Help needed!!! Condensation in the rear
 

I test drove a 09 40k 370z n when I inspected the trunk it had condensation on the spare on the wheel...normal? Other thing I noticed was that the rim was upside down in there, does that seem normal since the cars I had in the past had the spare facing up? Can anybody go outside n check their spare if the wheel has condensation at your guys' earliest convenience?


I made a similar thread but it was a bust since it got really off topic so please stay on topic

None on mine, but that doesn't mean anything is wrong with that one you drove.

shouldnt have condensation back there.

donut facing down is normal

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I would make sure the carpets or seat are not damp.

If they are either it was left withe windows open or the windshield/rear hatch seal is damaged.

I would check to make sure that it wasn't in a flood or something.

Have someone run the VIN as a safety precaution

I checked the carpet in back but not wet or damp...I'll ask for a car history report. Salesman also said that it was recently pressure washed

Were they pressure washing it from 6 inches away?

But again it's the dealer washing it so it's NOT surprising.

Make sure whatever you have an issue gets fixed and if they make a promise be sure you get in writing.

Once you sign on the dotted line you're officially screwed.

Good Luck.

... Do not buy the car!!! A solid few dozen of is said it... Find another one, I'm REALLY sure they're out there

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I agree.

If there's any hesitation move on to another Z :driving:

There should be zero condensation in the lights and the spare well, regardless of whether it was pressure washed or not.

The light, by itself, is not a big deal. Sometimes the seal leaks. Seller should replace the light.

The damp spare worries me. Probably a hole in the floor or a leaky hatch seal. But it could be a poor cleanup job after a flood.

The two combined sounds to me like something has happened to the car (flood/wreck/&c).

As other have suggested, I advise you to RUN, not walk, away from that dealer. At best, he/she is misleading you.

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The first 30 posts of the last thread on this car said the exact thing. BUY A DIFFERENT CAR.

:bowrofl: okay I'll run n not look back..thanks to all

while doing dynamat, i think i remember seeing drain holes in the trunk. i suppose if they pressure washed hard enough it *could* back into the car. :confused:

You mean photoshopping dynamat in your trunk, lol


There are drains, but those aren't budging even with a pressure washer pointed directly at them.

Most likely it was in a fender bender and they didn't put the weather strip on correctly

Run away? $20k for an 09' with 40k miles that comes with a small jacuzzi in the hatch sounds like a GREAT deal to me! I'm sure if you requested, the salesman may throw in some little gold fishies inside your tail lights ;)

And never trust CarFucks... I had a dealer showing me a Maxima that had a clear CarFucks and I showed that it had paint overspray. Hell, look up my mom's VIN, I guarantee it doesn't show a single thing besides MAYBE 5 oil changes at the dealer...


Her bumpers have been painted 10 times each because of fender benders

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C'mon, only good info for the OP, no sarcasm!!! Lol

How many posts of ppl telling him to stay away will be enough to get it through to him that it's a shitty deal? Here's an idea, let's make another thread asking the same question, but this time add a poll yea? :tup:

He got it a few posts back bro! Don't be sour! His last thread got so far derailed we might as well have been arguing about which place makes better Pizza, KFC or McDonalds

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Let me just ask this.

If it's been as cold around here as else where, the car was brought inside to be pressure washed where I'm sure it was plus 65* and I'm sure the inside was cleaned so the doors were open...how could a fast 70* rise in temp NOT condensate on everything metal?! Aluminium is a great conductor and surely will condensate with an increase of that size specially with the back side of the wheel not being painted like the inside of the car. He didn't notice it on anything else because of the carpet. My mom has a garage heater. If you pull in, in the winter with that thing going, the WHOLE CAR will sweat its balls off. Condensation galore!

NEWS FLASH PEOPLE. Look at almost any cars seat rails if its from a cold winter state. You'll always find rust! Why? Because getting into a car the floor will stay the coldest as you heat the car up with the heater in winter. Condensation ALWAYS occurs there because its bare metal and they don't normally paint it well. Plus a car doesn't breath well. Your house doesn't condensate because the roof is properly vented in the attic. If it's not, watch any home show...mold will grow up there.

Everyone thinks wet ness or rust comes from a flood, or spill, or carpet cleaner. All these cars plus the 1000 others didn't have all have that happen. It's no big deal. Hell at my moms the dash and steering wheel will sweat and they're plastic and pleather.

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Assuming the cover was in place, ambient temperature changes shouldn't cause noticeable condensation on the spare tire (since the OP thought it was significant enough to ask about, it probably wasn't a light sheen) ... unless there was some water in the well. There shouldn't be any water in the well. Add in the fogged light and I believe there is a problem somewhere. But I haven't seen it in person, so you could be right.

They might include some gold fish since there was condensation on the right take light as well