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

[vsideboy]

Water going into door from the window is normal mate. Thats why there should be a layer of plastic sheet between the door frame and the interior panel/speaker. All the wiring is also on the outside of this sheet.
The sheets also there to stop draughts getting in when its a bit breezy outside.

There are drain holes in the bottom of the doors which you need to keep unblocked. Car makers build water traps into the cars so that they rust and you need to buy new ones.

The rubber trim will be preventing a tidal wave of water from going into the door but it will always drip slightly.

As for the sound deadening, if it was actual carpet then that is a dumb idea but if its dynomat stuff then thats a normal sound deadening mat that all the pros use.