Have an 06 Reg, Honda Civic iVtec Sport 5 door.

Noticed wet patch under rear passenger door on the drivers side. The drips appear to be coming from the door, there is no dampness inside except drips on the inside panel that the door covers when closed.

Is this normal?

 

Need better data, is the wetness inside the car? Is the door gasket torn? Is there any damage to the door? Does the window trim seal against rain? When did you notice the wetness, after a rainstorm, or after washing the car? Be specific, please.

 

There is no wetness inside the car or damage to the car.

The drip appears to be coming from the bottom of the actual door (around the rubber circular black thing) then dripping down on to the outside skirt of the car.

The wet patch can be seen after parking even when it hasn't rained, such as this morning.

 

This is a european (UK) honda civic if that helps.

 

Ok, here is an oddball question. Is it really warm over there right now? If so, you could be getting condensation inside your door skins, and they are draining out from the drain holes at the bottom of the door skin. Other than that, I am stumped...

 

all fluids are colored for this exact problem. if its clear dont worry just probably condensation.

if it has a color please post it. smell... ect... just dont taste it.

 

I would check to see if the door drains are open,also some cars are shipped with rubber plugs that should have been removed by the dealer.

the door should drain to the outside just outside the weatherstrip, all cars get some water inside the doors after a heavy rain or washing.

 

Thanks for the replies.

Checked on another forum and found the issue. B

Bee Guz you were right, basically after heavy rain opened the door and heard sloshing from within door, it still had the rubber bungs on at the bottom, upon removal a significant amount of water drained from the door. Left the bungs off and never had an issue since.

But one question , why were the bungs on in the first place? Could permanently removing them not cause future issues?

 

I bet its your a/c drainage and its just clogged or leaking into another area maybe.

 

I'm not sure if it's a plot buy the manufactures or just lazy dealers, but since the late 60's when I started working on cars I have removed tons of those plugs from all type cars.

but why they are put in is a mystery to me, maybe they have problem and want to keep ants out of the doors.