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Moonroof leaking water

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2024 Platinum owner here. I've had water leaking through the moonroof causing musty smell. Also had the recall/TSB work done on the moonroof, however, it seems to be getting worse.

Took it to a drive thru car wash today just to get a decent handle of how much water was being let in, and it seemed like a lot. Is this normal water drainage/leakage?

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I’m no expert on the subject but it is designed to “leak” into channels that then drain down the A and C pillars to the ground. Your video seems excessive tho.
 
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Open your roof and make sure the seals are intact. That's an excessive amount of water, should be easy to tell where it's coming in.
 

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I was reading up on the ICE forum about conditioning the seal and found this stuff was HIGHLY recommended. Just treated my seals today and the difference is pretty big

https://a.co/d/hzp8R3O
Name of that product just rolls off the tongue don't it? lol
 

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This is certainly not a Lightning issue as it seems all (maybe not 100%, but...) F150's since they went to aluminum have sunroof leakage. One main reason I opted for the Flash, even if it meant having clothe seats, which is fine for me.
 

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This is certainly not a Lightning issue as it seems all (maybe not 100%, but...) F150's since they went to aluminum have sunroof leakage. One main reason I opted for the Flash, even if it meant having clothe seats, which is fine for me.
Pre-aluminum...

The roof drains are likely clogged.
 

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Wow, that’s a lot of water! Mine is ‘24 Lariat and I was planning to go to the dealership and do the “Trough Assembly “ , but seeing what they did yours I’m so hesitant now. 25B08 is the campaign number, I’m not sure if I want to do the repair cause I don’t see a problem now.
 

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Also have a 24 platty, performed CPS work and they found a clogged drain. Being in the southwest Its a great idea to lube the seals with 303 car seal maintainer.
 

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Also have a 24 platty, performed CPS work and they found a clogged drain. Being in the southwest Its a great idea to lube the seals with 303 car seal maintainer.
What is “CPS work”?
 

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If I remember correctly, there was a post here that the OP went into detail how they cleaned and conditioned their sun/moon roof track/drain/seal
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