Watch Gallons Of Trapped Water Drain Out Of Early VW Group SUVs

Most cars have design flaws in one way or another, but the way early VW Group SUVs trap gallons of water over time is insane - check out these ridiculous videos of the draining process
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Do you ever hear a watery sloshing noise when you pull your car up at the kerb, or at traffic lights? Maybe it’s just the petrol tank… or maybe it’s several gallons of water hiding inside your bodywork.

Owners of first-generation Volkswagen Touaregs, as well as the Audi A7s and Porsche Cayennes based on the same platform, have been reporting vast quantities of water getting caught inside the chassis. Videos of the draining process have been picked up by Jalopnik, and they’re jaw-dropping.

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In the first couple of clips you can see the insane amount of water that flows freely out of an early Touareg and a MkI Cayenne. How exactly the water is getting in there seems to be up for debate, but it builds up over a period of years until there’s a small child’s worth of extra weight swirling and sloshing around inside your car’s hollow bits.

The problem on these cars isn’t limited to the hollow sills. More videos are out there showing the small pond’s worth of liquid, leaves and other crap that builds up in the drains that descend from ahead of the windscreen.

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When they’re not cleared out regularly, they block, back up and can force water to enter the cabin via the footwell. Wet shoes, anyone?

The Touareg, Q7 and Cayenne all look like bargains in the classifieds, now that emissions regs and fuel costs have made cars like that so undesirable. But, if you do buy one… clean out the drains ASAP.

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countachfan69 (anti-sex obsession squad)

that’s just a feature, along with emission-test cheating technology.

02/16/2018 - 01:48 |
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ThatMercFan🅱️oi (EDM ftw) (Likes Aventadors) (O

In reply to by countachfan69 …

kekerinos

02/16/2018 - 03:17 |
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Anonymous

OMG this explains the wet carpets in our Q& tdi ! dammmmitt youuuu

02/16/2018 - 02:30 |
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Anonymous

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

q7**

02/16/2018 - 02:31 |
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Simon Wyatt (four arm squad)

Now, this is why if you have to go to a hot dry place you take a VW SUV, Just imagine. Person 1: We have no water left in our cars! Person 2, Nah. Don’t worry. I still have 7L in my car. Person 1: How? Person 2: JUst have to drain it out from the chassis

02/16/2018 - 03:47 |
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Anonymous

Rain water harvesting.

Car collects water during rain and returns to the dry ground and helps with ground water and other shlt

02/16/2018 - 09:46 |
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redflamexfire(R32 squad)

I would rather make it a fish tank.

02/16/2018 - 15:07 |
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Anonymous

i had this up until recently on my 2005 peugeot 206

02/16/2018 - 15:48 |
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Joel Peñaló

Next VW Scandal: Volkswagen Hoarding Water From Desolate African Villages

02/16/2018 - 17:03 |
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Anonymous

so when your Audi or VW breaks down you have free water to top up your radiator with.

02/16/2018 - 18:50 |
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P5 Ford

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

So much win on this meme.

03/22/2018 - 17:13 |
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Anonymous

At least the water is clear, not rusty brown.

05/04/2018 - 04:15 |
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