RX450H water around starter battery

[ChrisM]

I have noticed that I had water under the small Battery on the black tray and also between the Battery walls and the polythene cover around the Battery.

This manifested itself in condensation on the front screen and ice over the winter. Now the weather is better I managed to remove the majority of the liquid from the tray using a squeeze bulb sucker thing my wife had in her kitchen, but am still left with water around the Battery walls probably due to capillary action.

If I remove the polythene cover will this do any harm to the Battery, I am assuming it is an original fit from 2009. I don't want to disconnect the Battery as I don't want to lose sat nav and radio setting etc,

 

Has anyone got an ideas where the liquid has come from, I don't believe it is Battery related. Does the 450H suffer from water ingress from the rear lights as the 400, if so would it get into the area I have mentioned?

 

I have just been out to the car and as it is hot today lifted up the boot floor and propped it open to hopefully dry out what is left

 

 

 

 

[rayaans]

Shouldnt have water in there and as far as I know, they dont suffer from the same issues the 400h did in terms of leaks

Is anything else wet? 

Id clean it up, let dry and then pressure was or hose the car to see if its because of a leak

[ColinBarber]

The 400h issues are basically age related, they don't have issues until around 10 years old. The 450h could suffer similar problems but we are only getting to the stage where age could become an issue.

Make sure you don't have something as simple as a damaged seal around the boot hatch.