Water in the dash ffs

Never again will I buy a car with a sunroof.
I was cleaning the car with my daughter yesterday. The car was parked facing down our drive. She held the hose on the back while I cleaned the roof. Took maybe 3 minutes. When I got to the front I noticed water drops on the inside of the windscreen wtf? I looked in through the side window and there was a waterfall running into the car from the sunroof WTF!!

I quickly shut the hose off and got a bunch of towels. There was about 10cm of water in the front footwell that I had to scoop out by hand.

I dried as much as I could with the many many towels, and put a dehumidifier in the car overnight.

The car runs as it should, and everything seems to work except the dash computer. I wouldn’t be too worried except that’s the speedo.

Really hoping it comes right after a couple of days, if not what are my options? 2009 Suzuki Eacudo

try parking inside and use dehumidifirer on cool or wet days - I would be reluctant to try and speed up drying if you do try then very low heat setting on a blow heater - park out on sunny days - reassess after a week -

a few bags of silica gel left in the car would help too

Front drain tubes blocked? Not uncommon for any sunroof. Options..... Clean out the tubes or if that doesn't help seal it shut with urethane (not silicon) and unplug

Yea sun roofs are gay as fuk. Any car Ive had with one the switch gets disconnected and its left closed. There might be blocked drains for it. They usually run down the front pillars

Park it somewhere it'll get pinched for a ram raid.

I wondered about removing the dash cluster and putting it in the hot water cupboard for a day or two

if you are going to remove the cluster i would be checking all the dash connectors at the same time, water gets into plugs/sockets and doesnt dry out in a hurry. blow them all out with compressed air then a small amount of crc

The drain hoses run behind front kick panel by throttle pedal apparently , common for them to block , must check mine .

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Originally Posted by Gamehunter

Park it somewhere it'll get pinched for a ram raid.

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Careful doing that.
I did it once when I had a car that was worth more stolen, so I decided to park at a local train station that was well known for thieves. I thought it was great idea, the problem was that I parked on the wrong area of the carpark and the local supermarket clamped my car. Just to make things worse when the guy came to remove the clamp after I paid the fine he said "at least nobody was going to steal it" He was pissing himself laughing when I told him my reason for parking there.

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Originally Posted by No good names left

Careful doing that.
I did it once when I had a car that was worth more stolen, so I decided to park at a local train station that was well known for thieves. I thought it was great idea, the problem was that I parked on the wrong area of the carpark and the local supermarket clamped my car. Just to make things worse when the guy came to remove the clamp after I paid the fine he said "at least nobody was going to steal it" He was pissing himself laughing when I told him my reason for parking there.

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Now that's a laugh.

bit hard to do with keyless start and immobiliser .

Fill the car with rice.

Failing that,take the seats and carpet out. Then let the car dry naturally if you can. Dashes and gauges are a pain because the condensation gets trapped behind them.

I wonder if insurance will cover it if I can’t fix it. The key fob has started to play up too. I had to unlock using the key this morning :(

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Originally Posted by Delphus

I wonder if insurance will cover it if I can’t fix it. The key fob has started to play up too. I had to unlock using the key this morning :(

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change battery it is just a amplifier for the rfid chip in key , will still start using key turn ign on within 12seconds to turn alarm off .

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Originally Posted by m101a1

change battery it is just a amplifier for the rfid chip in key , will still start using key turn ign on within 12seconds to turn alarm off .

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Na it’s a new key fob. Brand new battery ��

will doors lock /unlock pushing rubber tit just below handle with fob in your pocket , if not just use key and get over it suzukis are a bitch to communicate with via ob2 port they are very model specific if a 2.4 import they come up as a usa 2010 model . I a lock smith and own a 2008 model and I cant add extra remotes but can programme keys go figure .

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Originally Posted by Delphus

Never again will I buy a car with a sunroof.
I was cleaning the car with my daughter yesterday. The car was parked facing down our drive. She held the hose on the back while I cleaned the roof. Took maybe 3 minutes. When I got to the front I noticed water drops on the inside of the windscreen wtf? I looked in through the side window and there was a waterfall running into the car from the sunroof WTF!!

I quickly shut the hose off and got a bunch of towels. There was about 10cm of water in the front footwell that I had to scoop out by hand.

I dried as much as I could with the many many towels, and put a dehumidifier in the car overnight.

The car runs as it should, and everything seems to work except the dash computer. I wouldn’t be too worried except that’s the speedo.

Really hoping it comes right after a couple of days, if not what are my options? 2009 Suzuki Eacudo

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Count yourself lucky...I was driving mine and noticed a spider walking across the speedo....went to squash it and the damn thing is on the otherside of the glass.....I know I drive like an old lady in my Vitara, but I dont go so slow that my speedo needs spider webs.......

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Originally Posted by Gamehunter

Park it somewhere it'll get pinched for a ram raid.

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Tokoroa :)

Be careful with any insurance claim.
Standard seems to be instant write off and deregistration.
Because it's to much hassle to fix to suit the ltsa.
A mate had water in his Surfs flash headlights. Puddle was a bit deep.
Big fight to get it back on the road.

If you can get sunroof down a inch or 2,run a couple of beads of Salleys Clear Sealer around the egde and shut it back up.Disconnect switch to sunroof.Hope you dont want to open it again.

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Originally Posted by Trout

If you can get sunroof down a inch or 2,run a couple of beads of Salleys Clear Sealer around the egde and shut it back up.Disconnect switch to sunroof.Hope you dont want to open it again.

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that clear sealant is bugga all use for that purpose.
bostick samson is the dogs nuts for auto glass

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Originally Posted by gonetropo

that clear sealant is bugga all use for that purpose.
bostick samson is the dogs nuts for auto glass

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Oh ok tropo,well the ideas there.Seal the fka up.

MS1 is the shit.......nothing else even comes close to the uses that stuff has.

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Originally Posted by No good names left

Careful doing that.
I did it once when I had a car that was worth more stolen, so I decided to park at a local train station that was well known for thieves. I thought it was great idea, the problem was that I parked on the wrong area of the carpark and the local supermarket clamped my car. Just to make things worse when the guy came to remove the clamp after I paid the fine he said "at least nobody was going to steal it" He was pissing himself laughing when I told him my reason for parking there.

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probably cheaper to have gotten a battery angle grinder than pay the fine

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Originally Posted by norsk

Fill the car with rice.

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The reason that works is that a starving Chinese exchange student will take the rice and fix the electronics as a thank you..... apparently.

Honestly my current car has a sunroof and I LOVE it! Never thought I'd want one or care but they are amazing :P

.....And the moment the bastard starts leaking you will think it was designed by the devil himself.

A dirty big square hole right in the top of something you want to keep watertight. Yeah right.

I brought a Safari short wheel base TD42 with a sunroof in about 2006. Kept it for a few years, had to glue the thing shut. No real point to it I could see... Paid $900 for the thing, did a bit of work on it and sold it to my uncle for $2500. He just sold it again for $10,000!!!!! A guy kept upping his offer for it over about four years...