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Old Feb 25, 2017 | 03:43 PM
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Leak from motion detector box

So it rained a bit last night for the first time since I've had the car and I noticed some water coming out of the motion detector box behind the rear sunroof. I know sunroof drains clogs are common, but I'm only familiar with leaks down the A-Pillars. Is the motion detector box a common place for clogged sunroof drains to leak? I'll be cleaning my drains tomorrow but just want to know if I should be troubleshooting other areas as well.
 
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Old Feb 25, 2017 | 05:17 PM
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I bet the grommet around the antenna is cracked
 
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Old Feb 25, 2017 | 05:47 PM
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That's a possibility. I actually took a peek at it earlier and didn't see anything obvious, but I'll give it a closer inspection tomorrow. I know the PO put a shorty antenna on there so they could've been careless and done something. Hopefully it's something that simple. I was thinking there can't be that many places of ingress for the roof... Not sure what it looks like under the rear sunroof, though.
 
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