Flooded passenger footwell

[Saintless]

I encountered the same issue... Son & I went on trip together this summer and after about 3 hours of driving, he noticed the floor board was soaked on passenger side.

I pulled the carpet back and found where the AC drain tube had popped up & out of the hole within the floorboard (design flaw imo), and the AC condensation was just running into the car floorboard instead of out & underneath as intended.

Vacuum as much water out as possible, and let air dry. Push AC drain tube back into hole. Epoxy (not permanent in case need to remove later) around drain tube at floor board, so tube will not accidentally back out again. Replace carpet back into position once dry. All done.

Too be honest I am unsure if the guys that did work on my stereo speakers accidentally pulled the drain tube out by mistake, or if I may have hit something underneath in road, forcing tube back up through hole. Either way, epoxy will hold in place and should resolve issue.

This is my experience, YMV. Good Luck!

[Saintless]

Originally Posted by TonyTDT

Is anyone able to verify that the hose underneath the passenger side footwell is the ac drain line?? It was underneath the carpet. I figured the drain line would be in the engine bay but couldn't find it.

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Yes it is, you are correct. See my post above for corrective action. Simple fix.

[FRSNewb]

Had the same problem with a clogged AC hose, except the water was pouring onto the floor mat, not under the carpet. Took it to the dealer and they fixed it for free (under warranty).

[Celadrielas]

I'm honestly a little disappointed to read about another potential issue. Since buying my car I've had crickets (fixed once by dealer before I was a forum member), rattling in rear (Fix by foam by dealer), more rattling in rear (They want my car for 5 days to "find the location of rattle" but won't put me in a loaner), Radiator exploded (Dealer said no known cause and replaced the entire cooling system tubing and new radiator after doing a leak down on motor), Engine sounds like I need to adjust the valves...almost gruff like 2-stroke or turbo Diesel (dealer says valves are self adjusting but admitts it sounds off), Cam locked electronically skipping timing (yeeeaaaaa....), and now this scares me.

I either won the unlucky lotto or something, but I bought this vehicle used in March (2014) and it's a 2013 with 24,905 on it and until *VERY* recently, it was babied. I love my car, but have to say... if I get out to the parking lot to find someone slammed into it and totaled it, I doubt I'd buy another Ft86.