2005 Mk 5 Volkswagen Golf GTI water leak into the car. Water ingress causing very soggy carpets.

Water ingress into the car from the sunroof drain tubes. Issues with 3 out of 4 of them. This car has never been garaged and has been under trees at some point.

[@conradclaassen1214]

This video helped immensely. Thanks for doing a thorough search and repair

[@ptengineering2851]

You're welcome!

[@vinnyirish]

Thanks for this video mate! After noticing a funky smell in my car which I initially thought was my shoes.. it seems both my front runoff pipes have disconnected 🤦‍♂️ Still have to check the rears....

[@robinsongalaxie500]

Brilliant! Thanks for making this video. Very informative.

[@robinsongalaxie500]

Sunroofs are really more trouble than they’re worth! Just bought an old MkV GTi and whilst the A/C seems to be working well, it’s continually misting up - which is an indication of moisture…..leading me into the rabbit hole of leaks and sunroof drains etc! Again, thanks for all your efforts. PR

[@DesolationTech]

sunroof makes it even worse even though the golfs have very bad problems with leaks without the roof itself lol just adds to the trouble

[@MG-wl5um]

Same problem for me- 2006 Jetta TDI. Passenger side hose on A Pillar shrunk and no longer reached the rubber bulkhead fitting. I inserted my drain hose into a piece of tubing and ran that tubing thru the bulkhead - removed the rubber bulkhead fitting completely. I had several inches of water inside the car after a night of rain, so I'll know by tomorrow's rain whether this was my only leak! Really disappointed in VW that this problem seems to span from models before the Mark V up to newer models! There's never time to do it right, but there's always time to do billable repair after the warranty expires 🙄

[@MG-wl5um]

Just confirming that the leak was indeed that hose that apparently shrunk lengthwise. I'd also sealed the little water dam around the air intake, cleaned drains to wheel wells and hosed a few pounds of mud from wheel wells inside plastic mud guards- moss was growing in seams behind wheels. Only problem is I can't get the plastic cover back onto A Pillar, so my curtain airbag is partly exposed. At least I won't have weeds sprouting in the carpet until one of the other 3 drains decides to shrink!

[@mikezhang6159]

same for rear drain hose!

[@dylanshuker]

how much of the roof lining did you have to take off?

[@ptengineering2851]

I just took the pillar covers and sunvisors visors off.

[@HueNarcisWorld]

this was very helpful !

[@Nicsiq]

THANK YOU