Q: I have water that's getting inside my drivers side back door and floor. What could be causing this?

asked by on January 02, 2017

When I open my driver's side back door after it rains I can hear water splashing around inside my door and my floor is soaked with water.

My car has 88000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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