Hi everybody,

Hopefully someone can help, as this is driving me mad now. For quite some time now I've had water in the driver's footwell of my Rio Strike. There's no obvious inlet. I've checked around doors and windows,(I've powdered them and drenched the car and there were no internal water runs etc), the door seals seem fine, and there is no sun roof.

Initially it was looked at last summer and the garage claimed that it was the scuttle panel, which was cleared and I managed to get the car seemingly dried out during decent weather, but when the rain started again - as soon as I put my feet down on the floor mats they started soaking up the water that must have flooded in again.

It has been looked at again recently and I was told that the leak seemed to be coming from the driver's side of the windscreen, and to get a re-seal or replacement on the insurance. I tried to do this but when they guy arrived to carry out the work, he said that the seals etc were fine and that he was pretty sure the water wasn't coming in via the window. It's so saturated in the footwell that the water has soaked through to the rear well, and mould issues have appeared and spread across the carpets also. So it's getting pretty bad.

Has anyone had/got the same problem and, if so, any ideas as to what I can check next? When I called my Kia garage, despite still being under warranty, I was told it was 'likely wear and tear' and the probable bill for the work to pinpoint the leak would be ridiculous. I'm cheesed off as it's not an old car and is extremely low mileage, plus I can't afford to fork out hundreds of pounds for it at the moment. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Many thanks