Rainwater in footwell

Hello,

you may like to check your wiper-arm spindles. usually these wear to the point where the spindle becomes loose in its bush letting water in. (Grab hold of each wiper arm, try to rock it, and see if there is any lateral play at the spindle.) There should also be a tight fitting plastic cap over each spindle and this tends to become brittle and crack with age. The caps are a about £1 and a temporary fix is to fit new caps, packed with water-proof grease. But the full fix involves a new wiper-arm/spindle set. (search past posts for 'wiper spindles'.). It's a common problem and lets more water in than you'd imagine.

Other possible leak areas include windscreen rubbers, sunroof drainage, if you have a sunroof, and missing or damaged plastic barrier sheet behind the door-cards. Don't want to scare you, but on older cars, there may be some corrosion on the windscreen frame, under the rubber edge, preventing a good seal.

You should also check for old leaves and other debris at the bottom of the air-intake box on the engine side of the front bulkhead. If the drain-holes at the bottom become blocked, it will fill with water and damage your heater blower motor and allow water into the cabin.

However, from what you described - water running down accelerator pedal -  it's more likely to be the wiper spindles or the windscreen rubber. seal.

   2X wiper spindles 80 euro 

    complete spindles incl linkage 202 euro