It’s an assembly defect where a seal isn’t being properly seated by a rivet. My guess is that it doesn’t apply to Type R’s because the assembly line in Japan did a better job of seating the seal. I haven’t had any leaking issues with mine and I don’t recall seeing other Type R owners with this issue…though it can certainly still happen as I imagine it is the same rivet and seal used on the normal Civic hatch.
Yeah. You are unlucky and probably have the problem in the TSB. I guess it makes sense that I haven’t seen reports of the Type R hatch leaking, simply because there are fewer Type R’s in existence than the normal Civic hatch. Even then, the problem is perhaps not as widespread on Type R’s. From what I’ve seen, it’s a simple fix, but not easy to access and requires removal of the hatch door.I must be an exception I have water leaking out of my hatch when I open it. I just need to take it to dealer. I verified it's not the wing based on the location of the water because the wing also collects water too
