I picked up my 2016 XLE RAV4 back in March, and lately noticed that when I take it for a car wash, water drips through the sunroof. This happened twice.
So I complained to my dealership and this morning dropped it off. They just called me, saying this is normal. The water drips in and then goes out via some tube.
This is unbelievable. I don't buy this at all. Is this normal? Can someone please verify? I owned a 2012 RAV4 prior to this one, and never experienced anything like this.
I'd really appreciate if someone can shed some light on this.
Car washes use high pressure jets that the sunroof is not designed for. Whether your leak is "normal" is a separate question, but if you want them to give you a new sunroof you'll probably need to escalate this to Toyota directly.
Isn't there a process to "re-initialize" the sunroof? Would that offer any hope?
And there is actually a drain hose near the front of each side that is meant to drain water from the channel. My cx-5 used to let through a few drops here and there as well in an automatic touchless wash but not a drop in the heaviest of downpours. Haven't been through an automatic wash in the hybrid yet.
Hate to say it but under normal operating conditions it is not normal for them to leak. High pressure car washes or clogged tubes I wouldn't be surprised to see leaks. With that said, we are going on two years with no sunroof leaks.
Unfortunately, the moon roof is an option that MUST come with the Limited version. If it were possible to not have it I would much prefer that option, but alas tis not the case. :frown
Sun roof should not leak..period! There are drain tubes for the sun roof..at least on our Outback there is...one of them may be plugged. This is part of the reason why we didn't get a sun roof on our car this time...potential problems...
Leased a 2017 rax4 from Erin Park. Sunroof went at 30,000km, seats were soaked. It happened again at 80,000km. There is a problem with RAV4 sunroofs....DO NOT BUY!!!!
Have you checked for clogged drain tubes??? In each corner of the sunroof you will find a drain tube hole. They do get clogged with debris, ask me how I know!
How do you know? 😆 I did check them, 2 up front in the corners....they look fine. I’ll keep an eye on them. I guess the water would pool on the lip eh? Thanks.
Water shouldn't pool if the holes are clear. Maybe the rubber seals around the edges are damaged or shot if your seats got wet. My A pillar and the headliner above my steering wheel were dripping wet, that's how I knew.
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