woodman

Well i am still having water leaks now on the passenger side and still a bit on the drivers side (floormat area wet)
The dealership really cannot find anything wrong and its an hour drive to find that out
Also i cannot leave the well fitted rubber mats i have as then it really doesn't dry and through time is going to smell like a chicken coop.
The jeep has 3918 km and its pretty well leaked day one but i really don't want to start putting miles on it to the dealership back and forth ,i would like a positive fix
I am going to TRY and call chrysler and see what they say

JTPhoto JK

Hardtop or Softtop???

The tops will leak at the front header and/or freedom tops if the seals are not clean. The freedom tops may also leak if the back screw through the soundbar are not installed or loose. Had a leak once at the header. I removed the freedom tops, cleaned and lubricated the seals, then reinstalled. Problem solved.

woodman

mine is the hard top and i do see the rain dribble in when the door is open as they forgot to put some sort of gutter or deflector,but this leak is not coming from the top and it leaks in the driveway sitting more so thanj when i travel.

KAVIK

Had the same issue as well on my 2010. At first I assumed it was the top , but a close inspection showed no water marks stains or moisture on the dash, seats or inside of the tops. I tracked it down to a spot on the lower door sill. no guff. The water actually traveled down the door seal on the outside until it reached the lower part of the door where it pooled and spilled over the door jam (sill) there are tiny seams in the metal there and that is where it came in . I sat in the Jeep during a rain storm and watched it with a flashlight sure enough it started seeping in at the bottom of the door. While driving the wind must keep the seal clear cause it didn't leak at driving speeds. I applied a liberal amount of petroleum jelly to the door seal and filed the seam in the frame with a dab too. Problem solved. BTW the dealer had no clue what was happening nor did they help in this. I will try to remember to post a pic of the area on the door sill that is the culprit. I hope this helps.

woodman

This does help and a picture would be good as the seam you're speaking of well not real sure but i am going to take a look this afternoon
Thanks

woodman

I spoke to chrysler canada today and they pretty well said to go back to the deakership again.The dealership here has a klak contractor specialist,that all he does
Its to the posint now i cannot use mats as they will not allow the floor to dry and it starts smelling like a wet cat.
The above thread about the lubricant is worth a try and i wonder if the 2010's all have this trouble

Vibe9

@woodman - I am in the exact same position as you. I've got a 2010 Sahara Unlimited with about 2500 km's on it and the Freedom (Hard) Top has leaked since day one right in the center above the dash, and somewhere else such that my floormats are soaked.

Took it to the dealer and they re-installed all of the seals, and just yesterday, after the weather here in BC went above freezing, some dribbles of water came in from the top above the dash, and the carpets are still wet.

Called Chrysler today and they told me to take it back to the dealer again. I'm taking my Jeep in tomorrow (2 hour drive!!!) and they're going to get their "leak specialist" contractor to do the seals again. Fingers crossed for round two.

deepdiverterry

Well , my roof didn't start leaking (pass. side ,top where wind shield frame is) until I took it off for the first time the other day at my marina shop. I thought I was careful putting it back on and I watched a couple YouTube videos but with no sound....I'll go back over the weekend , redo it and squirt some water and see what happens. It's a 09 Wrangler X we bought preowned with 18k on it....anyhow , I'll keep you posted. Oh, one thing I noticed was a little piece of foam strip was already missplaced on the pass. side and I put it back like the drivers side...

Vibe9

I'd like to follow up on my last post, and continue the telling of my leak tale tale. Since my last post, some interesting facts have come to light. Here we go:

I reported above that the first time my Freedom Top leaked (2 weeks after I first drove my Jeep off the lot brand-new) I took it to the dealer and they replaced all of the seals using their "best leak specialist contractor" so that, since we live 2 hrs away, "this would be a permanent fix to the problem" and we "would not have to come back again". Turns out this was not what happened.

As I reported above, it leaked again yet what they actually did in the first attempt at fixing the leak, was follow a "technical service bulletin" which told them how to "repair" some of the leaky seals since the leak specialist was unavailable.

So that brings us to the present. This past Saturday the dealer did manage to get their best leak specialist contractor to replace all of the seals on the roof, and they are confident now that it will not leak. I'm crossing my fingers but holding my breath at the same time. I've done some reading on the interweb and also talked to a real nice lady at Gemin Parts in Burnaby, who tells me that this is a chronic problem among all Freedom Tops, due to Chrysler cancelling their contract with BestTop who supposedly made the best (leak-free) Freedom Tops.

Anyway, it's currently below freezing here today and dry, but there's some rain in the forecast for this week so we'll see how it goes. Will let you know if the problem has been solved or whether the saga continues. Wish me luck. Thanks for reading.

KAVIK

here are the pics I promised.... if it turns out that it isn't the top leaking it might be the issue I described above.