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Rear Sliding Window

Old Dec 9, 2007 | 11:10 PM
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This weekend I went out to my '99 V6 Ram 1500 to discover that the entire passenger floor area was drenched in water.

I followed the trail of water to the back window whereI found the headliner stained brown from water leakage and the back seat soaking wet.

This past week we had a storm came through which dumped more rain than usual on the area, so I can understand where all the water came from.
I let the car sit out in the sun to dry all day Saturday and today i attempted to find out what where the water was coming from. At first i thought i was coming from the break light area above the window, because the seal seemed to be non-existant and one bulb had gone out a month or so ago, so I sealed it off with some silicon to stop the water from going into the light.

I then put a water hose on the roof and turned it on slowly to see where it was leaking. To my dismay, the water was leaking from the sliding windows, rather than the break light. I got out a flash light and noticed that some of the drainage holes in the platic case that holds the sliding window were plugged, and flushed them out, and tried with the hose again.
(inside)
(outside)
It still overflowed all over the inside of the car. So now im stuck with a dilemma. Should I get silicon and block out any water from entering the car, making the window useless, or should i take it back to the dealership. To me it seems like its a design flaw, rather than anything i did. . .but what do i know.

Thanks in advance for any help,
Nash in Hawaii
 
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