# Water is leaking into my truck!

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/water-is-leaking-into-my-truck/75305>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** ford, ranger\
**Created:** [November 2, 2012, 9:13am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/water-is-leaking-into-my-truck/75305 "2012-11-02T09:13:32Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![sh3l1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@sh3l1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/sh3l1)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2012, 9:13am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/water-is-leaking-into-my-truck/75305/1 "2012-11-02T09:13:32Z")

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Hello,

Water is leaking into the rear area of the cab of my truck. It is primarily on the driver side, but I don’t see any water anywhere but the floorboards (nothing on the doors or windows). I was looking into clogged cowl drains, but I didn’t think it would be possible for water to drain out anywhere but the front.

Thanks for any help!

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**Author:** ![mark9207](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71c47a/32.png) [@mark9207](https://community.cartalk.com/u/mark9207)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2012, 3:06pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/water-is-leaking-into-my-truck/75305/2 "2012-11-02T15:06:23Z")

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If it seems to be entering the rear of your cab, I would suspect bad seals for your third brake light/cargo light, or a bad rear window seal. Runoff from the roof can enter through either place.

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**Author:** ![sh3l1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@sh3l1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/sh3l1)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2012, 5:22am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/water-is-leaking-into-my-truck/75305/3 "2012-11-03T05:22:03Z")

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I guess I was mistaken, it is leaking in at the front, but is usually parked slightly uphill so the water was just pooling in the back, so I guess it is cowl drainage issues.

Thanks!