Water in passenger doors

[Mmart]

Does anyone else deal with this? My left passenger gets rather full sometimes and it’s ridiculously slow to drain out. I’m sitting out in the cold today letting it run out because temps are supposed to drop below freezing tonight.
Looking for a quick tip to draining it out before I start to drill more holes in it.
Thanks

 

[99WhiteC5Coupe]

Does anyone else deal with this? My left passenger gets rather full sometimes and it’s ridiculously slow to drain out. I’m sitting out in the cold today letting it run out because temps are supposed to drop below freezing tonight.
Looking for a quick tip to draining it out before I start to drill more holes in it.
Thanks

The problem has been discussed on this forum many times.

Remove the rectangle, black plastic inserts at the bottom of the doors - they easily snap out. Use the non-clasp end of a sturdy zip tie to push into the opening, to help remove the debris and let the water drain out. Don’t use a metal tool, as it may scratch the paint and lead to corrosion.

I’m not sure why Ford installed the plastic inserts in the bottom door drain openings, but there must be a reason (I just don’t know what it is).

Drilling more holes will lead to corrosion.

 

[Mmart]

The problem has been discussed on this forum many times.

Remove the rectangle, black plastic inserts at the bottom of the doors - they easily snap out. Use the non-clasp end of a sturdy zip tie to push into the opening, to help remove the debris and let the water drain out. Don’t use a metal tool, as it may scratch the paint and lead to corrosion.

I’m not sure why Ford installed the plastic inserts in the bottom door drain openings, but there must be a reason (I just don’t know what it is).

Drilling more holes will lead to corrosion.

Thanks for the info, I don’t like rehashing popular topics but I haven’t had the greatest luck with the search on this forum. I noticed if I push up against one of the inserts the water will start to pour out of all the other holes, seems like it’s almost a vacuum in there. It only happens to one this one door and this time around it had a lot of water

 

[Trainmaster]

The plugs are there to stop dust, a problem in some markets.

 

[vincentrose]

I had that problem too, I could hear the water sloshing around every time I moved the door, so I shoved a stick up the drain hole to unplug it, and the water drained out like a faucet

 

[99WhiteC5Coupe]

Thanks for the info, I don’t like rehashing popular topics but I haven’t had the greatest luck with the search on this forum. I noticed if I push up against one of the inserts the water will start to pour out of all the other holes, seems like it’s almost a vacuum in there. It only happens to one this one door and this time around it had a lot of water

No problem - I mentioned that the issue has been discussed because it seems to be a common problem on the 3rd generation models.

The plastic inserts have small nubs which are designed to prevent the inserts from fitting tightly against the drain opening - they just don’t seem to be designed well and prevent water from draining.

Good luck.

 

[Mmart]

I actually posted to a thread about this over the summer. Thought I had this issue figured out. This time around I think there was at least a gallon and a half of water in there. It took a lot more effort to empty the door out this time. With the big swings in the temps this was the first time I had to think about it freezing in there. It’s bad enough that the window motor in that door is useless in the cold so it may be time to give it a look.

 

[Anthony DeVor]

I had the same issue in my 17 Expy, it legitimately had 2 GALLONS of water in the rear passenger door and the other doors had little residual water in them, but that is because the drains in the bottom of the door were clogged.