Passenger seat belt wet?

Mikefairladyz

Hi guys. First excuse my english because i speak french. I have the same problem and i think that today i found what is the problem. I have remove all the the plastic interior from the seatbelt to the trunk. After i have put a lot of water on the car. The problem seem to be the two small round plastic cap on top of the trunk. When there is to much water it goes in then it fall in the interior and it go down to the seatbelt. I have patch them with eurethane. I will wait 48h then i gonna see if it still leak.

david81968

Thanks for the investigative work Mike! It makes sense. Let us know if it works.

SouthArk370Z

If this turns out to be the cause of Wet Belt Syndrome, you will make a lot of people happy. Thanks for sharing.

A picture or three would be helpful.

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Mikefairladyz

I have try to put 2 pictures but it did not work. I guess i am doing something wrong.

JARblue

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Mikefairladyz

Does somebody know why these plug are there ?

4mula1Z

Those 2 plugs are what house the wiring going from the interior of the car to the back window for the window defroster, and were NOT the cause of my seat belts getting wet. (See Above Post)

Mikefairladyz

What year is your car?

4mula1Z

After 3 trips to the dealer, My Nissan dealer could not figure this out. I discovered the issue and and took it back for a 4th time. The panel that runs above the window, from the windshield to the back window, has clips holding it in place. Those clips have a rubber seal where they meet the chassis. That rubber either deteriorates or distorts to allow water underneath. That is the cause of the wet set belts. I had my Nissan dealer replace both panels AND the clips, AND reinforce the rubber barrier, and so far, no wet set belt. Picture attached.

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OhioYJ

So today my passenger side seat belt was wet. Searching I came across this thread. I assume this is the plug you are referring to:



That plug had water underneath it on the passenger side, but was dry on the driverside. The car was also parked in a manner that would help encourage water to drain towards the front (which I would assume towards the belt).

There is also this one in the center, I assume it couldn't hurt to seal this one up as well?



Anyone had any problems with the wiring leaking? Should I worry about these?