Thread: Feet soaked driving the defender

Most likely leaks are either the gasket under the brackets that hold the bottom of the windscreen, or the gasket between the pedal box and the firewall.

There are plenty of other potential leaks, but in my experience, these aare the most likely.

John

Originally Posted by Vin Rouge

This link might help
http://www.legionlandrover.com/manua...%20ingress.pdf

loads of other manuals here too.

Haha, there's actually a manual to fix this! That's gold!
Luckily mine's a single cab ute, so I don't have to worry about the back half getting wet
I'll print that out and have a good scout around tomorrow, cheers for that!

Originally Posted by JDNSW

Most likely leaks are either the gasket under the brackets that hold the bottom of the windscreen, or the gasket between the pedal box and the firewall.

There are plenty of other potential leaks, but in my experience, these aare the most likely.

John

JD is as close to the money as you will get.

My PUMA spent many months, over many many attempts, at the dealer trying to fix water egress.

New windscreen seals x2, air con seals x 3, pedal box sealed x 2, door rubbers x 2 (sikaflexed on) etc etc.

Now it is 95% and that is good enough.

The water falling from onto your throttle foot is not a result of the puddle. It is a result of the accumulation of water building up above and finally falling onto your foot as the vehicle lunges/leans in right way.

I could see water running down the inside of the firewall if I shown a torch through the fuse box cover under the steer collum, in heavy rain. This was caused by the pedal box seals.

If you put your fingers on the top of black box that sit just below the steering collum, you will feel water sitting there waiting to fall.

Good luck, you can fix most of it.

Water also leaks in through the alpine windows......and runs along the gutter channel inside......then runs down the A pillar trim....through the dash and onto your foot.....

If you don't have the roof lining fitted.....it will drip right onto your right leg.....and will make you jump from the shock of the cold water as soon as you turn a corner.......

It's all part of the defender "experience"..........

This is why I don't wash my car; I don't want water inside when it doesn't rain

i heard of one defender that rolled out of solihul that didnt leak,it was sent back and they worked on it till it did!

On my 2011 defender, water was coming in the left hand side passenger front footwall.After no luck with the dealer, i did a bit of investigation, and lo and behold the external air intake (for the heater) the drain bung was clogged.This was simply a matter of removing the plastic air inlet, and putting your hand down and unclogging the drain.

I describe it as the 'automatic foot spa', a soothing hydrotheraputic foot treatment as you drive along a wet road. It would cost $$$$ as an option in a Mercedes.