Volvo sunroof drains

Any idea where they exit the car?

The V70 rear drains plugged up, leaked, and were fixed under warranty (along with collateral damage) due to "gaps in the weatherstripping". Yay Stillman Volvo in West Chester PA.

But clearly it's time to do the S60 before they start leaking.  Detailed information on the 'net is surprisingly difficult to find.

Apparently the issue is a weird cross-nozzle shaped grommet piece at the bottom of the primary drain tube.  The nozzle points upstream, and frankly is probably doing its intended job of catching debris.

I've rodded the front drains as well as I can from the top down, but it deadheads at about where that grommet thing would be.  The rear drains are fairly inaccessible from above without disassembly, and interior trim and I do not play well together.

I would like to rod all 4 drains from the bottom up, but I can't seem to locate where they exit the car.  Again, not finding any usable information on teh inter webs.

Anybody have any knowledge to share?  Thanks!

I believe they drain into the rockers so there's not really a good way to go from the bottom up. The only real way to get at them is from inside the car.

Not knowing exactly, because I work on a bunch of different ones, but:

Take the a pillar handles off, after which the trim panels will snap off.  You should see the drain tube running down the pillar, plugged into ( the tube sometimes shrink in length, so sometimes they pull out) the rubber elbows  with the x thing you have read about.  Those elbows will pop out of the pillar, and an xacto knife will trim the offending x off the end of the elbow.  Installation is the opposite...

Thanks, folks.  I appreciate the prompt input.

I saw an easy trim removal DIY for vehicles that have the grab handle on the A-pillar, but this is a sedan and doesn't have those.  It looks like one of those mystery 'pry-and-pray' removals where the force needed to unsnap it is about 95% of the force needed to break all the little tabbies off.

I remember effectively having to take the entire rear half of the interior out of my E46 to do this, and busting about half the trim in the process.

I believe it has a minor recall due anyway - I will probably pay the dealer to finish this job.

While it may not be of use in this particular application, I will say that the best device by a wide margin I've found for clearing sunroof drains is a trombone cleaner. Cheap from Amazon, really easy to use, and super effective.