jeff-tx Posted April 7, 2013 Report Share Posted April 7, 2013 Hey Fellow C-MAX Owners, I was washing my car this afternoon and while drying the hatch door, I noticed water trapped behind a clear sticker that is covering what looks like a drainage hole. I pulled the sticker off and let the water out, but I'm wondering if that sticker is supposed to be there, especially if it's keeping water in the hatch door. There was no water behind the passenger side hole, also covered with a sticker. The center of the door had a hole that wasn't covered. Do you all have these clear stickers applied on your hatch doors? Is there water behind them? Peel-off or re-apply? Thanks!Jeff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RachelnLa Posted April 7, 2013 Report Share Posted April 7, 2013 Hmm, i do have those on my hatch door and I have left them there. I will have to check when I go back out to the car! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VirginiaRick Posted April 7, 2013 Report Share Posted April 7, 2013 I just checked my hatch door. I see the three holes but there isn't any sticker or tape covering them over. VR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PWBarrett Posted April 7, 2013 Report Share Posted April 7, 2013 I didn't see anything that looked like drainage holes, or tape. Where are they? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wab Posted April 8, 2013 Report Share Posted April 8, 2013 Three holes (on the bottom of the hatch) outside two are covered. No water. Water in there doesn't sound good, needs checking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtb9153 Posted April 8, 2013 Report Share Posted April 8, 2013 I checked my SEL hatch and there are clear stickers over both holes on either side. No signs of water or moisture, but then it hasn't rained here much in the last month or so. I've never washed my CMAX since buying it in September, but the dealer did once after it was in for service. But I didn't check these areas since I didn't know about this, so who's to say if there was moisture behind them or not? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TxTom Posted April 8, 2013 Report Share Posted April 8, 2013 I have clear "stickers" on the driver's side and passenger's side "drain" holes, and no "sticker" on the center hole. No evidence of water ever in the outside holes, and have had the car washed 3 times since new in January. There is however a small, white speck of something visible on the inside of the passenger side "sticker." Never noticed that bit before. Maybe the angle of the hatch design allows the water to flow to the uncovered center hole for hatch drainage? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeff-tx Posted April 8, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 8, 2013 Thanks everyone for checking their hatch and letting me know. I guess those stickers are meant to be there for some reason. I wash my car weekly with a regular bucket and hose, no high-pressure washer or anything so I don't know how the water is getting into the hatch. For now I'm going to just leave the sticker off on the driver's side and wait and watch to see if the passenger side traps water. Perhaps it is designed to completely drain out or dry out normally after a few hours. I did see the water right after washing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PWBarrett Posted April 8, 2013 Report Share Posted April 8, 2013 Can somebody with the holes/stickers post a picture?I'm thinking that they may have added the drain holes later builds. I did notice once when I opened the hatch after washing the car, that a little trapped water poured out from somewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wab Posted April 8, 2013 Report Share Posted April 8, 2013 (edited) Here's our 1/14/13 build date. There really should not be any water in there.Lots of stuff in there that does not like water! wab Edited April 8, 2013 by wab Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PWBarrett Posted April 9, 2013 Report Share Posted April 9, 2013 (edited) Ah!It was so hard to see on the blue that I looked right at it and missed it at first.I've removed the stickers on ours. Edited April 9, 2013 by PWBarrett Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StoBro2 Posted April 9, 2013 Report Share Posted April 9, 2013 Since the sticker covering the driver's side weep hole in my hatch was buckled so there was an opening anyway, I just removed it completely. I removed the passenger side one as well. It seems to me if they were supposed to be permanent, they would have been more substantial. I had a few things that either Ford or the dealer missed at delivery, like a couple of loose screws that should have been holding some interior door panels on, one of the in-the-edge-of-the-door reflectors sitting in the door pocket, the sunglass holder only hinging on one side, etc. And I never got the center console cupholder divider-thingy, either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill-N Posted April 9, 2013 Report Share Posted April 9, 2013 FWIW, my SEL has the two outside holes covered; middle hole uncovered. TxWally 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FoutsNC Posted April 10, 2013 Report Share Posted April 10, 2013 I noticed mine when I was doing the walk around at the dealer. Neither the sales rep or I could figure out why they would be covered, so I took them off. I haven't noticed any issues because of it and I haven't had any rain water sitting in there. As someone else pointed out, water sitting in there for a while steaming everything up is probably not a good thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan McEachern Posted April 10, 2013 Report Share Posted April 10, 2013 (edited) The bigger issue here is, how is water getting inside the hatch? Obviously it us better to remove the stickers and let it our, but it really, really, should not be getting inside that space. Edited April 10, 2013 by Ryan McEachern Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnOhio Posted April 10, 2013 Report Share Posted April 10, 2013 I had tape over the 2 outside holes None on the center. I removed the tape as a precaution. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurel Posted April 10, 2013 Report Share Posted April 10, 2013 (edited) We have the SEL bought at the end of November. I just went to look at the hatch and we have two stickers on--driver and passenger side and a hole in the middle with no sticker. I will just leave them on until I ask the service guy next month if I should take them off. Since it seems to be a common theme to have two stickers on and one off, I think there is a purpose to them. Edited April 11, 2013 by Laurel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VirginiaRick Posted April 16, 2013 Report Share Posted April 16, 2013 Mine did not have the stickers covering the holes, but if some of the units are coming to the dealer with them still in place, it looks like the dealer might not know to take them off. http://www.fordtechservice.dealerconnection.com/content/pdf/2013_C-Max_Pre-Delivery_Service_Record.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArizonaEnergi Posted April 16, 2013 Report Share Posted April 16, 2013 I had tape over the 2 outside holes None on the center. I removed the tape as a precaution.Same here and I left them on as a precaution. (Pending futher study!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digitlmem Posted July 17, 2013 Report Share Posted July 17, 2013 I have the identical issue. C-Max SEL two weeks in and I hear water sloshing around inside the hatch door (it has been raining ALOT in Atlanta). I'm pulling the stickers off of the drainage holes now. There's no way that something so flimsy was meant to be permanent so I'm betting the dealer just never took them off. The bigger issue is why is water getting in there at all. I'll follow up if I have and definitive answers. Cheers, J Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homestead Posted July 17, 2013 Report Share Posted July 17, 2013 Wonder why they are putting the tape on there in the first place? My SEL had the two outside holes tapedbut the middle one was open. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
METROMAN Posted July 18, 2013 Report Share Posted July 18, 2013 My center hole was uncovered, side holes taped up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grggwlkr Posted July 22, 2013 Report Share Posted July 22, 2013 Is it water or sprayer fluid? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Posted November 2, 2013 Report Share Posted November 2, 2013 I was washing my C-Max this morning and checked the lift gate drainage holes: two were taped-which I removed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wab Posted November 2, 2013 Report Share Posted November 2, 2013 ops I meant to update this a month ago, thanks Tom. I pulled ours off last month and a spoon full of water came out of the passenger side.It was clear, maybe condensation? wab Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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