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Wet seatbelt?

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Old 07-10-2017, 01:29 PM
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Wet seatbelt?

Greetings ya'll. We're about finished with rainy season in Florida and suddenly my seatbelt is pulling out of the reel in the B pillar wet. The only thing I changed from last year is installing a Yakima Q-Tower rack that attaches behind the drip rail. Since this drip rail is a separate rubber piece that doesn't fit all that tightly against the body I can't imagine that it is actually responsible for keeping water out of some hole in the body but I guess it's possible. No dampness has shown up in the headliner yet but I replaced it over the winter so it may have just not soaked through yet. The water only seems to be affecting the drivers seatbelt and it isn't wringing wet just damp. Any ideas?
 
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Old 07-10-2017, 02:08 PM
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sunroof - rainroof?
 
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Old 07-10-2017, 03:43 PM
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There are four sunroof drain tubes at each corner of the headliner. First thing I'd check is if the little rubber tube didn't pop off of one.
 
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Old 07-10-2017, 04:13 PM
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Moving you to the Stock Problems/Issues area.

I am trying to envision how my R53 door/window area came in contact with the body frame but agree with the other postings about checking out the sunroof drain tubes if you have one.
 




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