Hello fellow PM friends! I thank all of you who have shared your situations and solutions regarding this water/leak issue. If it wasn't for this forum, you, and a very kind face book group individual, I would still be sitting here perplexed.
In mid July of 2020, I purchased my NEW 2019 136 WB low top (i'm short, so it works for me). She, yes my van is a she, has nearly 100 miles in total on her. She was seemingly fine except for the tire sensor light that wouldn't go off even after the sales guy sent me off the lot promising that they topped off the air and that in "10 miles, it should go off". Needless to say the light didn't turn off. I still proceeded to do a complete buildout which is why I didn't drive her too often yet. The buildout never integrated into any of the vans systems whatsoever (There's a reason why I'm sharing that detail), and she drove/worked just fine after I completed the buildout.
Less than a week ago, I went to bring her in to the dealer for an appointment that I had made to put on a hitch...This is when things got crazy. I turned the van on and released the parking brake and prepared to drive. She started up just fine but all of her instrument warning lights were illuminated. I turned her off and waited a few moments then proceeded to start her again; all of the lights were, once again, on. I then proceeded to move forward and prepared to head to the dealership when I noticed that my speedometer and tachometer were dead--Flatlined. I then tried to turn on the a/c and it, too, was dead. Then I tried to turn on the signals, hazards and the radio screen, those were also not responding. Needless to say, I delivered her to the service department and was treated like an idiot that must have done something to cause this new vehicle to have the above mentioned and visibly evident issues. They have had her for days and can't identify anything that would cause this and even tried to get me to commit (at my expense) to see if the buildout caused this because according to the rep "that is the only thing that they believe could make this happen". I was livid because I knew and conveyed to them that it would be IMPOSSIBLE for the buildout to have in anyway affected the van in this manner. I was gutted. But now, I am oddly relieved because I realized that just before this all happened, we had torrential rains that lasted for several straight days (I'm in Florida, the it can rain slates of water in every direction state)... I fully believe that my van's issues are the result of the rain that compromised the electrical and engine compartment.
I now have information and hopefully some answers that I can share with the perplexed and quick to blame service rep and techs.
I immensely THANK YOU for sharing your experiences regarding this matter. You have given me hope that this van I owe on can be repaired by the dealer and appreciated once I also implement some of your awesome solutions.
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