i live in socal and it rained quite hard the last 2 days. the rain clared up late today and i looked in my trunk where my spare tire was and i noticed that there was a puddle of water that collected under the spare...where would the likely spot of the leak be and how would i go about patching it.

 

I had this same problem, I have a 97' SH, and when I first purchased the car there was alot of water from the car sitting on the lot where it was.........
anyways, we found that it was leaking in the molding in the right taillight.
I just pulled the plugs in the trunk and any water that gets in there......well drains.

 

yea i have a 5th gen.. well my bumper is kind of sagging off the clips becuase the last owner of the car kind hit a pole or something that left the bumper not sitting in the right position. Ill try to check the tail light this weekend if i have time to get a around to it thanks though.. But wait was your solution a permanent solution?

 

permanent untill I can get the taillight sealed. since i pulled the plugs no water has accumulated in the spare tire area, so i guess it could be