When I was messing with my speakers in my rear doors last night, I removed the speaker and it was all wet. (I had just washed the truck) The whole inside of the door was wet. There was about a inch of water sitting on the bottom of the inside of the door. This was on both rear doors of my 04 screw.
This can't be good or right. It won't be long before every thing starts to rust in there. Not to mention my speakers.

Is this normal? Has anyone seen this before? Those of you that installed new speakers in the rear doors and know how to remove the panel may want to check this out next time you wash it or right after a rain.
I didn't check, but am sure the front doors are doing the same thing.
This is not good at all. Might have to check with the dealer about this one.

Even if you did not change the speakers you can bet your getting the same water in you truck doors. Looks like water can get in there in the crack on the back of the rear door on the outside. No rubber along the window at that point.

 

I guess no one has come across this problem. You would have only come across this if you took you door panel off right after you washed it or it rained. Not likely done by most people. You may want to start checking your trucks since we all have the same rear door designs.

 

Water gets inside the doors of every vehicle. There is no way to keep it out. The trick is to make sure that what gets in gets out. There should be drain holes in the bottom of the door.If they are not there or plugged water will stay inside.Ask dealer to check if holes are there.

Mike

 

I didn't know that. Seems odd. So everyones door speakers (stock are not) are getting wet. Not to smart of a design. I'll have to figure a way to stop them from getting wet. They won't last long the way it is now. Worst part is my whole speaker was covered with mosture, not just water dripping on them from above. Not sure I can stop that at all. That sucks!!!

 

That cant be right, what about crossovers and all the wiring. I know some water will go into the door, but back out again. I will be changing my speakers out in a week, I will check this out as well.

 

Did you power wash it? Do door is going to keep water out under high pressure.

 

Wires yes, but the crossovers are in my door handle on the inside of the plastic. They should be fine.

I just use a garden hose to wash. No more than rain would do. I will check it again after a rain to see how water is in there.

I was floored when I saw this. I had to blow dry my speakers to get the mosture off all the connectors, cone and baffle.

I am really concerned about them shorting out are something.

 

That would mean in a year or so the wires would just rust and everything would be ruined? Why would Ford do that? You would think after a 100 years of making cars and trucks they would come up with a proper design??

 

Is it one door or both/all four? What is the condition of the outside weatherseal that rubs against the window when the window goes up and down? The weatherseals should press against the window (no gaps).

 

Like Dr No said, all vehicles get water inside the doors. I had a 2000 BMW 328i that had a seal inside the door that the dealer never could get sealed back up right after changing out the window motors. Water would leak into the door wells then build up and spill over into the floor board. A common problem a lot of owners were having. I found this out online and told the dealer how to fix it. Anyway our truck doors have pretty big slits at the bottom of the doors for water to get out. I sure hope there isn't a design flaw inside the door where water will get trapped. I don't want to go thru the water in the door issue again. The BMW dealer caused more problems than fixing the problem. I might have to do some testing on this issue.

 

Both back doors, I have not checked the front doors yet. The weather seal looks good, just like it did the day I got it. Nice and tight aganist the windows.

I can understand that it is suppose to be that way with the drain holes at the bottom, but you can't tell me that it is designed so that the speakers get wet. There is no way that can't. They mount through the plactic, which I guess is what is suppose to keep the water in the door and not in the truck.

 

I tear apart cars and trucks every day for almost 15 years putting in mobile electronics. Most cars and trucks the speaker basket gets wet in some form.
Like others have said, the water should drain out of the bottom of the door either by a small hole, or a couple of rubber plugs that need to be removed.
You can purchase aftermarket rain guards that cover the top of the speaker. Just check with your local stereo shop or places like JC Whitney!

 

Thanks, that's the info I am looking for.