Have other owners of this era Model S had issues with water collecting in the frunk? Seems related to driving in the rain, but there’s no reasonable way to let the water drain out, it seems. The seal around the top of the tub looks complete and pliable (eg not old and rotten) and there’s not an obvious problem. Anyone know if there is a fix or at least a way to drain/dry consistently?
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2014 S - Water in the Frunk
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- frunk Model S water leakage
Recently chasing high water intrusion to DCDC convertor area and reviewed much of Model S's frontal area water intrusion path. See pic of water intrusion over the plastic covers on side of the frunk for reference. I could easily see how it could get into frunk. Looks like the seams on the hood and fenders are likely intrusion paths.
Didn't make it into my tub but only short drive and car garage parked.
13 MS 85 can't go into drive, recent LDU rebuild, some clues from clicking sounds
Here is some analysis of cowl water leak. Didn't fix yet, just analyzing to understand the problem more completely first. Easy hack is to run sealant in all the seams and gaps and may eventually be the only solution available given the design - Most obvious problem is rubber ends on 2 bottom...
teslamotorsclub.com
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Interesting idea, pulled the passenger side adjustable bumper, fender side plastic cover, and frunk tub seal and hoodline gap still present so presumably misaligned from factory this way.
The hood line is perfect on the driver side and water streaks onto that plastic cover as well. There are no seals that prevents water from entering the panel gaps onto the side plastic covers.
For water to enter frunk, it would need to get past the seals on the frunk's edge and inside the hood. Perhaps either of these pieces have some issues on OPs car.
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