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Just watched that - live and learn. Rust? Steel? I thought these cars had alu bodies? re the screen - I haven't got the skill, tools and available mechanics to do it myself - can I trust the town's "Windscreens-r-us" to do mine properly, I mean really properly? Little choice I suppose.

Hi folks, just catching up here on this. Thanks again for all the help and feedback, really apprecaite it. Anyway, as it was easier than taking the trims out I just basically went round taping up all the body/window/door joins until the leak stopped which thankfully I think it now has. And.... it looks like it is the windscreen and maybe the rear screen as well although that is more difficult to be sure of - just masses of condensation on the rear screen. So first job is the get the windscreen seal fixed - incidentally whilst doing some work on it, I noticed marks of the glass lifting suckers they use so perhaps it has had a screen changed and not sealed very well. Sense of relief here. I was on the road yesterday and it was driving and riding so well I couldn't accept a water leak ruining it and every time I think about changing the car, it is the usual unanswerable question, just what do you replace it with? So let's fix the windscreen and see if that is really it. Thanks again all 🙂

Thanks also for your help. I don't know about the windscreen replacement. I did ask the wife of the previous owner but she wasn't sure. To be honest, I don't know how you can tell a replacement or not. there is sign of the seal going at one corner so I tried covering that with silicone a while back but no difference. If the seal has gone, I am curious how water draining off the windscreen can end up in the passenger footwell unless the draining route is blocked or broken. Be great if there was a 3d model of the 430 you could zoom into to see what is inside it! On the sunroof, I taped the whole thing round the edge to seal it off and the footwell was still wet. Inside the sunroof, it is almost perfectly dry and clean. Where does the sunroof vent go to though? Is there a manual that shows drainage routes? Assuming there isn't a hole in the cabin, there can only be a certain number of routes where water can get in. Incidentally, I checked the aircon filter and that area and it is dry.

Thanks for your help. Door card - Is that the main interior trim panel on the door? (apologies, not familiar with all these terms). Aperture seal - not sure whether you mean the entire door seal or just that vent hole. I've examined the main door seals and can't find anything obviously wrong. Also, I taped up the door round the edge of the door right down to the bottom edge of the car and after rain, the footwell was still wet.

Hello, did you ever find the source of this leak? My 2005 LS430 has *exactly* the same problem and I have been trying to locate the leak for weeks now. I have taped up the seams, windows and sunroof - makes no difference. What I have seen is that there look like drainage outlets under the car roughly inline with the front door hinges. On the side where the leak is, the outlet is wet, on the other side where there is no interior leak, it is dry - even after heavy rain, the other side is dry. So what is the path to this drainage outlet (if that is what it is)? Maybe it is blocked and the water is building up inside and somehow getting into the passenger side footwell? Or is this a red-herring and I should be looking at some other fix? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.