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Defroster / AC condensation overflow plugged?
TL;DR: AC/defroster condensation overflowed into my passenger footwell, how do I keep this from happening again?
About a week ago I had a ~5 hour drive home pretty much entirely through a rainstorm. Most of the drive was after sunset. Due to the humidity / temperature combo I needed the defroster on pretty much the entire time.
As the drive went on, I began to hear some sloshing when I made turns. I assumed that it was just condensation from the AC and maybe some rainwater gathering under the heat exchanger for the AC/defroster.
About 30 minutes from home, this sloshing sound turned into a spraying sound whenever I made a left turn (highway speed, long duration turn). I assumed this was that water from the AC/defroster spraying out under the car somewhere, probably into the right front wheel well due to the location of the sound.
When I got home and reached down to pick up the trash from my dinner out of the passenger seat footwell, it was soaked. Apparently this water was draining out of wherever it was sitting into the passenger footwell when I was making left turns. By the time I was able to clean it up there the floormat and carpet underneath were both soaked through.
Has anyone had something similar happen before? I'm thinking there's a drain somewhere that is probably plugged. I do park under a tree so I'm thinking maybe some leaves got in there. Does anyone know where this drain is?
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