2017 has water leak between the diver's and the passenger seat

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My C3 Feel has suddenly started leaking (water) at the bottom just along the exhaust piping (between the diver's and the passenger seat.

I'm not sure where it's coming from but I smelt it and I am sure it's water. I have been driving carefully on a smooth road, theres no way I would have hit a bump or something like that.
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C3 Dublin wrote:My C3 Feel has suddenly started leaking (water) at the bottom just along the exhaust piping (between the diver's and the passenger seat.

I'm not sure where it's coming from but I smelt it and I am sure it's water. I have been driving carefully on a smooth road, theres no way I would have hit a bump or something like that.
Hi C3 Dublin

How strange.

Are you saying that the water is outside of the car?
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Yes the water is outside, under the car, in the middle of the car between driver & passenger seat, (just besides the exhaust lining).

It leaks immediately after the vehicle has stopped, then it stops, leaks again after driving. It's a drip, but I'm concerned as it's a brand new car and I haven't hit anything.
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C3 Dublin wrote:It leaks immediately after the vehicle has stopped, then it stops, leaks again after driving. It's a drip, but I'm concerned as it's a brand new car and I haven't hit anything.
Do you have air-conditioning or climate control?

If you switch it off and drive without it, does the dripping disappear?

I don't think you have damaged the underside :)
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from the manual wrote:The condensation created by the air conditioning results in a discharge of water under the vehicle which is perfectly normal.
But the manual is not specific on where under the car water would accumulate.
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