WATER LEAK INTO TRUNK,OPENED SEAMS UNDER TAIL LITE

Applicable Models

Model Starting S/N Ending S/N
1999 PROTEGE 00000000 ZZZZZZZZ
2000 PROTEGE 00000000 ZZZZZZZZ

0003245 Dealer Repair Information

Customer complains of water in trunk. Water is noticed in spair tire and

side quarter panel wells, and in extreme cases overflows into passenger
compartment.

Inspect body seams under rear tail light for being opened. This
condition can be caused by vehicle being moderately rear ended. It is
very important
that the vehicle is closely inspected for accident damage. It has been
reported in some cases that bumper cover showed no to only slight damage

but once removed more damage was evident on the bumper reinforcement.



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