Hi. First timer to this so please be patient with me. Can anybody help. I have a 2002 Rav 4 4 door which, when raining, has started to get sodden carpets at the front and mainly drivers side. The Toyota garage charged £100 to "clear the drain away holes" for the sunroof but this has not cured the problem and before i spend another £100 for a 30 second task, has anybody got any ideas. i would be very grateful.

Welcome to the forums MKRAV !!

Home someone with similar experiences can answer your Ingress situation.

Have you tried taking a garden hose to see if you can duplicate the problem while watching inside the vehicle ?

Hi. Thanks for the response. i havent done that. the problem is noticed by the saturated carpet in the foot wells. the carpet above the level of the mats is dry!. Any furhter thoughts.
Regards

Likely it's coming in through your firewall. There's probably a grommet that's out of place where wiring or your brake or hood-cables route through. Probably rains down the firewall and onto a cable that's angled so the water runs along and into the cab.

Suggest you make sure everything is nice and dry and have a buddy start gently spraying the firewall area behind the engine. You, then, need to (on your side) squeeze right up under your dash and start feeling around.

Another thing, in Toyota 4x4's there are drain plugs in the flooring. Can you say for a fact that the floor was dry when you parked it, then only after "sitting" in the rain (not driving) the mats were wet ? If so, then this suggestion is useless because it cannot rain "upwards" but when driving the spray will ingress through a missing floor-plug(s).

Good point about cable and firewall. i will check this out. the water is apparent when stood still as well as moving, so the missing floor plug will not be appropriate. but thanks.