Hello again Ken,
I was out shopping yesterday, and when I was back at my car, loading my purchases through the tailgate window, I suddenly thought of your question about water ingress.
Well, starting at the top of the window, there is,
the window hinge mounts,
the convoluted twin cable cover where it is set into the main tailgate.
I think these are minor possibilities when you compare them individually to the strip along the bottom which Buster12 was asking about. The rain catchment area on the tailgate is massive, all draining down to the bottom where it reaches the strip. Behind this, there is nothing to stop water dripping down between the strip and bodywork and then in though the slits where the strip securing lugs pass
I hope this stops your water ingress. Try this first, without doing anything to the higher possibilities. If no more water, you've cracked it, if still some present on opening the tailgate, do the next one up and so on until you have no water getting in.
Best of luck,
Geoff.
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