Hopefully the mods don't mind me cross posting my issue. I posted this in the model/trim section of the forum, but I'm hoping I'll get more of an audience here.
I'm on day four of my ownership of a second hand 2014 Mazda 6 Touring model. So far it's been great and the car has performed exactly how I've expected. It rained quite a bit when I picked it up and I did drive it through some light showers on the way home. After driving it some more Saturday morning I went through the trunk and I discovered quite a bit of water accumulated in the spare wheel well - almost an inch. The green foam pad was soaked in water that was quite warm. I see there are two rubber drain plugs at the bottom of the wheel well, but I can't figure out how water is getting in there.
None of the carpeting inside the trunk is wet and I can't see any obvious wet trails. Since the exhaust is directly underneath the spare wheel well I suspect the water isn't spraying in from the drain plugs. Are there water drains from along the trunk seams or somewhere else I should check? I don't mind pulling the trunk apart to track this down, but figured I'd start here to see how anyone else has addressed it. I've found some videos on youtube and threads on reddit, but no remedies...
I'm on day four of my ownership of a second hand 2014 Mazda 6 Touring model. So far it's been great and the car has performed exactly how I've expected. It rained quite a bit when I picked it up and I did drive it through some light showers on the way home. After driving it some more Saturday morning I went through the trunk and I discovered quite a bit of water accumulated in the spare wheel well - almost an inch. The green foam pad was soaked in water that was quite warm. I see there are two rubber drain plugs at the bottom of the wheel well, but I can't figure out how water is getting in there.
None of the carpeting inside the trunk is wet and I can't see any obvious wet trails. Since the exhaust is directly underneath the spare wheel well I suspect the water isn't spraying in from the drain plugs. Are there water drains from along the trunk seams or somewhere else I should check? I don't mind pulling the trunk apart to track this down, but figured I'd start here to see how anyone else has addressed it. I've found some videos on youtube and threads on reddit, but no remedies...