Water in the doors, is this common? Options

[crandsberry]

So im sitting in my 97 hatchback, it's raining pretty hard, and im watching water roll down my door window and INTO MY DOOR.

Is this pretty common? Why is that rubber trim piece along the top of the door not sealling to the window, is it the window's fault?
The the guy who owned the car before me was kind of a goof, he put thick carpet padding in the doors for sound deadening (maybe he was on to something ) which i took out. Could that have bent something out of wack?

thanks guys

[Harold_Fastwaker]

Well if your doors work properly and are aligned then you need new door seals. They just sound like they are old and worn out.

If your doors do not swing properly then they need to be realigned. But you only need to really worry about this if you were in an accident.