[Crazy Pete]

I have a brand new 2014 Ram 1500 Sport. We got a pretty good rain storm last night. When I opened the door this morning, my feet got water dump on them. It’s kind of hard to explain, but it’s like the rain got past both sets of door seals and the water was sitting on the inside door sill…almost like the door seals had it damned up waiting for me to open the door. When I looked closer, it appears to have some water right on my interior door plastic panel on the bottom were the 2nd interior door seal rests. Could the water be getting in from the door handle or window or is this ok (i.e. normal) for the 4th generation Rams? This is my 1st Ram. All of the doors seem to have this water, but the driver’s side front and back were the worst. I don’t see how this is happening. The seals look good to me. I need to point out that I do not have any water getting inside as far as I can tell…seats, carpet, etc are all dry. I can duplicate this by spraying a garden hose on the doors.

 

[tweener439]

Ya something seems off there. There shouldn't be any kind of down pour when you open a door. I wonder if the intended path for runoff is blocked by an out of whack seal or something.

 

[Jabalone]

Mine does the same.

 

[Frank ZZR]

Same.....

 

[jrtubb]

My door jams will have water that will dump out each morning after heavy down rain the night before. Nothing is wet inside the cab.

 

[canadian.bacon]

mine does the same with the read doors, both of them. i havent noticed it on the front doors.

 

[dleininger]

Same here the last time it rained REALLY hard, 2014 Laramie.

 

[Crazy Pete]

Thanks guys for the replies. Makes feel better. Seems like its just the way the door seals are designed and work. Not the best design in my opinion....it's the first vehicle I've ever owned that did that and I've had a lot of them.

 

[SShadow1974]

I haven't noticed that on my truck. I'll have to take a look next time. One difference I may have is my driveway is slightly inclined, so maybe it just drains away.

 

[Rambunkshuss]

Many years ago, automobiles had rain gutters above the doors, not so much today.
Engineers complained that rain gutters effected air flow, (during the mpg race)
so away the rain gutters went... now you get wet... thats your trade off.

For those that have water running into the cab onto the inside door panel,
put piece`s of paper at several points around the door, close it, see if you can pull the paper out real easy, if so, door close adjustment is needed. Tighter door, water less likely to leak past the seal. You may have to bend the window frames inward slighty as well. (do window frame bending with windows down of course) Kinda old skool, but it helps diagnois and help repair door/water leaks without wasting time going back to the dealer.

 

[Fullmetal]

I have just noticed some water on door sills after a car wash.

 

[Rambunkshuss]

I have just noticed some water on door sills after a car wash.

If you used a high pressure carwash, to be expected... high pressure water CAN blow past the door seals.

 

[Crazy Pete]

So, my dealership basically did nothing when I asked them about the water build up on the door sill. My OCD was never gonna let that slide, so I took the door panels off today to look for myself. It makes sense when I looked at it. All autos will have some water get by the seal where the window slides down. I can see where Ram designs the inside of the door to handle this. You can see in the pic below the big weep holes on the bottom where this water is supposed to get out from the inside of the door. When working like that, all is good. What I discovered when pouring water on the outside of the door is that some of the water that gets past the window seal drips on the window track. That water follows the window track down where it finally leaks where your inside plastic door panels meets the door. I would have to believe that this is not by design on purpose, but more of a consequence of a poor design. Short of throwing silicone sealant there, there's not too much you can do about it. Living in the rust belt, my only concern is/was corrosion, but I’m sure I would have traded this Ram in long before there’s a major rust issue. I just thought I would sure my findings, since all of our trucks are the same design in this regard. Cheers!

 

[jrtubb]

Thanks CP for the info. I noticed this week I've been parking facing up hill in my drive way and no water when I open the door even with all the rain we have been having. I usually park facing down hill so that the doors for the kids don't slam closed on them while they are getting in the truck. I think it ends up polling up forward while facing down hill.

 

[thebluegoat]

I wonder if they've changed something since the 2011's that would make that happen. Mine has never had that happen.