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Thanks so much, glad it has helped. If you know it is just the rear drain (leaking inside rear panel compartment) you can just remove the hood lining on that corner by undoing some things specific to that corner and pull the lining down a bit on that corner and blow it out with some compressed air.

Hi mate, Yeah I would say for sure this is a very likely cause of leaks into the rear quarter panel. Also check the rear wiper connection is still working as that can sometimes leak water into the rear quarters and finally a crack in the sunroof frame can allow water to seep in but that often also would show in the front quarters or in some cases it can drip down onto the front seats or soak the mid-console.

Thanks for the advice on using plastic trim tools. Let’s hope there isn’t a next time… but probably will be when I have to redo headliner eventually

I’m not sure of a way to do that without removing the c pillars that are the pillars next to the passenger seat backs. Perhaps you could avoid removing all the front elements like sun visors, front grab handles, front courtesy light, front mid console with sunroof and light controls… but the c pillars and b pillars (next to the drivers seats that house the seatbelt height adjusters) would need to come down as well to avoid having to bend the headliner over the tops of those which kinda press into the headliner with a channel that’s in the top of the pillars.

Thanks for the quick response. I’ll have a go as you suggest and let you know how I get on

Haha, I think it’ll be fine. Park it on a hill next big downpour and fingers crossed. Haha

No problem there…. it lives on the hill of my sloped driveway. It will be well tested within a few days. We should have 20mm of rain by Sunday!

I also think, maybe if it still leaks, then replace the seal around the glass as there might be too much water getting past it into the track and overpowering the tracks ability to drain fast enough - spilling it over into the wind deflector spring area.

I’m so close to finalising part 2. It’ll be up in a matter of days. Glad this one helped you mate. Stay tuned

Tremendous gratitude to you @@MichaelDrowleyCars from Vancouver, BC. Mine appears to be leaking at the frame ☹️ but I am hopeful Part 2 provides further insight that may help me.

@GHHodges I thought mine was the same too but it turned out to be a blocked rear drain - right at the top of the drain was gummed up so probing from the rear wheel well did nothing to fix it. Good news is it hasn’t leaked since but there also hasn’t been a huge downpour yet. But in part 2 I block the front and rear drains off to test the frame with standing water and the frame didn’t leak.

@@MichaelDrowleyCars That s EXACTLY what I found on mine! (Sorry… I couldn’t wait for Part 2 and started poking around on my own). I removed the drain tube at the top and then poked a pipe cleaner I the most upper portion. Water started flowing out. If I overwhelm the system with water it will leak at the frame (cassette) but it will now accept a very steady flow of water and divert it through the drain tube. We get A LOT of rain in the Pacific Northwest ( about 1.6 m per year) so it will not be long before my alleged fix gets out to the test. Parking on my sloping driveway only adds to the problem.

@GHHodges Can you seal up the cassette with some RTV/gasket sealer? Also seen guys use captain tolley’s boat sealer and you tape the underside and slowly build up a seal over a couple of days

Just dropped part 2! Hope it helps

You need to see if your steering wheel has single stage or dual stage airbag first. Mine was original s line steering wheel with tip tronic so had the newer stage 2 airbag and same part number with just an earlier last letter. New circular airbag had same number for the first 9 digits and was a direct replacement and thankfully no fault codes.

My old wheel airbag 2 stage - 8K0 880 201 E, new one was 8R0 880 201 Q. So correction to the above was second letter of part number was also different - K in old airbag part number to R in the new airbag pn. Hope that helps mate

@@MichaelDrowleyCarsthank you

So happy to hear this will help you. Thanks for the sub! 👋🏻

Just dropped part 2! Good luck with the fix my friend

So good! Thanks brother

Thanks Phil! It seriously lifts the car