Chevrolet: Wet Trunk on my 2006 Malibu!

On Fri, 14 Nov 2008 19:00:10 -0500, Chuck <com> wrote:
 

Could be a torn seal or bent flange. The flange is the mating area that
the seal closes against. Easy way to check for seal on trunk lid leaking
is to use some cooking oil applied to the ENTIRE flange; carefully close
the trunk lid slowly until it latches.....DO NOT SLAM. Open and see if
the seal has oil on the ENTIRE seal perimeter. If there are any dry areas
on the seal, that is probably where your leak is occuring. The fix is to
bend/spring the flange so that it touches the seal and you can see that
oil is coating the seal in the dry area.
You may have to coat the flange a second time depending on how heavy the
cooking oil is that you are using. Always coat the flange and not the
seal as the oil is easy to see on the seal and not the flange.

Also, a leak can be coming from below, so remove the carpet and check
around there for a missing plug or a split seam especially around fender
wells and the spare tire well if you have one.
Good luck,
MR