Excuse the simplicity of the question, but after a car wash and a few days should the windows still get wet when you roll them up and down? Do I have a leak or does it just take awhile to dry out, and if so whats a reasonable period. New car, I just don’t want to find I have a leak somewhere later…

Check and see if the door drains at the bottom of doors are plugged. Tester

Most cars don’t do this, but some do. This was common on the first-generation Acura MDX, for instance, where even the inside of the windows came back up wet. What car is this? Does this happen after rain as well?

Every vehicle I’ve owned did this. Water inside the door takes longer to evaporate then outside.

No problem like that here. It’s about three miles to the car wash, so I’m driving that far at least and I have no problems the next day. I’m either heating or using the AC so maybe that helps. Two days is sort of a problem if the windows are still wet.

None of my cars have ever done that. They’d only have moisture on them immediately after a rain. Not even the next day, provided it hadn’t rained in 24 hours or were parked in the garage. I’ve always presumed any water that gets past the seals just drain out the bottom of the door, so it can’t re…

OP where do you live? Cold weather means slow drying.

Tester nailed this one . . . check the drain holes. No vehicle should retain water in a cavity like that, gonna be a rust-out in a short time. Lay on the ground and look for the drain holes and clean them out. Rocketman

I wonder if the OP opted for dealer-applied undercoating. A new car shouldn’t have plugged-up drain holes in the doors–or anywhere else on the body–but badly-done aftermarket undercoating could certainly screw things up.

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My cars all do this after being washed. Usually will take a day depending on the weather for everything to dry out.

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