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We have water leaking into the interior of the car with the air conditioner on. Seems like the condensation drain is plugged. where is this located on this car?

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There is a drain from the condensation from the cooling coils and so this could be blocked or the hose had come off in postion when the mat or the floor was cleaned.
please check this out , clean the hose or connect the hose back to the outlet point under the dash board collection tray.

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