Puma rear passenger door seals not holding

**browny** · 21st July 2011, 10:40 AM

Hi all,

Since I bought my Puma two years ago new, I have the issue, that the rear passenger door seals are coming loose after a while. They get caught by the opening door and are then pulled from their place in height of the door catch. LR Oz replaced the seals a couple of times under warranty. The car was not modified at that time. In the meantime I mounted some side rail protectors in place of the standard sill panels under the doors.
Now LR Oz claims, that the door seals issue is caused by the sider rails and they replace the seals one last time as a guesture of Goodwill. From now one they take the door seals out of warranty for my car. That is a strange call, as the issue rehapppend also without the protectors installed and the original sill pannels in place.

Does anyone else has issues with the rear door seals coming loose and pulled off by the door? To me it seems more like a not proper alligned door, the gap is to small between the door catch screw heads and the seal and an issue with the edge (too small), where the seal is pressed on. It is worse on the LHS, then the RHS.

I never had an issue with this door seals on other Defenders I owned before from new. Any ideas or similar experiences?

Regards
Matt

**Phoenix12** · 21st July 2011, 10:49 AM

How about a little run of silicon along the sill edge and then put the seals back on......it might help semi-glue the seals in place, and maybe just enough to stop them moving?

Not sure if this helps

**gitney** · 21st July 2011, 01:04 PM

Hi Browny,

Mine did this to me the other day only on the front passenger door. The seal fell down from the top of the door arch as i opened the door. I just pushed it back up and it hasn't come down again since. If it gets any worse i'll either try the silicon option or ask LR service to do something about it.
One thing i did notice was that there was a stack of really fine aluminium shavings in the groove of the seal that is pushed up into the door frame which ended up all over the seat and floor when the seal fell down. It almost seemed like too much to be just be an accident or swarf from the factory. It made me wonder if someone had purposfully packed the door seals with shavings to make a dodgy fix to fit the seal tighter fit on the door arches, or maybe it isnt dodgy and it's they way they do it? I'll try n get a photo of what i mean and post it up.
Are anyone elses like this?

In answer to your issue with LR i think they're kidding themselves if yur sills have affected the door seals.

Cheers,
Chris

**trailcutter** · 21st July 2011, 05:31 PM

i took the silicon path......neva looked back.........

but am not so illusioned that i expect them to seal

**Drover** · 21st July 2011, 05:59 PM

The Stealer's Sika-Flexed mine on, all four doors, apparently to combat water leaks.

They haven't move since

jddisco200tdi · 22nd July 2011, 12:28 PM

My rear passenger side has been replaced by the dealer at least 3 times but I still have the original sills

Regards

John D - defender 110 2.4

**Scallops** · 22nd July 2011, 02:23 PM

Take the seal off, squeeze with pliers every few inches, refit.

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