Went to help a friend check out a car he was interested in. The seller said moisture had gotten into the car some way and the damage was concentrated on the RR side of it.
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As you can see, the sail panel is basically destroyed
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The RR seat lip. The mold is concentrated here and there's a bit on the seatbelt.
We removed the rear bottom bench and found moisture underneath but no mold. The car didn't smell either even though it hasn't rained in a little while so the moisture didn't dry out.
We looked all around the car and couldn't find any visible source of the leak. We are only assuming at this point that it could be blocked sunroof channels.
He has no issue putting in some effort to get rid of the mold on the inside but doesn't know if it'll come back if the source isn't dealt with.
Would you walk away from this car? Everything else about the car is great and it's pretty well priced.