mixed results with my black goop. my latest attempt is to smear it round the outside of the tail light unit where the outside edge joins with the inside edge, I think that's where its coming in just gotta wait for it to rain then I'll know if it worked
Hiya, I have a ford fiesta 2007, 5 door no sunroof, and I have found lots of water behind my drivers seat on the carpet, like a puddle, and also some in the spare wheel bit in the boot. I’ve tried to find the leak and haven’t. Do you think it’s two different leaks or do you think the water is travelling from the boot to behind the drivers seat?
do you have an video or bits on how to remove the headliner? I purchased a video cam that has front and rear cameras so want to cleanly mount my rear camera through the headliner.
Did all the rear end waterproofing (under bumper and under taillights) with some vinyl patch gorilla tape stuff made for pool liners. RTV around all the gaskets, seems to have worked! No more water in rear passenger footwell or spare tire well. Was able to test the drain hoses by pouring water into the top, so didn't need to remove the headliner. Thanks for the video man, the tips on removing the bumper from your other video really helped a lot too!
Hello thank you for the video, have you done one on unblocking the drainage holes at the front of the car under the scuttle panel under the windscreen, my car is letting in water when stationary and it doesn’t have a sunroof it’s driving me bonkers the water is only on the passenger side Uk, and the boot is dry so I don’t think it’s from the rear
great video. I'm so tired of scraping frost off of the inside and of my windshield. First I found that the spare tire well was filling with water, after ripping off the rear bumper cover, I replaced the tape, sealed around the vents and that problem was solved. but still have condensation inside. Blend door actuator was failing, main door not closing all the way when shutting off car. not the problem either. I cannot figure out where else water is coming in, there is no evidence anywhere. out of desperation I was going to gorilla tape along the roof rails and windshield seam as a test, although I probed under the headliner with a camera while it was raining and could not see any water. I attempted to see if the condenser box drain was plugged, but it did not seem so.
Did you get to the bottom of this? My fiesta has terrible condensation from the inside each morning as well. Need to try these tricks for plugging the rear lights and bumper first though!
I may have, fingers crossed. I removed the drivers side roof rail/ drip molding or whatever it is called. underneath there is a body seam, but sealant from factory is only used on the ends, which was cracked in my case. I pulled down inner door seal, and found water gets past the seam and makes its way down the A pillar and stays trapped inside the body shell. I cleaned up the drip rail and reinstalled using 3M double sided molding tape. @@JustMattyEntertainment
So disappointed I don't have a hatchback and I don't have a sunroof. What I do have is a leak in the backseat foot well of a 2016 Ford fiesta It only happens when we have a severe heavy downpours like once every two years
Regarding the rear hatch / tail light leaks..... Or just drill a hole in the storage well for the spare tire. Water drains on its own. Sure, your way is the "proper way," but tearing the whole car apart...... Been there - done that - rather not. Especially the rear bumper. Just No!
5 Loch Felge im Kofferraum für ein Auto was nur 4 Loch Anbindung hat, hoffe es war schon drin beim Kauf, wenn selbst reingemacht, sage ich nur eigene Dummheit
This was super-helpful for solving the trunk-quarium in my daughter's ST. I'm somewhat handy but also lazy so we started by removing the taillights and retaping to see if that worked. We didn't even unhook the lights; just held the fixture while other one cleaned and taped. In addition to the big square hole, we taped over the taillight screw holes. After heavy rain the next day, trunk bowl was bone-dry! 🎉 Thank you!
I'm glad it helped! I was quite surprised when I first found my "trunk-quarium" as you called it in my Fiesta...
Wow.
Thank you so much for outlining not only where to look for leaks, but also how to get to those areas in such an in-depth manner. This is an _incredibly_ useful video, and I really appreciate the effort you put into sharing this information.
I purchased my Fiesta ST new in 2014 and its been pretty fantastic overall. Only within the past few months had I noticed water in the spare tire well. I was dreading tracking down how it was getting in there, but this video goes a long way removing the mystery.
edit: The other Fiesta ST videos you have on your channel are also good. I wasn't scared to do this, but It is comforting having seen a good in-depth video on it.
Thank you for the kind words! I'm glad it could be of use to someone. I was in a similar situation where I knew there was a problem and there was a lot of info floating around, but not in one place. I figured this video would help those chasing down this annoying problem. Thank you again!
This video is very timely for me. My 10 year old mk7 has just presented me with 2 inches of water around the spare wheel! I know what to look for to solve the problem now. Thanks!
I'm glad the video came out in time! Good luck - I would definitely start with those sunroof drain hoses - you can partially pull the headliner down at the rear to check the rear ones without removing it completely.
Wow!! I can’t believe this. I just noticed my leaks for the first time this weekend and started freaking out. While I’m still annoyed at the whole situation, your video was excellent!!!! I had never seen such a helpful and meaningful video. Thank you so much!! Wish I could just take the car to you. Mechanics will be terrible with this and I definitely don’t have these skills 😞
So glad to have found this. I’ve found water in my se twice since I’ve owned it and only after really hard rain. No sunroof so looks like I’ll be pulling the taillights this weekend and checking it all out, thanks for such a solid breakdown of all the possible points of entry
Of course! This was a really frustrating problem for me and I'm glad that others can learn how to remedy it!
I’m currently sitting in my 2012 Fiesta in the rain, angry as hell trying to find this leak. If these steps fix it then thank you lol
Did it work?
This car leaks like a sieve. I have a '69 BMW with a sunroof that leaks less than this thing. Sunroof, hatch, and driver-side rear footwell on my 2012.
Appreciate the in-depth video.
Best video I have seen. Thanks bud!
Thank you! Truly appreciate the kind words - hope it helped!
We had the exact same problem- thanks so much for this video!
Great video. My girlfriends Fiesta has been sat for months due to lockdown its full of mold
I've never owned a vehicle that leaks so much water. 2 trips to the dealer and prob 9 hours of my own time tracking down. All these leaks. I knew by switching from honda to ford there would be some quality issues but Holy crap is there quality control issues with these cars. However the car is 20x more fun than any vehicle I have ever owned
Yeah it's a frustrating issue for sure. I love the car, but the leaking issue makes me want to sell it sometimes.
Hello my friend
I saw your video and let me tell you you’re incredible because you could disarm all sunroof. Actually I got a ford fiesta se 2016 and i got a trouble with my sunroof at the part of behind drains has the same with leaking on left part of the guide. The question is, how did you solve it ? Did you seal ?
This is a very in-depth and comprehensive and well explained video thank you very much. I do however wish you would have spent a little more time on the very front of the sunroof as that is a very common area, like when the car is pointed with the nose downhill on a slanted driveway.
A valuable resource. I've just discovered a boot leak, which I feel must have been there for months in my 09 Fiesta. So the leak is very small, but enough to make my boot carpet mouldy and a tiny amount of water in spare wheel. Looks to be coming from the right side of the boot, perhaps behind tail-light. Finally going to take things apart and look today. Have been meaning to all week. Driving me nuts.
Glad it helped!
@@speedygarage264 fixed most of the problems that I could identify but water still getting in. Only place I haven’t checked is roof rails! Resorted to using towels and sponges to absorb anything that gets into boot sadly 🥲
Thanks for this video, my 2011 Fiesta has been mysterious filling with water in the spare wheel well on-again-off-again for years. Hopefully I’ll be able to find where it’s coming from!
Unfortunately I have the need to find this video, but damn is it a good one. Thanks man, going to try to fix my soggy rear passenger footwell this weekend :(
Hope it works for you!
Great Video, just purchased a 2015 Fiesta ST and found my passenger foot well full of water. I knew there was something up as the bottom of that door and rear wheel well is rusting. Only real rust on the vehicle. I expected something wrong when it is under market value. Thanks
Glad it helped!
RE: 2011 N.A. Fiesta. Our car had oval grommets behind the taillights, not tape, but there was tape under the bumper cover below the taillights and that was the source of our leak. That tape came off, water leaked into the compartment below the vents and would just pool there as there was no drain. After years of corrosion, the water began to seep from those compartments inside the spare wheel well. This is pure negligence on the part of Ford and most definitely led to premature corrosion; planned obsolescence in action.
yep...thank you so much for the video.
Thanks, great video. Fixed my taillight leak!
Nevermind, still leaking lol. Guess I'll try the bumper next.
Exactly what I needed
How many leaks does these fords have. I didn't know Ford made submarine.
Sadly I just purchased this problem.
well done video did you do a video of how to remove your bumper, you did go over it, but would have more confidence if i saw you do it step by step. Thanks again for your detailed video.
Hi Sam - yes I do have a step-by-step bumper removal video if you look on my channel.
Also the rear wiper boot is prone to leaking as well. Cracks in the body moldings as well on the roof
I have this same issue in my 2011 fiesta hatch. You would think ford would have fixed this issue by 2016 lol I don't have a sunroof. I hear it's from vents for cabin pressure that open whenever ac or heat is on. The vents are in the wheel well. They open and whenever it's raining the wheels sling water back into the cabin from the open vents. Pretty sure that's where you're leak is and probably every fiesta on the road.
I had around the same amount of water in my 2012 Fiesta. I also have a leak in my rear passenger side foot well. I took it to Ford about a year ago and the guy said he had never seen anything like it. He then told me it would probably be at least $600 in labor to find the leak and probably end up costing $1000 easy to fix. I think I'm just going to trade it in for a Maverick and let them deal with it.
If you follow the steps in this video, it is really a weekend project and pretty easy. I understand it looks daunting, but you can do it! I'm here to help if you need guidance.
1600 def sounds like a rip off, get some of that cheap squirt on silicone paste stuff is like ten bucks and lather it all over the place
I'm also having water in the rear passenger floor. If this video covers that (I have to watch it later tonight), then I'm going to attempt it.
@@Data-qj7mo I've had mixed results with my black goop. my latest attempt is to smear it round the outside of the tail light unit where the outside edge joins with the inside edge, I think that's where its coming in just gotta wait for it to rain then I'll know if it worked
THANK YOU FOR THIS.
Hiya, I have a ford fiesta 2007, 5 door no sunroof, and I have found lots of water behind my drivers seat on the carpet, like a puddle, and also some in the spare wheel bit in the boot. I’ve tried to find the leak and haven’t. Do you think it’s two different leaks or do you think the water is travelling from the boot to behind the drivers seat?
Thanks for the video!
do you have an video or bits on how to remove the headliner? I purchased a video cam that has front and rear cameras so want to cleanly mount my rear camera through the headliner.
Did all the rear end waterproofing (under bumper and under taillights) with some vinyl patch gorilla tape stuff made for pool liners. RTV around all the gaskets, seems to have worked! No more water in rear passenger footwell or spare tire well. Was able to test the drain hoses by pouring water into the top, so didn't need to remove the headliner. Thanks for the video man, the tips on removing the bumper from your other video really helped a lot too!
I'm glad it helped! Thanks for watching!
@@speedygarage264 6 months later still dry as a bone! thank you so much brother!
Mines leaking. Thank you for this video =)
Glad it helped!
Hello thank you for the video, have you done one on unblocking the drainage holes at the front of the car under the scuttle panel under the windscreen, my car is letting in water when stationary and it doesn’t have a sunroof it’s driving me bonkers the water is only on the passenger side Uk, and the boot is dry so I don’t think it’s from the rear
great video. I'm so tired of scraping frost off of the inside and of my windshield. First I found that the spare tire well was filling with water, after ripping off the rear bumper cover, I replaced the tape, sealed around the vents and that problem was solved. but still have condensation inside. Blend door actuator was failing, main door not closing all the way when shutting off car. not the problem either. I cannot figure out where else water is coming in, there is no evidence anywhere. out of desperation I was going to gorilla tape along the roof rails and windshield seam as a test, although I probed under the headliner with a camera while it was raining and could not see any water. I attempted to see if the condenser box drain was plugged, but it did not seem so.
Did you get to the bottom of this? My fiesta has terrible condensation from the inside each morning as well. Need to try these tricks for plugging the rear lights and bumper first though!
I may have, fingers crossed. I removed the drivers side roof rail/ drip molding or whatever it is called. underneath there is a body seam, but sealant from factory is only used on the ends, which was cracked in my case. I pulled down inner door seal, and found water gets past the seam and makes its way down the A pillar and stays trapped inside the body shell. I cleaned up the drip rail and reinstalled using 3M double sided molding tape. @@JustMattyEntertainment
So disappointed I don't have a hatchback and I don't have a sunroof. What I do have is a leak in the backseat foot well of a 2016 Ford fiesta
It only happens when we have a severe heavy downpours like once every two years
Great job 👌
Thank you! Cheers!
I have a splashy sodden footwell behind drivers side but cant locate leak, seal looks fine and confused can you help please? 2009 Ford fiesta 3 door
Same issue here. I don't have a sunroof that leaks but it's soaking wet behind the drivers seat.
Same for me!
Mine is the door seal ...after it rained really hard I saw I drip coming from top door on the seal.
Great info ... great video ... please stop saying O.K.
First the Powershift fiasco, now this issue. Ugh...
Holy hell! How many times can one person say OK in a 20 minute video? This has to be a recored!
Better than "umm" at least! Lol but yeah I've been working on limiting my use of filler words.
Recored? You mean record?
Regarding the rear hatch / tail light leaks..... Or just drill a hole in the storage well for the spare tire. Water drains on its own. Sure, your way is the "proper way," but tearing the whole car apart...... Been there - done that - rather not. Especially the rear bumper. Just No!
5 Loch Felge im Kofferraum für ein Auto was nur 4 Loch Anbindung hat, hoffe es war schon drin beim Kauf, wenn selbst reingemacht, sage ich nur eigene Dummheit