Water in the Cab of 2011 Ram 1500 Outdoorsman

[apanfil]

After periods of prolonged or heavy rain, I was experiencing water in the under seat storage compartment of my truck. Doing research online, I assumed it was a faulty seal around the third brake light, which in this instance was not the case.

The leak was coming from the rubber vents located against the back wall of the cab. They are visible if you look through the gap between the outside wall of the cab and the front of the bed. The only way to replace these vents is to access them through the cab by removing the back seat.

Apparently Dodge has a design flaw with the original vents and is aware of the problem. The dealer installed the redesigned vents, which so far has stopped the water flowing into the cab.

If you are experiencing this issue, I hope this post will save you some time and aggravation in pin pointing this problem.

 

[Hemi450hp]

First off, welcome to RamForum. That is a great first post. I'm sure this is going to be very helpful for many guys.

 

[trev]

I had the same problem a few months back when I had some bad rain, resealing my third brake light stopped all that.

 

[Thor09]

My 09 had to have the rear window seal replaced for a water leak. My 12 has also leaked in both rear corners. The dealer resealed the 3rd brakelight and checked the window seal also. Luckily I've been bone dry for 1-2 months but thanks for the new info, I'll have to check those spots out if I see anymore water.

 

[shibby927]

Welcome to the RF. It is in fact an awesome first post! Thanks for posting this up in case someone else might have this problem!