Water held in doors because of bottom seals?

[9inchRob]

With you on this issue, Dente, and AJW ( and others?)

As a metallurgist interested in corrosion, and working in Quality Assurance for one of Sydney's few remaining manufacturing organisations, and owner of many cars since 1968, I agree that this is an issue.

The provision of CONTINUOUS drainage in essentially closed sheet steel box sections with lap joints is a total "no brainer".

On a number of my cars I have "assisted" door drainage with drilling extra or enlarged holes, always painting around the exposed steel with cold galvanising primer, and epoxy finish coat, etc.

No doubt the painting and other coatings applied to the steel before and during Golf manufacture will keep rust at bay for a long time, but no bent and welded and screwed together sheet steel boxes make effective small "swimming pools" for long.

I will be looking carefully at how I can make the new Mk VI doors constantly drain, while not voiding warranty, etc.

Has anyone done the neoprene strip as suggested by Idle?

Until I see the extra sealing layer on the Mk 6 I can't envisage what to do here.

Sounds like it would make the seals too wide at that point to me, but reserve judgement until next weekend.

Thanks for raising the issue!!!

[RSOK]

Yes, my MkVI GTI does this too - I just open all doors after washing it and it all drains out quickly. Haven't noticed it after leaving car in rain at all.

Ditto, I have a 2010 Skoda Octavia RS and after I wash it, I open the doors and any water that has collected in the lower door sills drains out... we're talkng maybe 50-100ml here and there... not an issue for me... I clearly fail to appreciate the gravity of this 'problem'... would it have stopped me buying my $40k car? No way. I don't get what the fuss is about, it's such a minor 'complaint' if that, but each to his own, good luck.

[dingdong]

Hi, I got the same problem with my Golf twist 1.4, bought 2 month ago. It parked on my drive way with a small slope. rain will be trapped in door if the car is head up. When open the front door the water is released from the front drain hole under the door. My car dealer had same altitude as one with Dente, saying it is normal which I dispute on.
Having read you guys suggestions, I investigate the effect of seal but only figure out it has nothing to do with the extra seal. My experiment is following:
park on slope, head up.
keep door open to only 1-2 inches, so the seal was not compressed and would not block the drain hole.
use a bottle to pour water through the window sill
I saw NO water came out of the both drain holes underneath. Continue pouring water I saw water came out from the front drain hole.
Repeated the experiment but left the door fully open this time, the water came out of the front drain hole immediately.
Conclusion: when door is fully open the bottom of the door is leveled so the water can be drained properly through the front drain hole. When door is shut its bottom is tilted so water will not drain until its level reaches the front hole. This indicates my back drain hole of front door is not working, even if it looks unblocked.
It seems a bit different from your video show where water came out from two points, but it may depend on the slope of ground?

[RosscoMK3]

So whatever happened with this issue? I never read any damning reports.

Normally a little dribble after heavy rain wouldn't bother me. Unfortunately it never seems to stop raining lately and the water squirts out every time I open the door.

[SMOK3Y]

So whatever happened with this issue? I never read any damning reports.

Normally a little dribble after heavy rain wouldn't bother me. Unfortunately it never seems to stop raining lately and the water squirts out every time I open the door.

most of this thread has been dribble