Found water intrusion in the boot of our 500 Sport (2007).
Water seems to come in from the taillight area(passenger' side) and floods into the sparewheel compartiment.
Already removed the taillight, nothing suspicious seen.
Any help would be welcome here.
Thanks, Tom.
Water intrusion into the boot area is a known 500 problem and IIRC there is a dealer tech service bulletin for poor sealing around the rear bumper brackets.
Water leaks can come from almost anywhere, but those rear bumper brackets would be the first thing I'd check.
Squadrone Rosso had a car with this issue fixed last month; read about it here.
The problem is solved.
After some hours in the rain, it's dry. I like to keep it that way ...
Good work and good pictures.The problem is solved.
No, not because of my intervention fixing the brackets (previous post).
After the boot was filled with water again :bang:, I finally found the root cause.
When removing the bumper (again), I noticed a little hole (5mm) below the bumper bracket on the corner.
When I injected some water there, It flood out on the inside spot I already noticed...
I fixed the problem applying some sealant on the trouble spot.
After some hours in the rain, it's dry. I like to keep it that way ...