Derrick2k2SE

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The wife had been complaining about water leaking onto the passenger floor of her 00 GLE.

I finally got around to looking at it and found two clips under the wiper cowling that were letting water come by and drip behind the housing for the interior fan.

I pulled the fan and was able to look up through the housing and see drops of water hanging off the two clips.

First I removed the cowling and popped the clips out. Then I cleaned the area and dried it with a blow drier. Using some RTV, I sealed around the clips and reinstalled everything. Problem solved.

The pics are after I removed the clips but it's pretty self explanatory. The rest of the clips under the windshield are positioned over the channel that carries water away but these two dump inside the car. The square clip on the left was a pain to remove without breaking. I had to reach through the fan housing and pinch the tabs while someone pried it from above.

DennisMik

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This is good info. We had some heavy rain a week or so ago and the carpet on the passenger side was wet. I'll have to check this out.

Thanks for posting this.

Derrick2k2SE

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Cool, that's probably it. It looked like there were gaskets under the clips at one time but all that was left were a few brittle pieces.

I recently fixed her trunk leak too. I found three places water was entering that weren't the trunk lid gasket or tail light gaskets. It seems that Nissan didn't weld the seams well and filled them with caulk that's breaking down. The seams on my 02 are a lot better. I'll add pics of those spots when I get a chance.

Apparition

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yep, same thing on mine..... drove me nearly insane until I pulled those out and sealed them with silicone.

done!

cdoublejj

damn! now i know! i might seal them up and nip it in the bud before hand!