The rubber that connects the door to the A pillar is just a flexible conduit for the cables. When they are ripped, there is a higher chance that the vac cables inside will chafe or get cracked. One of mine did because of a decayed rubber tube. No big deal, it just took a lot of time to diagnose.

Leaks on mine were the windshield, the AC drain tube, and sedimented up hinge drains. Persevere and eventually you will get a dry car.

alec

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