Let’s fix the sloshing sounds of water in the car door.
We’ve had a lot of questions about this water-in-the-car-door question, so we’ve added another question-and-answer to this post. If neither help your situation, let us know. We’ll try to help.
Question
I swear when I’m driving my car around town—especially after a soaking rain—that I hear water sloshing around. A lot of it, too.
I thought it was the water bottle I had stowed in the door storage area, but it’s not. What’s the deal?
Not only does this not seem right for the car, it makes me … uh … #$%^& …. a little crazy!??!?!?!
Answer
Ha! I’ve been there.
Check the bottom of your car door. What you’re looking for is a small hole stamped in the steel. In some cases, it could have a small decal over it.
That hole (it’s actually a drain) can clog with debris. If it does clog, the door can’t drain or will it drain much, much more slowly than it fills up. Hence, slosh city in your door. In the case of some decal-covered holes, build-up can occur over time with tiny pieces of leaves and other stuff, so there could be sludge back there. Try to remove it if you can get at it with something pointy. A pen tip has worked for me.
A good way to test that you’ve solved the problem is to wait until the next soaker. If the hole was clogged and you removed the obstruction, water should drain right away. If it doesn’t, it might be time for a visit to the mechanic.
Another question about water in the car door
Hi, I had a lot of sloshing sounds after the heavy rain somewhere around the front passenger side of the car.
Today, after a rain and snow it’s freezing and my rear passenger side floor is a real ice rink, the rag is covered with ice. All windows have a thick ice frost on the inside of the car as well.
What could be a cause and where should I bring my car?
Another answer about water in the car door
The ice will melt, eventually. If it’s too cold to melt, then try a hair dryer to help melt the ice. But, that doesn’t completely solve this morning’s problem.
So, open your car door(s) and look for a weep hole at the bottom. The weep hole on ours seems to have an adhesive flap over it that impeded water drainage (great design!). If you have one, make sure it opens.
On ours, I had to poke a hole in it. Once I did, water drained and the problem went away.
Some tips to get water out of the car door
Think like a rain drop.
Park on an incline.
If you can, park on an incline such that the weep hole is downhill. Water always finds the lowest point. Once it warms up and the water liquefies, this should help solve your problem.
Holey moley.
If there is no weep hole, I’m out over my skis recommending you drill a hole in your car door, but I bet a mechanic would do the same thing.
Get it out.
Water intrusion does not improve with time so I do recommend getting it out of there in short order.
About the Author
I prayed and asked Jesus to help me 76 years old woman about the water in my car door the first place I looked at was your sight where I found the suggestion to look for the hole and stick a pin in it to unclog it. I found the hole and used a Large safety pen and when I poked it into the hole that I found all the water drained out. Hallelujah! Thank You Jesus for answering my prayer and you Mark for your website!