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Tons of water INSIDE rear doors..?

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2013 Silverado Crew Cab

 

After raining for a week, I could hear water swishing around when I hit the brakes or accelerated. 

 

I saw some water dribbling out of the rear doors... I pulled back the lower/bottom weather seal and water started literally peeing out of the push-pin fastener holes. The front doors are bone dry.

 

Each door also has two rectangular drains/plugs... I've pulled out the plugs to help drain in the future, but how is water getting in there??

 

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Water gets in from around the window seal on the bottom if that makes sense. Lots of vehicles will allow water in this way. Both of my GMT-900 trucks did this, I made sure to keep the drains in the bottom two corners of each door clear of debris.

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2 hours ago, CamGTP said:

Water gets in from around the window seal on the bottom if that makes sense. Lots of vehicles will allow water in this way. Both of my GMT-900 trucks did this, I made sure to keep the drains in the bottom two corners of each door clear of debris.

Yep around the windows. Doors aren't hermetically sealed. Keep the drains clear

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Of course, that's understandable.

 

My concern is why only the REAR doors were filled with water, while the front doors were totally fine?

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The drains are clogged in the back and the fronts are not , If it bothers you that much pull the door panel and see whats clogging the drain holes

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I had this problem early on with my 2010 rear doors. I removed the rectangular plugs and they are still out. I clean the holes regularly, especially after having my truck resprayed with rust treatment. no problems since.

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