# 2006 Mazda Miata MX-5 - Water in trunk

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/2006-mazda-miata-mx-5-water-in-trunk/188573>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** mazda\
**Created:** [January 18, 2023, 6:45pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2006-mazda-miata-mx-5-water-in-trunk/188573 "2023-01-18T18:45:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![DarrellMelymick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f6c823/32.png) [@DarrellMelymick](https://community.cartalk.com/u/DarrellMelymick)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2023, 6:45pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2006-mazda-miata-mx-5-water-in-trunk/188573/1 "2023-01-18T18:45:16Z")

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Water gathers in the trunk. How to take care of this problem?

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**Author:** ![VOLVO-V70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8e8cbc/32.png) [@VOLVO-V70](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VOLVO-V70)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2023, 7:07pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2006-mazda-miata-mx-5-water-in-trunk/188573/2 "2023-01-18T19:07:03Z")

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Simple , find the leak with a garden hose then fix it. Or have a body shop solve this for you.

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**Author:** ![weekend-warrior](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/weekend-warrior/32/26122_2.png) [@weekend-warrior](https://community.cartalk.com/u/weekend-warrior)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2023, 9:13pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2006-mazda-miata-mx-5-water-in-trunk/188573/3 "2023-01-18T21:13:47Z")

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This video shows you what is happing and why water is getting into your trunk. In the drawing in the video, he shows you that he puts a wire mesh in the hole in the trunk. you probably have a clog in the tube below that. that tube needs to be cleared. then if you want to put a mesh like he did you could. this would help block debris from clogging it again. but you went this many years before it clogged. I do not think you will have the car long enough that it warrants the mesh being added.

[MX-5 Mk3 wet carpet solution - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEQBlskgK_8)

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**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2023, 9:31pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2006-mazda-miata-mx-5-water-in-trunk/188573/4 "2023-01-18T21:31:48Z")

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Informative vdo, and very likely cause of the wet trunk. Many car designs route the rear-windshield rain-water over the tail-lights to ground. If tail lights springs a leak, same effect. But it seems the Miata has non-tail-light path to ground. I’m a little dubious of the merits of installing mesh however. Will have to be frequently cleared.

I vacuum the front and rear drains at every engine oil change, good opportunity while the oil drains. My vehicles would have improved rain-water-resistance had I discovered that technique earlier.