Thanks for this - I'll give it a try tomorrow. The Mk3 Focus (mine's an Ecoboost) might be a lovely car to drive, but it's beset with design faults that Ford refuse to help with (though they're happy to charge a fortune to fix them). Wetbelt cambelt, leaky heater matrix seals, perishing coolant pipes and door seals falling off! So this boot leak one doesn't surprise me at all.

Love your sense of humor.

Great Vid, what a great experience for you all as a family. We're planning to do it later this year with our two girls. Thanks for sharing

Thank you for sharing your build with us.

I bought a 2014 mk3 focus last week, noticed the rear passenger footwells were waterlogged yesterday. I seen you video and took the bungs out this morning, the amount of water that came flooding out was unreal! I may take the bumper off to seal the vents at some point but for now, this will do. I also removed the spare wheel and put towels in there to soak up the swimming pool that had built up. Thank you so much for this quick and easy fix!!

GREAT VIDEO VERY EDUCATIONAL 👍

Dude i had same issue, would you tell me how to fix it? Anyway I did replacement with better sd card, and it didnt solve my problem.

My one is so soaked with years of water that I can't get the insulation out only got a bit out and it's stuck in there poking out now I'll try again later or tommorow it's horrible getting water all over my arms and face lol

Andrew, I make my stems longer, and together, inside and out. This allows a longer brass rubbing strip to extend further, where it really will help the durability of the keel line. Also, I use a spokeshave to draw the profile of the outer stem into shape. Drawing the blade here offers far greater (more precise) control of matters.

Hi Andrew. Had this problem for a while now then stumbled on your vid from what I’ve seen on your channel this is defo my issue many thanks

Done this on my vivaro. Works great brilliant idea thanks 😊 👍

This is a good fix for a while but after a short time the vents loosen as the car vibrates on the road...I've left the bung plugs off so hoping any water that does get in just runs right out the car now. 🤞🏻🤞🏻 shoddy ford workmanship

Great vid, i think mine i just bought has this problem. It also has a dodgy air temperature reading. Shows about 10c lower. I got someone to connect a diagnostic device and it corrected the temp, but an hour later it dropped againm will it be a dodgy sensor or on board computer

Hola en qué empresa podría compra ese tipo de techo para mi vivaro l2h1, gracias, un saludo

Awesome series! I binge watched the whole thing! The boat looks awesome.

You absolute legend! Thank you so much for the follow-up video. I watched the previous one, but it was too much effort/ beyond my skillset... came back months later to find this one. There was water on both sides when I removed the plugs. Hoping this resolves the boot flooding issue

First time seeing a horn replaced with something worse. Maybe you did this for in-city driving?

Absolutely.Disgraceful, I agree.I wouldn't buy another one either

Absolutely disgusting. SHAME ON YOU FORD GET IT SORTED AND PAY FOR THESE FAULTS.

Thanks so much for this video, I literally had mushrooms growing in my boot and didn't know why, my daughter used to complain about the foisty smell, I'm going to get on my back and do this now!

I know nothing about woodworking... but I know bushcraft. When using a steel, instead of pushing the spine of the knife forward, pull the steel backward. This way, you don't knock the tinder out of the way of the sparks. I hope you find that useful for what it's worth.

Silly question, Im sure... but how common are canoes on that side of the pond? Over here in the US, they are everywhere, but it's what the natives used, and we ran with it because they work so well for us.

I'm 2 years behind... but I'm enjoying the build.

When I did my original air vent fix I ditched that sound material then and there, been tempted to just leave those plugs out too for good measure. Poor design and build by ford …. actually really shitty effort

Pulled it all out took like 2 hrs and it was wet thank you so much for the video !!

Tackling this job this afternoon. I'm going to chuck all the padding and insulation from inside the chassis and boot lining in the washing machine as our car stinks and dry it on the line.

Thank you so much for the video! Just tried it, hope it sorts my stinky car 👍

Could you possibly show where that location is on a 2007 Focus? I'm having trouble finding it.

Brilliant for everybody .your family and all us lucky viewers...fair play putting the whole family in a canoe 😍

Oh joy !!🙂 Having seen the dismantling fixes for this with my heart sinking it was going through my mind 'why not just remove the plugs' and you've confirmed it,thank you.Job done in 10 minutes the hardest part is removing the insulation but do-able.👍 What is the point of having drain holes that are plugged.....unbelievable!

Old Chinese adage!!! Buy a ford, buy the best! Push a bit and walk the rest!!! Lol

Very informative. Thank you. I could count the strips on the canoe to determine the depth of the seats ,but could not figure the fore and aft position. If you please how far is the bow seat from the bow and how far is the stern seat from the stern. Thank you

We should all start a class action lawsuit against Ford for this it's been going on for years.

My Ford focus hatchback SE also leaks in the boot and has for years gathers under the spare tire. Additionally I had the transmission control module go out which took Ford 7 months to get one in and fixed. Needless to say I will not be buying another Ford probably ever. Also problems with my Ford F-150.

So I have a similar situation in a ford fiesta 2013, rear trunk area is damp everywhere smells of mold and the rear footwells are wet, both sides. I poured water in the rear drains and it was coming out of the seatbelt area, ever seen that?

Hard to believe that such a common issue with such a popular car hasn’t been identified by all ford garages and ford themselves? Is the problem the same in the mk4? I had sorted the issue the same way before seeing this vid and in addition to resealing the vents I drilled a hole in the grommet to allow any excess water to flow out. As a quick fix I can’t see why anyone couldn’t just push that grommet to one side from below the car and leave it out permanently as the hole is behind the wheel arch liner and shouldn’t allow road water in….. I had to take out the entire interior and dry for a week! Thanks Ford 🙄 and also for the badly glued door seals I see hanging out everywhere 🤬

Great Work. Loved the project. Enjoyed the humor and a bit of your lovely family and friends.

Same problem on my 2011 MK3 focus, was wondering why my windows had so much condensation on a decent day for weeks. Only noticed yesterday my carpets in the front and rear are soaked, must be at least 3 litres inside the cabin. Took the plugs out and both sides were like niagra falls, what a stupid design flaw with those vents, not a lot of water in the wheel well, not surprised as its all in the front. Going to take weeks to dry the cabin. Haven't removed the insulation yet but will be doing that today.

Before ‘glassing the interior and exterior, how did you address the gaps caused by cove and tennon? Or did you simply allow the resin to fill those “gaps”? Thank you!

I thoroughly enjoyed your building if the cedar strip canoe; in fact, I binge-watched all episodes ! Thank you for sharing your techniques if sharpening pencils! Well done!

Thank you dear friend this is of great help. I’ve also been having the same issue and been draining and plugging rear light holes and other things but seems this is the cause of it all. I will be doing the same as I could never trust their cheap and money pinching regard for their customers. Thank you once again mate great and selfless little clip.

Absolutely fantastic! Same model, same year. Been bugging me for ages and stumbled across your video. Worked really! Thank you

I really appreciate your videos, it helps me a lot! I think I have a similar issue with the glue: since it is quite cold at night in my shop, the glue inside the joint gets white and it doesn't feel very strong, even though the squeeze out had plenty of time to dry at the proper temperature. How did it go in the end with your canoe? Did you experience any weakness due to the glue chalking? Or does the epoxy and fiberglass solves it all?

Same problem on my MK3 Focus 2017. Same solution. Thank you so much

Thankyou for making this video. I have long covid and spent every penny I had on a 12 plate focus . It only has 36000 miles on the clock and everything runs well . Happy until I found the left side saturated right down to the passenger footwell. Under warranty I took it back . He said he fixed it clearly not it's soaking . I am taking it back on Tuesday . Came with a 3 month warranty. The coachwork guy is an arrogant a**hole

I've had this problem with a 2011 focus Titanium for about two years. First of all my usual garage sealed the rear lights - didn't fix it. Then I saw a similar video to this one (although not as comprehensive) on KZbin and took the car back to the garage again, to seal the vents under the rear bumper. Worked for about two months but the leak is now back again. There's no way I could do this repair myself, but I see someone saying a Ford dealer is quoting £600 to fix what is obviously a universal fault. Having had no joy with my usual garage, where should I take the car to make sure the job is done properly? I was hoping to sell the car this year as it has under 70k miles, MOT till next December and generally has given me no bother other than this irritating glitch. I wouldn't in all conscience sell it on without making a buyer aware, so I just want it sorted once and for all, but not at a price that makes no sense relative to the car's value.

I think Focus owners (both new AND secondhand) should raise a class action lawsuit - hopefully the award would be enough to cover the endless amount of glue used to stick the door rubbers back on as well!

Thanks just fixed mine as per video though I couldn't pull the cottony stuff out,i was amazed by the amount of water that gushed out, have dried the floors and put in dehumidifiers hopefully they will suck the dampness out,

There are cracks all along both roof rack channels which may also let water into the car. Ive recently drained the car of water and sealed those up and down the back of the boot too. Is this a problem with the front bumper vents too?

got same problem with my ford B MAX, its the same with the C and S MAX