Yes certainly. Quite common I believe. I haven't bothered about it though as to date it hasn't got any further than the lock. Might have a Problem with ice in winter though.

 

http://www.alfaowner.com/Forum/alfa-giulietta/333441-tailgate-water-ingress.html
Mine was finally fixed recently and I was told some mastic seal in the tailgate had been missing. There are also fixings for the top spoiler that were sealed. The plugs along the bottom of the tailgate are missing since the repair which appears to have worked .

 

Very common and dealers are aware, had mine sorted under warranty

 

The dealer who finally fixed mine claimed they'd never seen another case ...

 

Getting mine looked at this week.

Also have a dribble of water up the middle of the back window (inside) when I lift the boot sometimes, and after this weeks torrential rain.. for the first time.. water actually dribbling out of the joins in the interior plastic trim of the boot lid when I lift it up.

 

Mine had a pretty soggy day yesterday down at RIAT at Fairford. I checked the boot lock out when we got back to the car and it was dry - phew!

 

Yes very strange, mine had a puddle a few weeks back but since then with all the rain & also washing the car weekly the bootlock has remained dry

 

Ditto

Poured down the other day.
Latch recess full of water, drip down window inside, water dribbling out of interior trim.

Dried it off

Poured down even harder all day the next day.

Checked afterwards. All dry as a bone.
Bizarre.

 

I get this intermittently. From what I have read on the forum in the past, it seems very common problem. My dealer has looked at it twice and is having it back for another go when parts for nav trim come in. The last time they looked at it they seemed to think it was coming from rear wiper mount.
If you have this issue and think it is not major. Make sure you check the spare wheel compartment. On mine the water runs down through the hole in the plastic trim for the latch and builds up in the wheel well. Not good.

 

Well they replaced the rear wiper arm seal washer today.
I'll let you know if that fixes it

 

Mine was apparently some missed mastic and possibly coming through the spoiler fixings when the spoiler fills up with all the water as the tailgate is opened.So far third time lucky fixed with no attention to wiper seal .

 

Visited the dealer today - Alfa sent them solution for the problem - 3 small gaskets in the boot lid have to be changed. Unfortunately they haven't got any yet.

 

Not the plugs along the bottom of the box section?
That was the first "fix" mine had a year ago .Now it has none at all . Perhaps to drain better.....

 

Maybe we're thinking about the same thing - excuse me my English, please... 3 small gum parts (maybe you can call them "plugs"). What do you mean by "box section" exactly?

 

The plugs I am talking about were in black plastic and came in design with or without a hole in the centre.Sounds like the same ones you refer to.

 

Yes, precisely.

 

I also got those plugs replaced yesterday by the dealer like the service sheet tells. Been raining whole night here so I checked the boot this morning. Result is still the same, still water there. Next trip to the dealer in august.
Maybe I should just take them out so it drains better like on cue2's car..

 

Well. Rained all night. Checked this morning and recess/trim is dry as a bone.

Had a look at my plugs. Outer 2 are solid. Middle one has 2 drain holes in it.

They also replaced my high level brake light yesterday as water was getting into it. Don't know if that is related.

 

Since the dealer is on summer holiday I tried to investigate the problem myself. Found out that it appears to be the rear wiper arm seal.

I removed the plastic cover from the inside from the trunk( 2 screws and 4 clips) so I had a full view on it. Then I simulated some rain I saw on the inside that the water is getting in along the wiper seal.
Its not much but its enough to slowly fill the very small edge just under the window, when thats full it just drops down.
It drops down either towards the plug hole in the center, so the water gets out(with the new plug) or in my case down to the boot look and spare wheel compartiment.

I'll give it a try and start with sealing out & inside wiper seal with loctite. Could also replace the rubber but as its the same part it maybe could happen again in a year or so I think.

 

I got this exact same problem this weekend

 

Loctite 5910 or a simular product between the rear wiper rubber and the glass did the job here. No water in bootlock since.

 

Mine is into the dealers tomorrow to hopefully sort this out

I'll post later on the outcome etc.

 

Interested. Mine's still leaking.

 

I had this appear after i put the car through a car wash.

I don't usually but i had to visit a client and didn't have time to wash the car.

Definitely the wiper seal.

 

i've got this as well now. seems from what most people are saying that the rear wiper seal is the most likely culprit. need to book my car in and get it sorted. not been a major issue yet, but the weather's getting worse and i don't want a soggy boot!

 

MInes at the Dealers for this right now .... I'll update with their findings etc :thumbs:

 

Just picked the car back up...

New seal on the rear wiper arm fitted .... waiting for three new rubber bungs (vented) that fit in the bottom of the rear hatch door.

Apparently there is an 'open campaign' by Alfa for this warranty fix :thumbs:

 

When my car was in for the rattles I mentioned about water pooling in the boot lock they replaced the bungs for vented ones but there is still some pooling so looks like the wiper arm seal needs changing ....

 

Mine did this 3 days on the trot about 2 weeks ago.
I put a little smear of silicon grease under the wiper seal and its been fine since and it rained very heavy here last night.

 

Mines been in today - solution: realign the tailgate. Had the hose on it and now it doesn't leak! apparently. Definitely needs more effort to solve it.

Also changed offside door speaker because that was cutting out intermittently from start up and tried to solve rattle on nearside front window by lubricating it. We'll see how we get on.

 

Realign the tailgate?! Can you elaborate?

 

Those were the words they used. Compared to the way it used to shut the bump stops are wound right in and it needs a good slam. Looking at the shut line across the roof (roof to tailgate) the tailgate is definitely tighter to the bodywork.

Part of my problem was that when you opened the tailgate there was a bead of water around the edge of the rubber seal as well as water in the well so to speak. Anyway, we'll see how it goes in the rain.