Rear Glass / Condensation

Lee S · #1 7th March 2016, 05:06 PM

Well the soak test is 3-5 days, in which time they will strip headlining and all required interior trim off and dry out and also fix the parking sensor. Courtesy car for the 3-5 days FOC and that's £350. Repairs of leak/s will be on top of that. So I guess then, the cost of a screen remove/refit (if they will entertain that without quoting me for new glass - which I will vehemently argue against. There is nothing wrong with the glass, just the sh1tty sealant used to stick it in), or if it's NOT the screen, then sealant/rivet/welding or whatever to fix the hole that obviously shouldn't be there. We will see.

1781cc · #2 10th March 2016, 07:07 AM

wow, yesterday was a bad rain day, loads of flooding around this neck of the woods, so checked on the car and the condensation was there again, not much more than usual, so went into the rear seats and felt the headlining, everything is dry from the top of the roof down to about 90% of the way down and then it gets wet, not soaking, but enough to feel it.

I am thinking of taking the C pillar covers off when I am back from working away in two weeks and seeing if I can isolate the leak, by contrast to yourself, my boot floor and inside the boot is completely dry, so its got to be a window seal, I recon a break in the seal about 3/4 of the way down on the right side.

How did yours fare yesterday?

Lee S · #3 10th March 2016, 10:43 AM

Not well. Despite putting a carrier bag with a bath towel on top of the parcel shelf where it pours in, it still got the headlining, c pillar cover and parcel shelf noticeably wet. I think some of it did make its way into the boot area, but not as much thanks to the carrier bag.

Where it did go though is down the back of the seats, so all the back of the drivers side rear seat is soaked and this time I also noticed some damp on the base of the passenger side c pillar/parcel shelf. Either the water has tracked along the back panel under the parcel shelf (doubtful as the middle was bone dry) or the screen is beginning to weep/leak that side too. If it is the screen, then it seems to have been compromised all along the top edge. Grrrrr !!

I'm just waiting to close the rear door one day and the pressure pops the screen out onto the boot.

Fortunately it's only got to last another 4 days and it's going in. Let's hope the weather is kind to us.

mattylondon · #4 14th March 2016, 09:35 AM

I do get a small amount of condensation on my rear glass, as said earlier my window seal and interior is dry so I don't think they are the cause. Yesterday however I noticed that the weather strip around the boot doesn't have a very good seal between parts (joint A left and right, and centre joint B) and I'm wondering if this could be an ingress? Although there's no visible water anywhere. If I can next weekend I'll remove the weather strips and see what's what behind them.

Lee S · #5 14th March 2016, 05:30 PM

I used to get a "small amount" too.... It will get worse.

Mine is in with the dealer now. I will report back with Audi's findings ASAP.

Lee S · #6 15th March 2016, 02:20 PM

OK. Diagnosis carried out. The rear screen has indeed de-bonded along the top edge. This will be rectified by removal and cleaning up and re-bonding, but of course it came with standard warning that "we may break the screen in which case you will need to pay for another one". I told them not to break it !! We will see what happens....

1781cc · #7 15th March 2016, 08:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Lee S

OK. Diagnosis carried out. The rear screen has indeed de-bonded along the top edge. This will be rectified by removal and cleaning up and re-bonding, but of course it came with standard warning that "we may break the screen in which case you will need to pay for another one". I told them not to break it !! We will see what happens....

Thats what I thought they might say - although not about the top edge, disgusting that its clearly a manufacturer fault but they don't want to cover it - fingers crossed for you dude