VE SSV ute water ingress

[msjwood]

Hi all. My trusty old '07 VE SSV ute has hit me with another oddball issue.
I'm unfortunate enough to have to park my car outside on a sloped driveway (down from the road), so the front is lower than the rear by about 300mm. I have found that in heavy rain, the carpet gets very wet on the passenger's side. My take on this is that water enters the door outside the window, and settles in the bottom of the door. If it was on the level, the water would simply run out the drains in the bottom of the door, but as its on a slope, there probably isn't a drain at the very front of the door, and water can accumulate and spill over the cutout on the inside of the door before it gets to the drain, which might be 20-30cm from the front of the door. If the plastic sheet was bonded to the door properly, it probably wouldn't matter.
My solution is initially to park it in reverse, but maybe putting some extra drain holes in the front (and rear) of the doors might be of benefit.
Has anyone else encountered this?
Cheers Mike Wood

[Wonky]

Can't help you with a definitive answer Mike but I do remember VEs have had problems with water coming in through other means. Google ve commodore wet carpet

[whitels1ss]

I would perhaps drill or punch a hole on the inside frame at the front of the door
just behind where the door skin is welded on, down low to make an extra drain hole.

[msjwood]

That's my plan. Just wondering if anyone else had run into the problem.
Cheers, Mike

[msjwood]

Thanks Wonky.

[CLUBRED]

Very common sealant issue, try a dealer as pretty sure its a design defect they can rectify outside warranty (well, they did mine). Some VFs also had the issue, robot misses applying the seam sealer correctly somewhere under the windscreen on passenger side from memory..

The issue you describe is the problem the new astras have when parked uphill, the doors fill with water because they only have a drain in the front of the door :sigh: , then you get wet shoes/pants when you open the door and it pisses all over you.

[msjwood]

Thanks ClubRed. I'll see what my stealer says, although mine seems to be the door, as when I open the door after rain, when parked nose down, water pours out of the door.
Cheers, Mike