Get inside your hatch when it is raining or with someone spraying with water hose. It is difficult, but you will be able to identify the source of the leaks with help of flashlight.
Your tail lights will be leaking for sure. Use butyl rubber per this article to repair: Tail light leaking article
If you dont have time for the butyl rubber method, dig out some of the old butyl rubber(without removing lenses) and seal with silicone.
OTHER SOURCES OF LEAKS( easy to fix with goop):
-metal seams- where the sheets of metal are attached. lots of this
-screws that hold lenses-spoiler attaching nuts-window seams-hatch main gasket/seal(lift up hatch door when it is raining. if the top of hatch gasket is wet, you know water is leaking through where the metal of hatch door meets rubber of hatch gasket)
HATCH DOOR GASKET LEAK
My main leak is where the hatch door comes down and meets the hatch gasket(I think hatch sags in that corner). I applied some liquid gasket to metal of hatch door and greased up the door gasket and formed a mold when I closed door. Have not seen a drop of water since I did this.
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This pic shows the liquid gasket after it has dried. Do a thorough job of greasing door gasket or it will stick and rip apart.
AFTER THE LEAKS ARE FIXED RECONDITION HATCH
Sand out the rust and coat with a rubber(asphalt). Remember, your fuel pump and fuel tank are in the hatch.
(Bulbs in back are either 1157 and/or 1156. replaced all 8. 4*1157;4*1156)
Replacing Hatch door weather stripping -
. No regular parts store has it, as far as they know its a dealer item. I think the dealer wanted over $200 by me. Their hard to find online, but this site
http://www.trademotion.com/spl...14086 has a lot of parts for your car and priced very good. As far as I know it's all OE stuff, the weather stripping was around $105 shipped to my house, it was a genuine Nissan part.
Install on this is very straight forward, pull out the old one and install the new one. I also suggest cleaning around your trim so the stripping has a clean fit. The split in the stripping is at the bottom of the hatch. It's going to be very snug when your installing it, so push down hard. That's it......or is it
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