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Old Nov 8, 2006 | 05:42 PM
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My 03 ram has a sliding rear window. When it rains water gets into the truck, it seeps down from the space between the head liner and the rear window. I sealed the space between the window and the roof of the truck with silicon sealant. And today its raining and once again I have water in my truck. Anybody else have this problem, and know how to fix it?? Im thinking itsgetting in through the gaps between the roof mount tail light and the body because I have a sirius antenna coming through there but I wouldn't think it would be a big enough hole in that weather stripping to do anything.
 
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Old Nov 8, 2006 | 08:31 PM
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I had my XM antenna wire coming out there too and had the same problem. I moved the antenna and hid the wire in the rain gutter and problem solved.
 
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Old Nov 10, 2006 | 04:30 AM
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I put silicon alone that whole gap where the lense meets the body. Hopefully that solved my problem. Now I gotta deal with the goddang moldy smell!!! Better go buy some ozonium. stuff works miracles and kills the ozone all at the same time!
 
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Old Nov 10, 2006 | 10:34 AM
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I put my satellite ant. on the dash in front corner. Works like a charm. Put a small square of velcro on it to hold it down. Ran the wire through the tweeter mount hole. Hope your fix stops the leak!
 
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Old Nov 10, 2006 | 01:40 PM
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You sure it wasnt the third brake light? Mine was leaking and they replaced a gasket and it was good.
 
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Old Nov 11, 2006 | 03:39 AM
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yea thats what im talking about, i sealed up the third brake like with silicon.
 
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Old Nov 11, 2006 | 04:59 PM
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There's also a TSB (for the 2002's) for a leakign rear window. I had the problem with my 2003 (manufactured in 11/02) but now slider - just poor seal around the window. Check Geno's Garage site - they have all the TSB's there I believe. If not, PM me and I'll email it to you if you're interested.
 
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Old Nov 12, 2006 | 01:52 PM
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I had a similar thing on my Mega Cab. It rained and I had water coming in throught the window from the top. Took it back to the stealership and they had to order a new window. Wala they put it in and it leaked worst than the first window. By this time they had to completely rip out the floor covering and put and replace it. They then had to once again replace my window. It was finally resovled after 2 new windows. Final answer was they did not put enough sealant at the top of the window and the second job was a worse install than the factory, ofcourse after bitching they got it right the third time. Hope you get yours fixed.
 
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Old Nov 12, 2006 | 02:14 PM
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I dont have that leak, however, mine sometimes leaks through my handle bar near the roof on the drivers side....im sure its through the window, anyone else dealt with this?
 
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Old Dec 4, 2006 | 01:53 AM
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My 06 dakota is leaking back slider window. been to dealer 5 times. tried new window twice, tried reseal still leaking. tell me they can not fix this. there are four drain holes in track which is okay when parked on flat surface. my truck is parked in street which makes it lean to the right side. water comes in and bypass two of the four holes. water ponds up in track and spills over to rightside of truck
 
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