It’s too early in the morning for this

Re: It’s too early in the morning for this#257527

By flames1971 - May 7th, 2009, 4:36 pm

- May 7th, 2009, 4:36 pm #257527

jcmanson wrote:About a month ago I realized my car was leaking somewhere and letting rainwater in, but it only happens after very heavy downpours. I have yet to be able to find out where it is coming from to seal it. Well, after it raining all night long, I go out to my car this morning to head to work. As I step into the car I realize the floor of the car has about 2-3 inches of standing water. I wasn’t too surprised by this so I headed to the gas station right around the corner to fill up and vacuum the water out of the car. Well, their vacuum is broken. I figured I stop at one on the way into work.

About 6-7 minutes down the road I hear this loud crackling noise. It sounded like a bomb exploded in the back seat of my car, but the noise was constant. After almost crapping myself I realized it was the speakers in the car which sounded like they were all about to explode. I figured water must have gotten into them. I was almost to the gas station at that time, and I pulled in to vacuum the water out of the floorboard. The crackling noise only got louder and louder. I swore it sounded like my car was about to blow up. I decided I’d stop by the mechanic after getting the water out of the floorboard, but as soon as I got back in the car the crackling noise stopped. I was thinking maybe it was just a little water in the speakers and it had eventually dried up and I would just go to work instead of the mechanic. So for the next 4-5 minutes, silence. Then as I pull into the parking lot it started up again. Then stopped again.

I don’t know what to do with that piece of junk.

If you have the money, I would recomend getting some kind of Honda. My Dad is a mechanic and the only cars he recomends are Honda and Toyota. When my Mom got her Ford she liked it at first but now all she will drive is her Honda.

SuperJon wrote:We're not building a 60,000 seat stadium. We're building a 30,000 seat stadium. The 60,000 number is when our grandkids have grandkids at Liberty.

#257534

By HenryGale - May 7th, 2009, 5:01 pm

- May 7th, 2009, 5:01 pm #257534

jcmanson wrote:Now my dog is missing...

This is quickly turning into a BJ Williams story...

You are up a river of excrement in a native american water vessel without any means of propulsion

**R.I.P JT 4-28-09**

#257537

By matshark - May 7th, 2009, 5:06 pm

- May 7th, 2009, 5:06 pm #257537

RubberMallet wrote:hyundai and kia are blowing gm and chrysler out of the water...how sad is that.

the genesis made my list of cars to look at when im in the market again. the sedan though.

not hard to do when chrysler and gm have a band of suited thugs holding a proverbial gun to their heads and driving costs through the roof.

"The mat is my ocean. I'm a shark. Most people don't even know how to swim.... And your kung-fu floaties are no good here..."

Re: It’s too early in the morning for this#257542

By LUconn - May 7th, 2009, 5:26 pm

- May 7th, 2009, 5:26 pm #257542

flames1971 wrote:
jcmanson wrote:About a month ago I realized my car was leaking somewhere and letting rainwater in, but it only happens after very heavy downpours. I have yet to be able to find out where it is coming from to seal it. Well, after it raining all night long, I go out to my car this morning to head to work. As I step into the car I realize the floor of the car has about 2-3 inches of standing water. I wasn’t too surprised by this so I headed to the gas station right around the corner to fill up and vacuum the water out of the car. Well, their vacuum is broken. I figured I stop at one on the way into work.

About 6-7 minutes down the road I hear this loud crackling noise. It sounded like a bomb exploded in the back seat of my car, but the noise was constant. After almost crapping myself I realized it was the speakers in the car which sounded like they were all about to explode. I figured water must have gotten into them. I was almost to the gas station at that time, and I pulled in to vacuum the water out of the floorboard. The crackling noise only got louder and louder. I swore it sounded like my car was about to blow up. I decided I’d stop by the mechanic after getting the water out of the floorboard, but as soon as I got back in the car the crackling noise stopped. I was thinking maybe it was just a little water in the speakers and it had eventually dried up and I would just go to work instead of the mechanic. So for the next 4-5 minutes, silence. Then as I pull into the parking lot it started up again. Then stopped again.

I don’t know what to do with that piece of junk.
If you have the money, I would recomend getting some kind of Honda. My Dad is a mechanic and the only cars he recomends are Honda and Toyota. When my Mom got her Ford she liked it at first but now all she will drive is her Honda.

Is he an import mechanic?

*please disregard this post if dated before 2017 and accept my apologies*

Re: It’s too early in the morning for this#257548

By flames1971 - May 7th, 2009, 6:42 pm

- May 7th, 2009, 6:42 pm #257548

LUconn wrote:
flames1971 wrote:
jcmanson wrote:About a month ago I realized my car was leaking somewhere and letting rainwater in, but it only happens after very heavy downpours. I have yet to be able to find out where it is coming from to seal it. Well, after it raining all night long, I go out to my car this morning to head to work. As I step into the car I realize the floor of the car has about 2-3 inches of standing water. I wasn’t too surprised by this so I headed to the gas station right around the corner to fill up and vacuum the water out of the car. Well, their vacuum is broken. I figured I stop at one on the way into work.

About 6-7 minutes down the road I hear this loud crackling noise. It sounded like a bomb exploded in the back seat of my car, but the noise was constant. After almost crapping myself I realized it was the speakers in the car which sounded like they were all about to explode. I figured water must have gotten into them. I was almost to the gas station at that time, and I pulled in to vacuum the water out of the floorboard. The crackling noise only got louder and louder. I swore it sounded like my car was about to blow up. I decided I’d stop by the mechanic after getting the water out of the floorboard, but as soon as I got back in the car the crackling noise stopped. I was thinking maybe it was just a little water in the speakers and it had eventually dried up and I would just go to work instead of the mechanic. So for the next 4-5 minutes, silence. Then as I pull into the parking lot it started up again. Then stopped again.

I don’t know what to do with that piece of junk.
If you have the money, I would recomend getting some kind of Honda. My Dad is a mechanic and the only cars he recomends are Honda and Toyota. When my Mom got her Ford she liked it at first but now all she will drive is her Honda.
Is he an import mechanic?

Actually, no...He's a diesel mechanic...He and his friend co-own a shop where they fix busses and heavy-weight trucks and tractor trailors (and tractors occasionally)

SuperJon wrote:We're not building a 60,000 seat stadium. We're building a 30,000 seat stadium. The 60,000 number is when our grandkids have grandkids at Liberty.

#257549

By 4everfsu - May 7th, 2009, 7:25 pm

- May 7th, 2009, 7:25 pm #257549

Your leak maybe coming in thru your windshield molding. On my old buick I would have a puddle of water on the passenger floor during a hard rain.

I have a 97 Toyota and love it, would buy another one when I have too

“If you're not a liberal at twenty you have no heart,
if you're not a conservative at forty you have no brain.”
Sir Winston Churchill

Speak little, do much!
Ben Franklin

Lynchburg Baptist College class of 1975

#257557

By JK37 - May 7th, 2009, 8:44 pm

- May 7th, 2009, 8:44 pm #257557

jcmanson wrote:
LUconn wrote:How the heck is a 9 year old car leaking that much water anyway? Do you have a sunroof?
Yeah I do. That's not where the water is coming from though. It's the wierdest thing. The only thing that gets wet is the floorboard.

Oh and I will never buy a Mitsubishi again.

Creepy! I owned an '02 Lancer up til last year. Had the exact same prob, only in passenger floorboard. Took it to dealership. Its a faulty seal at the base of the windshield. The water runs down the vents there and into the floor. Take it in and get the seal redone.

Are you having any trouble with the A/C fan?