I've just removed the rubber plugs and water came pouring out on both sides. I will leave them off and see if this works as a quick fix. This must be a common problem. Thank you for making this video.
@@ehrenmann8553 Since removing the plugs, my boot stays dry. It’s not a proper fix so there might be a downside, but it is the quickest and easiest fix.
@@cskent8 the downside is that if you leave it without plugs the air goes inside the car and still is gonna mist all the windows. i've tested it, so the best thing to do is to get the vents sealed.
Just take the rear bumper off a lot less hassle not as much interior to remove like youve done on here. Then unclip add sealant to the rubber and replace ensuring they clip into place. The rear lights need to becremoved before removing bumper easy. Youve made a lot of work there for yourself. Replace bumper the boot will be free from leaks.. Good luck. Anyone with wster in boot check the drain pipe from rear door switch too as well as the vents my wifes car had wet rear seats too. But i fixed it removing bumper easy job fixed. Yes...😅
The rear side vents are unfortunately only one, the most common, of the four sources of water in the rear hatch area. The rear light housing can also leak into the same side pocket area. The drain tube for the rear camera in rear hatch door is another. Last, and I believe least common, is the two rubber grommets at the top of the trunk opening that carry cables and hoses into the hatch door. Most pool in those side areas with the grommet that you showed on the side. Others can go directly to the spare tire area, though even the side pockets can fill up and spill over into the spare tire area. The top hatch rubber grommets mentioned can also cause water marks/damage in the rear of the interior head liner. And let's not dismiss the infamous two front drains for the sunroof that cause headliner water marks/damage and possible water pooling in the front carpet area. I was so surprised when I researched the Golf MK7 issues with water access and found dozens of videos about the sources of water entry. I always wondered why I saw water on the inside of the rear hatch window after rain. Recently, I experienced and corrected the front headliner damage from the clogged sunroof drains. I love the car, but disillusioned by the decline in quality; 3rd Golf and 6th VW in last 25 years for me and my wife. Insult to injury, no more base Golf in America. Only GTIs and Rs for the foreseeable future with a base price around $30K. What to buy next? if I buy anything ...
@Bare_Essence...I'm kinda in the same boat as you but I've owned VW's and Audi's exclusively since the mid '70's and I'm disgusted I currently have a 2017 Alltrack SEL lucky (so far) no leaks issues I know of but JC a lot of owners do. One other source you didn't mention are the door speakers the sealing material VW used breaks down over time and water leaks onto carpet. I watched a YT video and the sealing material looked kind of like expandable foam, when speaker was removed the material just flaked off and sort of looked like that expandable foam use for insulating air leaks around windows and doors. I guess rubber, closed cell foam or some other material is too expensive for VW. Luckily I still have my 1999.5 Mk4 Jetta with 265kmi still starts like new engine a little weaker than new but does the job and still on original clutch. I'm taking my Alltrack in for it's first intake valve cleaning soon at 50kmi due to the direct injection and carbon build up issue they ALL have. VW did make dual injection at one point Port and Direct injection which solved the problem (only 2 year and only for Germany) but abandoned it...TOO COSTLY for them is my guess. Yeah...what to buy next is right I'm done with VW.
I think it's easier to remove rear bumper cover to access those side vents to silicone seal them properly, good idea (maybe) to add drain hose to that plug if you don't want to mess with the side vents or as a temporary fix?
Hello Bjorn Similarly I have all these water ingress problems especially annoying in rainy Ireland. Thanks for videos. May i ask you what drill bit size did you use to drill out rivets on speakers on back doors and what screws did you use to refit speakers. By the way, vw have an upgraded vent for under bumper, with a larger seal, also i see on a video recently the back lights seals can be bought cheaply. Thanks for back door videos, That's next job. I've just removed the plastic bungs behind the vents. Seems to have prevented rain water entering the bootwell and back seat. Thanks again.
Hej Björn, Har du haft problem med att vatten samlas i utrymmet för reservdäcket men även under passagerarsätet höger bak ? Hur har du isåfall fixat det ? Läst en del om dräneringen vid bakluckan. Obs min modell är en Skoda Octavia 2017 Med vänlig hälsning,
nice video, I have recently been addressing the water ingress problems in my mk7. did you find fixing this leaking point helped reduce the interior window condensation in colder months?
Removing the interior is a pain and difficult to get video on it. U must pull straight up the back door trim along the latch , remember pull Straight up. . Then removes the side trim up along door. Then unscrew the trim by back door. I don't pull off all the fabric trim n i still can get at vent, push the tabs.to remove the old vents. but remember water not only enters from vents, can come in especially from back break light, etc . I removed the two plugs and have had no water issues.i used permanent flexible tiger seal for vents
Did this job on the vent, was shocked the area behind vent still filled with water, i removed the bungs. Water must be coming in from lights clucter also, new seals will be my next fix.
Hatte ich auch. An alles Türen (Lautsprecher) und im Kofferraum. Kulanz gibt es bei VW sowieso nicht. Auch nicht bei nachgewiesenen Fehlern des Werkes. Mich hat das ganze über 700€ gekostet. Mein Fazit: nie wieder kaufe ich einen VW !
I've just removed the rubber plugs and water came pouring out on both sides. I will leave them off and see if this works as a quick fix. This must be a common problem. Thank you for making this video.
Yes, probably better without the rubber plugs. My first quick fix was to put a small hose as a drain in the rubber plug.
Hello Christopher, was it a Good idea to remove it? I have the Same Problem.
@@ehrenmann8553 Since removing the plugs, my boot stays dry. It’s not a proper fix so there might be a downside, but it is the quickest and easiest fix.
@@cskent8 thanks.
@@cskent8 the downside is that if you leave it without plugs the air goes inside the car and still is gonna mist all the windows. i've tested it, so the best thing to do is to get the vents sealed.
Just take the rear bumper off a lot less hassle not as much interior to remove like youve done on here.
Then unclip add sealant to the rubber and replace ensuring they clip into place.
The rear lights need to becremoved before removing bumper easy. Youve made a lot of work there for yourself.
Replace bumper the boot will be free from leaks..
Good luck.
Anyone with wster in boot check the drain pipe from rear door switch too as well as the vents my wifes car had wet rear seats too.
But i fixed it removing bumper easy job fixed. Yes...😅
I removed the rubber grommets and its solved the issue, thank you
The rear side vents are unfortunately only one, the most common, of the four sources of water in the rear hatch area. The rear light housing can also leak into the same side pocket area. The drain tube for the rear camera in rear hatch door is another. Last, and I believe least common, is the two rubber grommets at the top of the trunk opening that carry cables and hoses into the hatch door. Most pool in those side areas with the grommet that you showed on the side. Others can go directly to the spare tire area, though even the side pockets can fill up and spill over into the spare tire area. The top hatch rubber grommets mentioned can also cause water marks/damage in the rear of the interior head liner. And let's not dismiss the infamous two front drains for the sunroof that cause headliner water marks/damage and possible water pooling in the front carpet area. I was so surprised when I researched the Golf MK7 issues with water access and found dozens of videos about the sources of water entry. I always wondered why I saw water on the inside of the rear hatch window after rain. Recently, I experienced and corrected the front headliner damage from the clogged sunroof drains. I love the car, but disillusioned by the decline in quality; 3rd Golf and 6th VW in last 25 years for me and my wife. Insult to injury, no more base Golf in America. Only GTIs and Rs for the foreseeable future with a base price around $30K. What to buy next? if I buy anything ...
@Bare_Essence...I'm kinda in the same boat as you but I've owned VW's and Audi's exclusively since the mid '70's and I'm disgusted I currently have a 2017 Alltrack SEL lucky (so far) no leaks issues I know of but JC a lot of owners do. One other source you didn't mention are the door speakers the sealing material VW used breaks down over time and water leaks onto carpet. I watched a YT video and the sealing material looked kind of like expandable foam, when speaker was removed the material just flaked off and sort of looked like that expandable foam use for insulating air leaks around windows and doors. I guess rubber, closed cell foam or some other material is too expensive for VW. Luckily I still have my 1999.5 Mk4 Jetta with 265kmi still starts like new engine a little weaker than new but does the job and still on original clutch. I'm taking my Alltrack in for it's first intake valve cleaning soon at 50kmi due to the direct injection and carbon build up issue they ALL have. VW did make dual injection at one point Port and Direct injection which solved the problem (only 2 year and only for Germany) but abandoned it...TOO COSTLY for them is my guess. Yeah...what to buy next is right I'm done with VW.
Jag började räkna hur många gånger du sa "plastic"...😂
I think it's easier to remove rear bumper cover to access those side vents to silicone seal them properly, good idea (maybe) to add drain hose to that plug if you don't want to mess with the side vents or as a temporary fix?
Hello Bjorn
Similarly I have all these water ingress problems especially annoying in rainy Ireland.
Thanks for videos.
May i ask you what drill bit size did you use to drill out rivets on speakers on back doors and what screws did you use to refit speakers.
By the way, vw have an upgraded vent for under bumper, with a larger seal, also i see on a video recently the back lights seals can be bought cheaply.
Thanks for back door videos,
That's next job.
I've just removed the plastic bungs behind the vents.
Seems to have prevented rain water entering the bootwell and back seat.
Thanks again.
Thank you sir! I will remove that plastic from bottom and see if that helps. Really bad VW design on that vents.
Hej Björn,
Har du haft problem med att vatten samlas i utrymmet för reservdäcket men även under passagerarsätet höger bak ? Hur har du isåfall fixat det ? Läst en del om dräneringen vid bakluckan. Obs min modell är en Skoda Octavia 2017
Med vänlig hälsning,
Tror det kan vara samma problem, vattnet kryper
nice video, I have recently been addressing the water ingress problems in my mk7. did you find fixing this leaking point helped reduce the interior window condensation in colder months?
Yes a lot
Great video, thanks for your help.
is it possible to re-attach the grommets or do they break when taking off?
You can reuse them
Har du någon video hur man tar bort inredningen?
Removing the interior is a pain and difficult to get video on it.
U must pull straight up the back door trim along the latch , remember pull Straight up. . Then removes the side trim up along door.
Then unscrew the trim by back door.
I don't pull off all the fabric trim n i still can get at vent, push the tabs.to remove the old vents. but remember water not only enters from vents, can come in especially from back break light, etc . I removed the two plugs and have had no water issues.i used permanent flexible tiger seal for vents
@@patrickokeeffe6998 which plugs did you remove? The plugs he showed us at the end of the Video?
Same problem on my audi A3 2018 8V 2018 same they use most of the parts are same with the golf, i change both vents and then was sorted out!
@gabrielsavascu9756...Is there a seal on the replacement side vents? The problem is VW didn't seal the side vents around the loose fitting frame.
@@harryberry474 Yes is it, you have to remove the bumper and you will.see the seal around the vents
Did this job on the vent, was shocked the area behind vent still filled with water, i removed the bungs. Water must be coming in from lights clucter also, new seals will be my next fix.
I tried with seal first but is was so tight so I did not succeed. I replaced the whole went it was not so expensive.
Hatte ich auch. An alles Türen (Lautsprecher) und im Kofferraum. Kulanz gibt es bei VW sowieso nicht. Auch nicht bei nachgewiesenen Fehlern des Werkes. Mich hat das ganze über 700€ gekostet. Mein Fazit: nie wieder kaufe ich einen VW !
So many stutterers make tutorials I'm bored