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Old 07-27-2007, 11:23 PM
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Can someone please tell me why I have water in my backseat passenger side vanity mirror light? Does anyone know what the usual cause of this is? None of my other vanity mirror lights have water in them.
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Very strange, I think it might just be some moisture rather than a leak as surely you'd see dampness on the headliner. Why not get one of those damp rid things and put it in the car or better yet remove the mirror and put it in a bag or a box next to the damp rid.
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whats damp rid? the water is in the lights for the vanity mirror
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whats damp rid? the water is in the lights for the vanity mirror
Damp rid are those things you can buy to remove the moisture from say a wardrobe when your away from the house for ages, they come in a little cup that you poor these pellets into. I'm aware that the water is in the light but obviously it has to get there from the outside of the car for it to be a leak, my question is how would it make it only to the light and not other parts of the car that surround it? Thats why I'd not think it was a leak.
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there was another thread/post on this subject, just search for it, i believe the problem had to do with the drains for the sunroof that were clogged
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are these drains easy to find?
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They are if you open the sunroof and look for obvious drain holes.
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Having the exact same problem! I'm about to go out and look at my sunroof drains!
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how can we make sure our sunroof drains are clear? is this a dealer service thing or can we easily DIY? Any diagrams or howtos??

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