Hi all, new to the forum and have a problem that is stumping me. Hoping someone else with an 07 (or any year really) Equinox might have had a similar problem and can shed some light on a possible cause. My wife has an 07 Equinox. For a few weeks now we've had a considerable amount of moisture leaking on the driver side floorboard of the vehicle. To the point where it is visibly puddling. Sometimes it also puddles on the floor of the backseat on the driver side as well. Initially assumed our little girl had spilled something and didn't worry much. But we noticed this continued happening. The floorboards on the drivers side were literally constantly wet. Read that this could be caused by the sunroof drain hose being clogged and/or disconnected due to shrinkage. Turned out it was disconnected, so I reconnected it and there is no water appearing inside the car when I pour it down the drain. The other three drains are also checked and confirmed to be in good working order. So I know its not that.
I've pulled up the carpet of the drivers floor and the padding below was absolutely sopping wet. This gave me some hope. I thought maybe I was just seeing residual moisture seeping up from the padding, seeing how wet it was. I sucked a fair bit of water out from both the front and rear with my shop vac, and have left everything to air out for several days now. I've even used a fan to try and aid the process. I thought things were going well. The rear floor seems to be mostly dry now, and the front seemed to slowly but surely be heading that way. We had a heavy rain Monday night, and yesterday afternoon I checked and didn't see any moisture anywhere. But then this afternoon I checked, and there was a small puddle on the bare metal floor of the car, and the padding felt almost sopping wet again. The backseat, thankfully, still seems to be dry. At this point, it seems fairly obvious water is getting in somewhere. Anyone have any idea where it might be coming from? I have no idea at this point, I am pulling my hair out trying to figure this out. Any helpful advice would be greatly appreciated!
I've pulled up the carpet of the drivers floor and the padding below was absolutely sopping wet. This gave me some hope. I thought maybe I was just seeing residual moisture seeping up from the padding, seeing how wet it was. I sucked a fair bit of water out from both the front and rear with my shop vac, and have left everything to air out for several days now. I've even used a fan to try and aid the process. I thought things were going well. The rear floor seems to be mostly dry now, and the front seemed to slowly but surely be heading that way. We had a heavy rain Monday night, and yesterday afternoon I checked and didn't see any moisture anywhere. But then this afternoon I checked, and there was a small puddle on the bare metal floor of the car, and the padding felt almost sopping wet again. The backseat, thankfully, still seems to be dry. At this point, it seems fairly obvious water is getting in somewhere. Anyone have any idea where it might be coming from? I have no idea at this point, I am pulling my hair out trying to figure this out. Any helpful advice would be greatly appreciated!
