my 1999 MBZ 500SL starts leaking whenever I put the top up.

Asked by rayceni Sep 17, 2013 at 05:14 PM about the 1999 Mercedes-Benz SL-Class SL 500

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

With the hard-top up/on I hae no problem as soon as I put the soft-top up I get a leak underneath the car. The drip comes out of two drainage holes near the rear bumper.

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water getting in boot stowage area at trunk ,shrukin canvas no doubt, they always shrink after a few years, sometimes even pull apart at seams sometime

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