Water leak/ingress-footwell/boot/windscreen info

Oh dear another car, built in a hurry? thankfully had no such problems so far just a flat battery which my local EH sorted out in just ten minutes, interior boot light was staying on. Not sure if some posters will remember but we had a Mondeo, when they first came out (our last Ford) going forward a loud creak was heard from windscreen area, took car back luckily they heard it and sent for Ford's Tech's they apparently x-rayed the front stantions and discovered missing welds, the car was replaced, but that car turned into a dog and we moved onto Toyota's.

The Kuga went into the dealer today, they reproduced the leaking tailgate and adjusted the secondary tailgate strikers and were unable to get it to leak, so time will tell how well they did.

They failed to wash it however, despite the promise they would and advising them at drop off it needed to be done as part of the sales process.

ade wrote: hi called into local dealer today about my tailgate leaking.They had one in this week traced fault to lower spoiler leaking requires rear window removing then spoiler off to reseal.Booking mine in soon.

Hi the lower spoiler is the one where the ford badge is across the length of the tailgate.

I was cleaning the inside of my Kuga today when I noticed the carpet on the passenger front & rear foot wells was wet (wet enough enough to see water when depressed). I have been away for 3 weeks and left the car on the drive with the front slightly up hill (no more than a couple of degrees). Has anyone any idea where the water came from? I had a similar problem on my old VW Passat when the plenum chamber was blocked. This caused some severe problems as the ECU was in the passenger foot well and ended up badly corroded. Hopefully it is not in the same place in the Kuga. Are there any drain holes in the plenum chamber area of the Kuga? I noticed that there are rectangular holes in the body work on both sides where the wings meet the base of the windscreen and think that they may be some form of drain. Interestingly when I poke my finger into the hole on the passenger side it seems to be blocked by soft plastic or foam. The other side is not blocked.