Clear fluid leaking under driver side front fender, pooling under fr left tire
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Clear fluid leaking under driver side front fender, pooling under fr left tire
2012 CLS550, no error codes (yet lol). Clear fluid slow dripping under the very outside of driver side front fender. Fluid pools under front left tire. Fluid is clear and seemingly odorless, does not feel oily.
Not a Motor head whatsoever but my thoughts are washer fluid. Checked the reservoir and it’s definitely depleted but at the very bottom it appears to be some blue fluid. Alarms me because I would think of course the leaking fluid would also be blue here.
Should also mention I recently took vehicle in to dealership for oil change and fluid top offs, so the washer reservoir should be full. To be clear, this is the large, easily visible blue cap with the washer symbol on it. I have read others mention a hard to reach washer situation. Any thoughts here? Just hoping it’s not brake or power steering.
Not a Motor head whatsoever but my thoughts are washer fluid. Checked the reservoir and it’s definitely depleted but at the very bottom it appears to be some blue fluid. Alarms me because I would think of course the leaking fluid would also be blue here.
Should also mention I recently took vehicle in to dealership for oil change and fluid top offs, so the washer reservoir should be full. To be clear, this is the large, easily visible blue cap with the washer symbol on it. I have read others mention a hard to reach washer situation. Any thoughts here? Just hoping it’s not brake or power steering.
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Was this after running ac? Ac condensed water into the ground. As mentioned, sunroof drains also empty into wheel wells but you didn’t mention rain, and you would not have been able to see if if the ground was wet from rain. I’d vote ac drain.
