Peugeot 307 Estate - Water getting in to footwell

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Tue 15 Jun 2010 10:20
Peugeot 307 Estate - Water getting in to footwell - arunner

Our car (6 years old) has recently started letting water into the drivers side footwell. This has happened twice, first time after washing the car and second time after a heavy downpour. We have assumed it is running down windscreen and is supposed to drain out. We cannot find any "drainhole". It takes weeks to dry out. Has anyone got any ideas on this?

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Tue 15 Jun 2010 11:12
Peugeot 307 Estate - Water getting in to footwell - Lee1

It's definitely not the windscreen seal? There are products that "seek and seal" such leaks which can be very small.

In the late 1980s, my BMW went back to the main dealer no fewer than 12 times to find the leak. In the end, that's all it turned out to be after visit after visit and all manner of false solutions implemented.

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Fri 25 Jun 2010 20:34
Peugeot 307 Estate - Water getting in to footwell - streever

Hey!

I am actually now dealing with the same problem as well. Today my brother helped me to take out the whole carpet so that we could see where the water is coming in from (we believe it is from beneath). Yet, we could not see anything, even though everything beneath the carpet was wet. Tomorrow I will be going to wash my car to one of those places where they can actually wash the car from below. Perhaps that will give us a clue.

I will keep you updated.

Best of luck in the meantime.

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Mon 24 Jan 2011 20:19
Peugeot 307 Estate - Water getting in to footwell - a1sparky

Hi ya i am new to this site hope your all good.

i have the same problem has anyone got to the bottom of this yet?

Any info would be great

Thank you

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Wed 26 Jan 2011 14:03
Peugeot 307 Estate - Water getting in to footwell - rrvfireblade

is this definitely happening only when you wash your car??? defo not coming from the heater matrix up above??

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Wed 26 Jan 2011 15:51
Peugeot 307 Estate - Water getting in to footwell - a1sparky

i am not to sure about mine but i am not loosing any water at all. i do not use the aircon so i can't be that i just don't know what to do

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Wed 26 Jan 2011 21:20
Peugeot 307 Estate - Water getting in to footwell - rrvfireblade

if its defo not the matrix i would take a look at your door seals as a more likely source,very strange and i would think very rare to get water in from the windscreen unless it had been replaced at some point and not fitted properly,make sure its not running down the channels in the doors somehow or inside the rubbers and working its way into the footwell

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Thu 27 Jan 2011 16:07
Peugeot 307 Estate - Water getting in to footwell - a1sparky

cool i will check the rubbers around the doors (they do have some rips in like wear and tear) where can i get new rubbers from without costing a bomb?

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Thu 27 Jan 2011 22:50
Peugeot 307 Estate - Water getting in to footwell - rrvfireblade

should be able to get some from a scrappy no problem or ebay,,,just make sure if buying second hand they aint just as bad as what you have got obviously,,,,,,,,,,,,,,02 PEUGEOT 307 HDI 5DR NSF DOOR RUBBER SEAL BREAKING item no on ebay 110616696253 dont know if they will fit yours take a look and ask the bloke

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Fri 28 Jan 2011 20:12
Peugeot 307 Estate - Water getting in to footwell - a1sparky

Thats Great thank you very much

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Tue 22 Feb 2011 15:18
Peugeot 307 Estate - Water getting in to footwell - mikecarr1962

Exactly same problem with my 307. 2" deep puddle of water in the footwell. Probably forget the door seals (mine were replaced 3 times by the local Stockton Peugeot garage) - did not fix the problem. Difficult to imagine water getting in past the door seals and over the door thresh hold (anyhow could not see any water stains or wetness around the doors). Still mystified. Anyhow on another forum a member suggested checking under the bonnet and see if the external windscreen window drain is blocked - could it be running back into the car?

The problem has presented its self when the car has been stood so I have discounted a hole in the floor (and water spraying back under the car). Seems a common problem - judging by all the posts.

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Tue 26 May 2015 10:57
Peugeot 307 Estate - Water getting in to footwell - killie97

I have the same problem on my 508SW. I first thought it was the windscreen seal as there was a part of the seal coming away from the glass. Resealed this but made no difference. Water runs down from the left hand side into the drivers footwell when heavy rain or when I wash the car. Poured a bucket of water along the vents (not onto the windscreen or seal) and water runs down into the footwell. It appears to me that the drain vent is blocked ? But how to get at it to clear it is my next challenge.

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