2018 Cascadia Issues and Tips - General Use

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  1. STexan

    STexan Road Train Member

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    Regarding the company Cascadia, 2018, auto I have. There are a few issues I was wondering if someone might could help with, but my biggest concern right now is

    Is there any common issues of water leaking reported to their tech department. Mine is leaking somewhere, and mostly end up dripping down from the front upper cabinet area, near the windshield, driver side. It takes in water moving or sitting, and tends to dump it in shallow right turns after enough has accumulated. It's almost ruined my GPS. Had to rig some plastic around the quick-connecter area. It was quiet one night when it was sprinking and it seems I could hear a barely discernible "drip drip" up in the front upper cabinet area on the passenger side, well up behind the assembly somewhere. Marker lights seem all tightly screwed down and seals appear good.

    It has been to a dealer once already for this issue a few months ago. Not sure what they did (if anything), but it had zero affect on stopping or slowing water ingress.

    Can they not "pressurize" the interior cabin and use soapy water on the outside to look for air leaking from areas that should not be leaking? For some reason, I'm not very sure it's the windshield seal, but it could end up being that.

    Feel free to use this thread for any other issues you may have. I will likely post some other nuisance issues here again, in the future.
     
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  3. DUNE-T

    DUNE-T Road Train Member

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    Freightliners have been leaking forever as far as I know, can't believe this problem still exists
     
  4. TheDudeAbides

    TheDudeAbides Medium Load Member

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    This was a big issue on the Kenworth T680’s as well when I was with USA truck several years ago. They had to have the windshields re-sealed on most of the units
     
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  5. mitrucker

    mitrucker Road Train Member

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    The T680’s leak water through the marker lights. KW came out and “repaired” mine. It leaks worse now than it did before the “repair”. I’ve even had water dripping from the CB speaker grille.
     
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  6. Brandt

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    My 2017 Cascadia company truck leaks water from the right above the windshield. It drops onto the dash and fm radio and sometimes it drips in the dash gauges. I think it the windshield because I have found little glass chips on the dash before. In the snow you can see that white salt dust inside the cab on the split windshield bar.
     
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  7. sealevel

    sealevel Road Train Member

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    Lol. It's funny you bring this up. I have been having the same problem on perfectly dry days. I'm convinced my issue is caused from the bunk heater causing condensation on really cold nights. Condensation builds up behind the insulation in the roof and drips out on the dash as soon as I make my first turn in the morning.
     
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  8. STexan

    STexan Road Train Member

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    Our shop guy said there is some sort of drainage system in the top of the cab to deal with condensation. It's supposed to have a drain hose running down the A pillar. And said those can sometimes become clogged or kinked.
     
  9. Brandt

    Brandt Road Train Member

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    I did notice when it was really cold their seemed to be a lot of water dripping on the dash and stuff. Maybe their is truth to the drainage tube thing. I been in truck wash and no water dripping. Seem s like some day it stay dry. Then couple days or weeks later water just pouring from the plastic we're the sun visor is.
     
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  10. STexan

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    All I know is, if it rains for an hour or even less, it will be dripping water in the immediate hours that follow [mostly in turns]
     
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