I have the same problem on my daughter's 2002 Accord. Thanks for going to the trouble of making this video. That looks like a really good and longer-lasting solution. I guess I'll start figuring out how to remove the headliner.
KingBaconMonger glad it helped. I know it took me a little while to find the leak. After watching several videos on how other people fixed it, I thought there had to be a better way.
There is a video on RUclips which explains how to remove the headliner. It is a tedious job there are a number of things which have to be removed. You will need regular and Phillips screwdrivers plus a 3/8 drive 14mm socket and ratchet (that is for the shoulder belt anchor pivots) in order to do the removal. I chose not to try the extension at the wheel well end as there is just not enough working room at least in the front. I got the clear vinyl hose at Home Depot and the hose barbs and spring clamps at Ace Hardware.
@@1575murray Not enough working room in the front? You are SO right! I had the same problem first on the driver's side where it was extremely difficult to work with just one hand, but then it happened on the passenger side and that was just impossible.
@@KingBaconMonger I haven't finished working on mine yet. I had to go to Harbor Freight and get a set of extra long nose pliers as my hand is too big to reach far enough in to grab the hose and push it back into the outlet. I will check the driver's side too although I haven't had any problems on that side and will also check the rear ones while I have the headliner out.
I ran into this problem and I just fed a 1/4” hard plastic air line right through the original hose from the top all the way to the boot at the bottom. Then I screwed it to the side for support with a 1/4” plastic cable clamp. I sealed the top with Flex Seal after I plugged the hose to keep the flex seal out it. Two years later still no more leaks.
Its just alot better just to replace the tube. Less money, better, and just as easy. All i recomend is to tape the new hose to the end of the old hose and pull it out that way.
That is an option for sure. Pulling the old hose while trying to feed the new hose can be pretty tough to do by yourself though. I had the hose clamps and hose laying around my shop so the only thing I had to buy was the hose barbs, which I think I paid about $2 for.
I just finished the same fix on my 2002 Accord SE. It wasn't easy to get the headliner out but I found that this way worked out the best. I didn't want to try replacing the entire hose so I just got some 3/8 x 1/2 plastic hose, two hose barbs, and four spring hose clamps at Ace Hardware. It turned out that both front hoses were disconnected but the rear ones in the trunk were OK. To me there isn't enough room on the passenger side to try to add a piece under the dashboard.
This should be called Shade Tree Pro fixes. These are too good to be regular shade tree fixes. lol Thanks for this great video. You're doing good work here.
See this video. Yours may be slightly different depending on the model but it gives a pretty good general idea of how to get the headliner out. ruclips.net/video/yNwPbKfQWzs/видео.html
I went into front both sides. Drivers side waaaay easier than passenger side. Both drain tubes out of lower 'boot'. 3/8" male-male connector from auto parts store is 7cm/ 2.5" long... push hard into drain tube end as far as you can, then place connector extended tube into the boot (very challenging passenger side). Get extra-long extension needle-nose. You're done. No chance that connector tube extension pops out. My gawd this was a horrendous thing. Great car otherwise. Been a month, all dry, water runs into wheel well both sides.
I don't know how hard it is to do it on the passenger side but I've been searching for the connection tube on the driver size for 1 hour under the rain and no youtube video showed me how to access it. I started reading forums which were more useful than RUclips wasting my time with at least 2 ads and the RUclipsrs wasting half of their video in theoretical explanation but not showing the job done. I ended up finding that the drain was hidden and I need to remove those wires and may be the fuse box. Now I'm searching a video which will tell me the consequences of disconnecting any of those cables or fuses(I can't believe those important things get ignore by all RUclipsrs showing sunroof drain fix driver side).
@alfaralph7710 You are correct, tubes are hidden behind the wiring harnesses. Disconnect battery before disconnecting the wiring. They are different sizes and configurations if memory serves, so you cannot mix them up. Passenger size had a couple bit similar but you can't mix them up by mistake... even though I tried. Ha. Reverse the process when you're done the tube addition reconfiguration. Everything should be fine.
@@deanrobert9953 Thanks for the tips. I had to give up on it because it was getting darker at night time and drove the car home with the rain water pouring on my left foot. I'll check it tomorrow!
wheres the access to the bottom/floor/wheel well nozzle for the drain on the drivers side? I think my drivers side rear drain has pulled out since its leaking in the drivers side back seat floor. Front pulled out of the drivers side underneath but i can/fixed that already. Just wondering where I can get access to that one at on that side im not finding any answers or diagrams online.
The rear drain tubes run into the trunk and drain into the rear wheel wells. If you pull out the trunk lining on the sides you should see the tube running into a boot similar to the front.
@@Tony28337 ok sweet I really didnt know where to look for it ill take a look and see if thats where mine is. I was thinking it was inside the cabin but didnt know where the "boots" as you call them were located in mine for the rear.Is it in the trunk thru the rear or under the trim from where the back seat folds down? lmk
@@shadetreefixes3899 yeah no shite I got to my front one and had to squeeze down (seat only goes back so far) and could only get one hand on it enough to temporarily push the tube back into the boot it shrunk so i might just get another small piece of tubing and couple them up..but at least for now it should stop dumping up front.
@@shadetreefixes3899 I found it...by just temporarily pulling back the liner/half of it. Its hardshelled/tempered so its not like a older toyota where you can just pull ir apart by section. Yeah its by the gas tank release cable in the wall its still connected and doesnt look clogged and ZERO water/wetness around it. So that ones good. Wonder if its just my front one leaking into the left paneling onto drivers side floor and seeping back into the backseat since thats where it stops/dead ends. So it all collects there. Ceiling isnt wet at all so i doubt the clamps failed at the sunroof itself.
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Great idea! 👍🏻 I will probably do this to guarantee no leaks in the future.
Fixed mine just like you did. Thanks for the info, much appreciated. No more wet floors
I have the same problem on my daughter's 2002 Accord. Thanks for going to the trouble of making this video. That looks like a really good and longer-lasting solution. I guess I'll start figuring out how to remove the headliner.
KingBaconMonger glad it helped. I know it took me a little while to find the leak. After watching several videos on how other people fixed it, I thought there had to be a better way.
There is a video on RUclips which explains how to remove the headliner. It is a tedious job there are a number of things which have to be removed. You will need regular and Phillips screwdrivers plus a 3/8 drive 14mm socket and ratchet (that is for the shoulder belt anchor pivots) in order to do the removal. I chose not to try the extension at the wheel well end as there is just not enough working room at least in the front. I got the clear vinyl hose at Home Depot and the hose barbs and spring clamps at Ace Hardware.
@@1575murray Not enough working room in the front? You are SO right! I had the same problem first on the driver's side where it was extremely difficult to work with just one hand, but then it happened on the passenger side and that was just impossible.
@@KingBaconMonger I haven't finished working on mine yet. I had to go to Harbor Freight and get a set of extra long nose pliers as my hand is too big to reach far enough in to grab the hose and push it back into the outlet. I will check the driver's side too although I haven't had any problems on that side and will also check the rear ones while I have the headliner out.
I ran into this problem and I just fed a 1/4” hard plastic air line right through the original hose from the top all the way to the boot at the bottom. Then I screwed it to the side for support with a 1/4” plastic cable clamp. I sealed the top with Flex Seal after I plugged the hose to keep the flex seal out it. Two years later still no more leaks.
This was very helpful, thank you so much. I did this job yesterday 100% based on this video. Success!
Glad I could help
Its just alot better just to replace the tube. Less money, better, and just as easy. All i recomend is to tape the new hose to the end of the old hose and pull it out that way.
That is an option for sure. Pulling the old hose while trying to feed the new hose can be pretty tough to do by yourself though.
I had the hose clamps and hose laying around my shop so the only thing I had to buy was the hose barbs, which I think I paid about $2 for.
I just finished the same fix on my 2002 Accord SE. It wasn't easy to get the headliner out but I found that this way worked out the best. I didn't want to try replacing the entire hose so I just got some 3/8 x 1/2 plastic hose, two hose barbs, and four spring hose clamps at Ace Hardware. It turned out that both front hoses were disconnected but the rear ones in the trunk were OK. To me there isn't enough room on the passenger side to try to add a piece under the dashboard.
Yeah, the bottom end on the passenger side is in a really tight spot.
This should be called Shade Tree Pro fixes. These are too good to be regular shade tree fixes. lol
Thanks for this great video. You're doing good work here.
GREAT viedo thank you exactly what I have!
Glad it was helpful!
Interesting !! Mine just started- Drivers side.
I’m sure the leak is at the bottom elbow, since my floor board is wet - in most cases !!!
Glad I finally found my solution thanks a million
Glad I could help
Hello. Thank you for this video. What size tubing did you use? I need to do this surgery myself soon! Thank you!
I used 3/8” i.d. X 5/8” o.d. tubing. You should be able to find it at pretty much any hardware store.
@@shadetreefixes3899, I appreciate you! Thank you so much for this information!
Same repair for my issue just reverse. The sunroof plug is OK. Where it meets at the boot on the front it's unplugged.
So fix the top, push the original tube down and jus slip the boot back over the bottom. Got you
Yep, it's been a little over 6 months since I fixed my daughters car this way and no more leaks.
@@shadetreefixes3899 great
i finally found this, i thought the leaking was from somewhere else
bless you!
Thanks for that
How do you take the headliner out
See this video. Yours may be slightly different depending on the model but it gives a pretty good general idea of how to get the headliner out.
ruclips.net/video/yNwPbKfQWzs/видео.html
Helped a lot thank You
Thank you man
Thanks bro that helped a lot :D
Where do you buy the tubing and connectors???
I actually had the tubing left over from another project but it and the hose barbs came from a local hardware store.
I went into front both sides. Drivers side waaaay easier than passenger side. Both drain tubes out of lower 'boot'. 3/8" male-male connector from auto parts store is 7cm/ 2.5" long... push hard into drain tube end as far as you can, then place connector extended tube into the boot (very challenging passenger side). Get extra-long extension needle-nose. You're done. No chance that connector tube extension pops out. My gawd this was a horrendous thing. Great car otherwise. Been a month, all dry, water runs into wheel well both sides.
I don't know how hard it is to do it on the passenger side but I've been searching for the connection tube on the driver size for 1 hour under the rain and no youtube video showed me how to access it. I started reading forums which were more useful than RUclips wasting my time with at least 2 ads and the RUclipsrs wasting half of their video in theoretical explanation but not showing the job done.
I ended up finding that the drain was hidden and I need to remove those wires and may be the fuse box. Now I'm searching a video which will tell me the consequences of disconnecting any of those cables or fuses(I can't believe those important things get ignore by all RUclipsrs showing sunroof drain fix driver side).
@alfaralph7710 You are correct, tubes are hidden behind the wiring harnesses. Disconnect battery before disconnecting the wiring. They are different sizes and configurations if memory serves, so you cannot mix them up. Passenger size had a couple bit similar but you can't mix them up by mistake... even though I tried. Ha. Reverse the process when you're done the tube addition reconfiguration. Everything should be fine.
@@deanrobert9953 Thanks for the tips. I had to give up on it because it was getting darker at night time and drove the car home with the rain water pouring on my left foot. I'll check it tomorrow!
wheres the access to the bottom/floor/wheel well nozzle for the drain on the drivers side? I think my drivers side rear drain has pulled out since its leaking in the drivers side back seat floor. Front pulled out of the drivers side underneath but i can/fixed that already. Just wondering where I can get access to that one at on that side im not finding any answers or diagrams online.
The rear drain tubes run into the trunk and drain into the rear wheel wells. If you pull out the trunk lining on the sides you should see the tube running into a boot similar to the front.
^^^ What he said ^^^ ;-) The ones in for the rear drains are much easier to get to than the front.
@@Tony28337 ok sweet I really didnt know where to look for it ill take a look and see if thats where mine is. I was thinking it was inside the cabin but didnt know where the "boots" as you call them were located in mine for the rear.Is it in the trunk thru the rear or under the trim from where the back seat folds down? lmk
@@shadetreefixes3899 yeah no shite I got to my front one and had to squeeze down (seat only goes back so far) and could only get one hand on it enough to temporarily push the tube back into the boot it shrunk so i might just get another small piece of tubing and couple them up..but at least for now it should stop dumping up front.
@@shadetreefixes3899 I found it...by just temporarily pulling back the liner/half of it. Its hardshelled/tempered so its not like a older toyota where you can just pull ir apart by section. Yeah its by the gas tank release cable in the wall its still connected and doesnt look clogged and ZERO water/wetness around it. So that ones good. Wonder if its just my front one leaking into the left paneling onto drivers side floor and seeping back into the backseat since thats where it stops/dead ends. So it all collects there. Ceiling isnt wet at all so i doubt the clamps failed at the sunroof itself.
How do you get the headliner out??
This video gives a pretty good general idea of how to remove the headliner.
ruclips.net/video/yNwPbKfQWzs/видео.html
This has to be the reason because my driver's side carpet is soaking wet. 1998 honda Accord ex
What does the boot look like
Google Honda part# 70052-S30-000 for an example of what the boot looks like.
Mines leak too...
I got mines fixed last night. No more leaks.