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Old 05-24-2009, 06:01 PM
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I was driving today and I noticed water started dripping from behind my glove box down onto my passenger side floor mat. I had the AC on so im assuming its just condensation but I want to make sure this is somewhat normal. Does it sound like anything I should be concerned with?
 
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Old 05-24-2009, 06:19 PM
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Happened with my old 93 Civic, but on the drivers side, right next to the floor a/c vent. I think it's normal, just condensation like you suggested.
 
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Old 05-24-2009, 06:21 PM
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I would check your ac drain pipe it might have come undone.
 
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Old 05-24-2009, 06:31 PM
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this happened to my civic before. I would find water on the passenger side carpet whenever i turn on the AC. For some reason it does not happen anymore so i'm not sure what going on there. not sure if this is normal or not, since the problem went away i completely forgot this happen to my car until you posted this thread
 
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Old 05-24-2009, 07:04 PM
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K. Im going to just ignore it then and see if it goes away too. I was just worried because on all of my last cars when water leaked onto the floorboard it ended up being the heater core lines breaking. Slightly different location but this is my first Honda so just wanted to be cautious Thx for the input!
 
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Old 05-24-2009, 07:05 PM
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Forgot to mention, it went away with my car too.
 
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Old 05-25-2009, 06:42 AM
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ya its the drip drain... it should not drip in your car tho... the drain tube is clogged up.

very simple to fix! pull off the rubber hose that does into the bottom of the black plastic ac ducting and pull it out from the floor... its not secured any way just sitting there.
what commonly happens is dirt and mud clogs up the hose which just makes it build up in the car since it cant drain....
just pull the hose out and run water thru it from your sink or garden hose till it flows freely and just to be safe use a pen or stick and stick it thru the hole in the ac ducting to ensure nothing from the inside is clogging it. it could have some leafs debri inside it.

the drain hose hole does thru here i believe
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very easy!

or if your to lazy sometimes geting a underbody car wash can clean out some of the dirt/mud on the end of the drain hose. its just easier to pull the hose and rinse it out.
 
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Old 05-25-2009, 02:33 PM
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That was exactly it. Took 2-3 minutes tops to find it, wash the crap out of it, and put it back in. Thanks a bunch!
 
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Old 05-28-2009, 09:58 PM
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So it happened again today... hose is still clean. Its too late to mess with tonight so tommorow im gonna try to dig around in the ac ducting. Hope its just a simple clog.
 
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Old 05-28-2009, 10:21 PM
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From the looks of the front bumper, has your car been in a wreck? if so, has your windshield been replaced?
 


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