headliner soaked!!!!!! - Land Rovers Only

03disco · 10-08-2005, 01:32 PM

We had a pretty rough night as far as rain and today has been no better in NYC. I went out this morning to take my baby to music class and on the way home I noticed a drop of water fall from the the top corner of the plastic panel that is by the windshield. At first I tought it was just rain that had gotten in when I was getting in to the car but then another drop fell. I looked good and the headliner is SOAKED!!!! by both front doors, if I run my finger through it I can get a good amount of water to come down.....

wondering if anybody else has had this problem and what the fix is, I am taking the car in this week for the 30k schedule maintanance so I will have them look at this as well......

btw this is a 03 disco

thanks
Juan

HFsdisco · 10-08-2005, 03:04 PM

i had that problem in my 01 one time and had the windshield replaced the next afternoon! Hasn't happened since, they told me that something had made a hole in the weather stripping!

Disco · 10-08-2005, 07:10 PM

As it seems to be around both your front doors it's possible that it's a windscreen problem, however, another likely place that this can occur is if the alpine window is leaking. What happens is that the water will track along the inside of the headliner and make it's appearance at the A pillars.
Hope this helps.

03disco · 10-09-2005, 07:53 AM

I dont think it the alpine windows because the liner is not wet anywhere else but by the front doors, I was looking good at the windshield and it seems to me that the window sits lower than were it is getting wet.......

03disco · 10-09-2005, 01:17 PM

update...

today the whole front of headliner is soaked from a pillar to a pillar about 6" across, I did not drive the car since yestereday and was parked in my driveway slanted down towards the rear.....

02disco2 · 10-10-2005, 10:32 AM

Sounds like a warranty claim to me!

Get a new headliner while you're at it since I can guarantee it is going to start saging now and it will be water stained when it dries out. Maybe your roof rail mounting points are leaking?

DiscoBoi2002 · 10-10-2005, 11:45 AM

OKAY...so reading these forums...i thought i was really lucky that i didn't have any of these problems with my disco.

after days of monsoon-like rain in connecticut, i got into my disco this AM to drive to work and noticed a few drops on my dash and radio...

i just thought that i'd brought some water in with me on my sleeve or something...but now, when i make left or right turns...it seems as though water is leaking in right above my rearview mirror.

WTF!?!?!?

thank god tomorrow is my 45,000mi. service...i have a whole list of small gripes to go along with this...i thought i was doing so well!

anything i should expect to go wrong in the next 5-15k miles?
i need to buy the extended warranty. it's a 2002 disco se. btw..

DiscoBoi2002 · 10-18-2005, 09:16 PM

appears it was an exterior crack in the rain guard/headliner seal? possibly due to the mountains and monsoons of rain here in CT...who knows...it's fixed though..and it's perfect..

10-08-2005, 01:32 PM	#1 (permalink)
03disco Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 12 Gallery: 0	headliner soaked!!!!!! We had a pretty rough night as far as rain and today has been no better in NYC. I went out this morning to take my baby to music class and on the way home I noticed a drop of water fall from the the top corner of the plastic panel that is by the windshield. At first I tought it was just rain that had gotten in when I was getting in to the car but then another drop fell. I looked good and the headliner is SOAKED!!!! by both front doors, if I run my finger through it I can get a good amount of water to come down..... wondering if anybody else has had this problem and what the fix is, I am taking the car in this week for the 30k schedule maintanance so I will have them look at this as well...... btw this is a 03 disco thanks Juan

10-08-2005, 03:04 PM	#2 (permalink)
HFsdisco Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Goldsboro, North Carolina Posts: 444 Gallery: 0	i had that problem in my 01 one time and had the windshield replaced the next afternoon! Hasn't happened since, they told me that something had made a hole in the weather stripping! __________________ --FOR SALE-- 2001 Disco II SE7 1" TODDCO spacer lift kit 2005 Honda Accord Coupe

10-08-2005, 07:10 PM	#3 (permalink)
Disco Super Moderator Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 1,819 Gallery: 0	As it seems to be around both your front doors it's possible that it's a windscreen problem, however, another likely place that this can occur is if the alpine window is leaking. What happens is that the water will track along the inside of the headliner and make it's appearance at the A pillars. Hope this helps. __________________ No hand signals, driver playing with his transfer Knob.

10-10-2005, 10:32 AM	#6 (permalink)
02disco2 Super Moderator Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Minneapolis, MN Posts: 827 Gallery: 0	Sounds like a warranty claim to me! Get a new headliner while you're at it since I can guarantee it is going to start saging now and it will be water stained when it dries out. Maybe your roof rail mounting points are leaking? __________________ Land Rover-less. -------------------------------- 2006 Infiniti QX56 - Loaded 2002 Discovery II SE - SOLD! 1999 Audi A6 Avant Quattro Tiptronic - Slammed on RS4 18's 1996 Mariah Talari w/350 Mercruiser and Ron Hill Marine Go-fast parts.(Presently in Dry Storage)

10-10-2005, 11:45 AM	#7 (permalink)
DiscoBoi2002 Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Glastonbury, CT. Posts: 43 Gallery: 0	luck would have it.... OKAY...so reading these forums...i thought i was really lucky that i didn't have any of these problems with my disco. after days of monsoon-like rain in connecticut, i got into my disco this AM to drive to work and noticed a few drops on my dash and radio... i just thought that i'd brought some water in with me on my sleeve or something...but now, when i make left or right turns...it seems as though water is leaking in right above my rearview mirror. WTF!?!?!? thank god tomorrow is my 45,000mi. service...i have a whole list of small gripes to go along with this...i thought i was doing so well! anything i should expect to go wrong in the next 5-15k miles? i need to buy the extended warranty. it's a 2002 disco se. btw.. __________________ Jonny G. '02 Disco SE E.G./B.B - Sold 2005 LR3 SE Bonatti/Black

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10-09-2005, 07:53 AM	#4 (permalink)
03disco Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 12 Gallery: 0	I dont think it the alpine windows because the liner is not wet anywhere else but by the front doors, I was looking good at the windshield and it seems to me that the window sits lower than were it is getting wet.......

10-09-2005, 01:17 PM	#5 (permalink)
03disco Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 12 Gallery: 0	update... today the whole front of headliner is soaked from a pillar to a pillar about 6" across, I did not drive the car since yestereday and was parked in my driveway slanted down towards the rear.....

10-18-2005, 09:16 PM	#8 (permalink)
DiscoBoi2002 Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Glastonbury, CT. Posts: 43 Gallery: 0	headliner crack? appears it was an exterior crack in the rain guard/headliner seal? possibly due to the mountains and monsoons of rain here in CT...who knows...it's fixed though..and it's perfect.. __________________ Jonny G. '02 Disco SE E.G./B.B - Sold 2005 LR3 SE Bonatti/Black

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