Lifting drivers side floor carpet

[Laggingbehind]

Morning ladies and gents.. I'm new to this Volvo ownership business so please be gentle with me. I've just bought a 2017 XC60 and found that the carpet in the drivers foot well has a 150mm split in it where the side comes down by the foot rest. I'm thinking the best way to repair is to lift the carpet an bond some webbing to the rear to keep it in the correct place. So this morning's question is how easy is it to lift the carpet

[TeamG]

I’ve just had to remove both front carpets from mine. I left my insulated windscreen cover on all week as it was icy last weekend. This got wet and the two ‘ears’ that jam in the door frames allowed water to fill both foot wells. When I say fill, the passenger side had about 25mm and the driver side about 75mm deep. There is no way that would dry in this weather, so the carpets had to come out.

Usefully, the front footwell carpets are separate from the remainder and just tucked under the front seat mounting bolts. Procedure was quite easy for both.

Passenger side:-

1. Remove the black plastic trim at the base of the door. This just pulls up on metal spring clips. It’s tucked under the rear section and the front just needs rotating 90 degrees and pulls out.
2. Pull up the door rubber seal from there to the height of the glove box and pull the next black plastic trim panel out. The clip just adjacent to the glove box clips through a hole in the carpet, so you have to pull this one out. Separate the carpet and push this trim and the door rubber back.
3. Pull the black plastic trim at the side of the console tunnel. Just easy clips here, so wiggle it out.
4. Pull off the two plastic covers over the front seat rail mounting bolts. These are a bugger to pull, I just used a large flat screwdriver to pop them up from under the front edge, but there is probably a proper way to do this.
5. Undo the two 13mm bolts from the front of the seat rails. The seat rocks back leaving around 15mm space to pull the carpet out. It’s quite stiff as it has lots of foam rubber backing.

Driver’s side:-
6. As above, but also remove the 8mm bolt holding the bonnet release catch and surround. This is on a cable, so it rotates and pushes through the hole in the carpet.
7. Remove the two 10mm bolts holding the amplifier brackets under the seat and slide it back past the carpet. Then pull the carpet as per the other side.

Both mine are now propped up in front of the log burner and drying out. If you’re repairing a tear, the backing to the carpet is really strong rubber. I suspect that a good cut off from a rubber mat would bond nicely to it with some contact adhesive or spray flooring adhesive.

[quinno]

TeamG a very useful how to and one that applies to anyone who has the 'leaking windscreen' that appears to be common in the older XC60's. As I have found the carpets and the thick foam backing that is on the underside act like a sponge soaking up the water. The only effective way to dry them out is to remove them and also dry any residual water that is lying under the foam backing.