26 Wet boot problem The Electrics, Dashboard and Heater
Citroen XM Internet Reference Version 1.0 47
3/3/99
26 Wet boot problem
Look underneath the boot lining material on the left hand side. I always get wetness there after rain -
WHY?
Congratulations - you’ve found the single most annoying XM fault!!!
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Note, the problem is not the roof rack holes.
It’s raining in Hampshire today. I opened the tailgate and noticed waterrunning correctly down the
aperture surround and it occured to me that a possible source of aquatic ingress might be the lower strut
mounting which on my car has a rubber grommet to prevent water from doing just this. Now on older
cars, the grommet may have stiffened and thereby allows water to seep past it. Can’t imagine why it
should be confined to only one side however.
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If you have asun roof and the drains are bloked then water spills out into the boot did this on my bx gti
and on my xm ,fiddly to clear but it cured my problem,(in the bx you could hear the water in the rear roof
pillers.
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The pipe for the rear window washer runs behind the trim at the far rear of the headlining... it has a join
in there which had separated.
Easy fix... very baffling at first though!
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Some of the earlier XM's had a small defect that caused wet rear ends when it rained. Yes, mine suffers
from this problem too. I have still to determine the cause of this one. If anyone out there knows more,
I'd be delighted to hear from you. I have heard of someone who managed to cure the problem by
removing the little bit of triangular trim from above the rear door and filling the space with mastic then
replacing the trim.This bit of trim has to be cut out of its housing and I'm a bit doubtful about trying this
little job!
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