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Originally Posted by hankd
ok great thanks. i can close my hatch and every time it will power itself shut like it normally does, so that is good to know. i removed the back panel and it was still wet inside but not soaked.
i noticed my rear windshield would kind of intermittently go up and down real jittery when i used the dash window control. so maybe the rear hatch area just needs to keep drying out. there was a large split in the little rubber conduit hose that the wires go through go get to the hatch so i think that may be how the water entered.
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If that wire conduit is spit then it's possible that that a wire or two has also been stressed to a point that one or more could be broken and erratically making a connection, the conduit been split means it has flexed enough over time to split/crack, the wires inside could of also suffered from the flexing.
There would have to be a LOT of water getting in there to cause everything to short out, having a roll down window the hatch is not design and can't be designed to keep all water out so the wiring and components in there are also design to operate with some amount of water getting into the hatch and if it did short out from water there should be blown fuses!
As stated you can't keep some water from getting into the hatch, there are drains on the bottom of the hatch to allow the water to drain out, if there's a noticeable amount of water in the hatch when you open it, as in you can hear it in there then your drains are clogged and need to be cleaned.