As some of you may know, my daily driver is a second gen Nissan Leaf. The car, like all EVs is awesome, but has an interesting quirk, apparently dating back to Nissan Versa days. For some mysterious reason, the drain hole under the drivers side windshield wiper sits right above the strut tower. So any water that drips there ends up sloshing around in a nice cup on top of it. Can’t wrap my mind around this one- why? Reading around the forums, it appears that after the early Leafs had the top of the strut corrode to the point of failure. Nissan changed the hardware to stainless but did not do anything to eliminate the cause.

After checking my own car after a rain, it was clear I needed to do something.