Hello,

I have recently been looking to do some clean up on my car's paint, and I stumbled across some rust on the hatch door hinges. The rust seems to be coming from water that flows through the narrow gap right before the beginning of the spoiler. Is there suppose to be some sort of weather stripping here?

When opening up the rear hatch, I can see that the water irrigates through the sides as evidenced from the trail of dirt left behind. I'm concerned with this issue because it seems like the water has no where to drain out and it eventually seeps into the cover behind the rear taillights. I am already suspecting that rust has begun to form behind these covers as I saw slight bits of orange near the top of the cover.

Has anyone had any issues like this before?

It looks like I am going to have to take my car to a body shop to get that hatch door hinge cleaned out and possibly re welded.

Please see below for my picture references. Any help would be greatly appreciated, thank you!