[theNYX]

So, the other day a friend of mine noticed a small puddle in the rear right passenger carpet following a full day's worth of rain. Of course, I freaked out and used up two whole rolls of paper towels, a Shamwow, and two real towels to soak up most of the water (the carpet was still moist even after all that). I brought the car into the dealership today and they called me later to tell me I had an aftermarket alarm installed, that is what caused the leak, and therefore the warranty would not cover the repairs. I inform them I didn't have an alarm put in, rather I had the factory alarm and that was it. They told me they'd look into it.

I then get a call back being told that the firewall grommet had a hole drilled in it where a wire was run through it, and that is where the water came in, thus soaking my carpet/jute. I had the CamaroScanners/KnightLight kit installed in my car professionally. The only thing that I saw was run through the grommet was one single wire that ended in a red LED that serves as a status/power light for the scanner light in the front of my car.

The cost? $600 in labor to repair/replace the grommet and dry out the carpet/jute. If there is mold found, no telling how much to replace the carpet/jute on top of that. I'm being told the water damage in the REAR of the car is being caused by a leak in the FRONT of the car. How does this make sense? Can a small (quarter-inch) hole in the grommet really cause this much damage, or is there something more to this (like a TSB, which they told me "didn't apply to my car") that I should be looking into?

I'm really at the end of my rope here, as I'm about to be out over $600 and I don't know what to do. Please please please help me out here, I need advice.