In the trunk of my 00' Sedan GT, there's a clear tube tucked next to the car jack in the wall of the trunk. What is this tube for?

 

It's probably a drain tube for the gutter behind the rear window.

 

Do you have the same tube in your BE?

 

I've not looked. If you could be a bit more specific about where you're seeing it, i'll look later.

 

As you open the trunk, on the left hand side, behind the flap where the car jack is hidden. Look to the right of the car jack. The tube sits in a rubber collar. I don't know where the other end of the tube goes.

 

it probably goes to your antenna. don't mess with it.

 

I'm pretty damn sure it has nothing to do with the antenna. It's a clear, hollow tube. It's a drain tube for liquid I'm guessing. I just wanna know if this is a stock tube or something the previous owner put in.

 

I checked my trunk and found that tube, same place. If you look at the water gutters above the window, they look as if they can't drain back onto the body, and instead recede into the body, which would indicate that the tube is used for draining that water.

 

yea exactly. why not try and pull back the cover and see for yourself? i've already replaced my antenna once so i'm pretty damn sure i know that the antenna does have a drain tube.

 

My antenna is built into the rear window. Why would it have a drain tube?

 

mines not. mines hydraulic.

 

u have a sunroof?

 

A hydraulic antenna huh? Cool.

It's entirely possible that it's a drain for the sunroof. There was a similar drain system for the sunroof on my 93 wagon, now that i think about it.

 

If you have a sunroof, it is the drain for it.


-steven

 

Yeah, I have a sunroof.