Do you know that water can be trapped inside your car door? Yes, when it rains, or when you pass through a waterlogged area, or even when you wash your car, water can enter inside your car's door.
Because of this, car doors have a small hole as drainage system to let out the trapped water. You will find the drainage hole at the bottom of the car door.
Unfortunately, there are instances that the drainage hole gets blocked by dirt and debris. When this happens, the water does not flow out and becomes trapped in your car's door.
It is important to drain the trapped water in your car's door. In this article, we detailed how to drain water out of a car's door.
Inspect the Drainage Holes
If there are blockage in the drainage holes, water is trapped in the car door when it rains or when you wash your car as water can enter through the smallest opening in the windows and doors. One sign of this is the sloshing sound that you'll hear when you're driving the car.
Therefore, the first thing that you have to do when you hear this sloshing sound is to check if there are blockage in the drainage holes. Watch out also for the "strange squeaking and splashing sound when you open and close the car's door," according Car Super Care.
You would typically find the car doors' drainage holes at the "bottom of the front and rear doors," according to Motor and Wheels. Normally, you'll find two small holes at the right and left edges of the bottom of your car doors.
You may have to check carefully as some drainage holes may have black rubber covering that you have to remove for the trapped water to exit. Check if there are blockage in the drainage holes.
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Clean The Blocked Drainage Holes to Drain the Water
Once you located the drainage holes, inspect them carefully. If you noticed that the holes are covered with dirt and sludge, its time to clean them thoroughly as these blockage prevents water from coming out of the car's door. If the water has been stagnant for long time, it can cause rusting.
You can poke the holes using a pin, a screwdriver or a pointed object to clear the passage's debris manually. Make sure that you poke the holes carefully as you may damage the paint if you are not too careful. Clean it thoroughly, making sure that all the dirt and sludge are removed from the holes. Once there is no blockage, the trapped water in your car door should flow out of it.
Remove The Rubber Covering to Drain the Water
The drainage holes of come cars come with black rubber tube cover. You may need to unplug the black rubber covering the holes. Be very careful not to break or damage the covering. The trapped water should gush out of the hole once you removed the covers.
Once the water has drained, the sloshing sound should stopped. When this happened, it's about time to put back the covers to the drainage holes. Carefully put back the rubber covers of the drainage holes making sure not to break it or cause any damage.
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