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Have also found my 2001 3 door 1.8L Focus is getting water in the boot/hatch. I noticed this on the RH side as the foam bit stuck to the boot carpet piece was all wet. Also some water had entered the spare wheel well. I removed the RH interior piece of carpet that covers the RH wheel arch. There is a square piece cut out where you can see a vent with a thin fabric cover over it. The water is getting through only when it rains and the car is parked. The little space/well though the square cut out is where the water collects and eventually runs over the small lip and into the spare wheel well. I have had the RH light cluster off/cleaned and applyed silican around the 2 peg holes and where the screw goes in but it still leaks! It is a slow process as ive had the hosepipe on it and it takes ages for water to come through. Does the black rubber strip on the roof edges (2 of)that runs from front to back pull out? Anybody any ideas?
Butty
York

I've discovered the same problem on my sons 2003 ST. I was scrtching my head with this one as the obvious entry poins for water appear fine. I've found what appears to be a vent which is located inside the void behind the wheel arch and where the water collects before it spills over into the boot. If this proves to be the source of the leak, it looks like the rear bumper will have to be removed in order to sort the problem out??

hi i,m matthew McCann i,m a focus expert have u tried welding all yhe doors an boot up and climbing in an out the windows like in the dukes of hazzerd i can hlep with this if u want call me matthew . 07592892831

The carpet in the boot of our 2001 Focus was wet. I found that the channel just above the boot opening (near the hinges for the hatch) had a big build up of debris from dead leaves and dirt. I cleaned all the channel at the top and also down both sides. During heavy rain I think that water was spilling over the seals because it couldn't flow away quickly enough. Since I did this several weeks ago, the boot has stayed dry so I'm confident that this must be one of the problems that causes the leaks. Hope it helps someone else as well.