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Those plastic triangular trim pieces are a way to thread the wiring down the hatch. I am not referring to those. Running along the base of the window on the outside is a plastic strip. Running down the long sides of the hatch are two metal trim strips. Usually the trim strips overlap the plastic horizontal trim strip at the bottom. That is, unless the plastic trim strip has shrunk, as they are known to do. I remove the metal side trim pieces in order to pull out the rubber trim strip. If the of the plastic trim strip is accessable without removing the long side trim pieces, then you can just pull the plastic piece out and caulk. Then push one end of the plastic strip back in (press fit), and slide it under the side trim. Then press in the rest.
I did remove the triangular plastic pieces and caulk around there, but that did not fix the problem.
I believe the the seal between the hatch opening and the bottom of the glass develops a leak. Water runs down the window and gets under the plastic (horizontal strip) trim, and fills up that channel. The water gets up under the glass, and flows sideways. At the edge of the hatch, near those triangular pieces, the metal of the hatch bends down. I've seen water dripping from that metal.
If it comes to it, I took a bunch of digital pictures of the leak and the fix. Let me know, and I can try posting a few in a day or so.
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