I like the Volt/GM all weather mats that you can purchase, they're very nice.

 

OEM all weather mats after 2.5 Chicago winters (with salt), Mike. I do take them out and wash them. Other than that I vacuum the carpet about once a month (it's due). Looking at your pic, perhaps you are resting your boots/shoes all the way back on the carpet?

 

I have the OEM all-wether mats and like them. I haven't seen the Volt-specific WeatherTech liners in person, but my friend did recently get them for his Ford Escape, and they look similar to the picture posted by the OP.

What I've noticed is that the OEM all-weather mats have a lot more raised "grooves" that, in effect, compartmentalize any liquid that gets onto the mats into many small confined areas.

In contrast, the WeatherTech liner has a few raised features in the middle of the liner, but they don't divide the mat into separated compartments. So the whole liner basically acts as a big open tub when you get a lot of melted snow in there. The implication is that if you're on an incline or take a quick turn or a quick stop, the water can all slosh and pool in one side/corner if the mat and overflow its edges. I suspect that's what is happening here.

The Chevy all-weather mats don't have as high of a lip on the outer edges of the mat. But all of the extra features in the middle of the mat help to segregate the water into smaller compartments and avoid sloshing or pooling. (I hope that makes sense.)

 

I like my Husky Liners in my Volt better than the Weathertech mats in my Cadillac. The Husky Liners seem to be a slightly better plastic and I think they fit better but I cant say how the Weathertech units are in the Volt and they may be equal.

I will be inclined to go Husky next time I have to order winter mats.

 

I also went with the Husky liners. Better than the Weathertech, and as a bonus I believe they cost less..

 

Mike if you want to trade. I'll take your weathertechs and you can have my husky liners.

 

My limited experience with WeatherTech is that they don't fit very well.

 

Hm. It is hard to tell how much of a lip the Weathertech mats have around the edges from the picture. My Husky mats have a 1-2 inch high lip around the the edges including the rear.

Yuck, looks like it is time to vacuum my car.

 

Hey fellow Minnesotain...I have the OEM weather mats in my Volt and I did think about getting Husky or Weathertech until I jumped into one of my employee's cars and she had Weathertech. I wasn't impressed with the thickness of the material or the lack of channels/grooves so I stuck to the OEM Volt mats.

Today after dropping them in the fall, I finally pulled them and cleaned them out and hit the carpet with the vacuum and my floor had a little salt, but not that cow lick you have going on. Looks like sticking to the OEM may have been a good move.

 

From the picture you posted it doesn't look like my Weathertechs at all? Mine go up about an inch along the back and 2-3 inches along the sides - no problems at all with fit.

 

I love my weathertechs. I got them for Christmas and they seem to be working great. The fit is perfect. I can post a pic if needed.

 

Looks like you might have the wrong size for a Volt? Or they are counterfeit?

 

I live in the state of Minnesota which strives to make winter driving safe by using copious amounts of salt on the roads. Cleaning the salt out of the floor mats in the spring is a pain in the a$$ task so I purchased WeatherTech floor liners for my Volt. They are better than the factory weather mats but I'm still going to have a chore to do this spring. I do not know why WeatherTech did not extend the length of the liner by an inch. The rest of the liner does an acceptable job. The white stuff in the photo is road salt that has soaked into the carpet....

I buy weathertech mats and cargo liners for my cars, and as gifts for my family's cars, and I have been doing so for 15 years. Yes, I am very disappointed with the Volt specific custom laser measured weathertech liners.
They have several problems-
1- they don't cover the floor all the way back to the seat when the seat is all the way back, (I'm 6'4") and the are the miss is almost 5 inches of open carpet.
2- they have no rear lip, so all the snow that drops off my boots, when it melts and forms a puddle in the bottom of the mat, runs off the back end whenever I drive up a hill, or back down my hilly driveway, or accelerate away from a stop.
3- they don't go up the left side foot rest far enough, so that the carpet under the left side is always wet, and will be mildewed as soon as it warms up here.
4- the offer no right side wall protection for where my accelerator foot rubs on the 'transmission hump'
5- they are made from a rigid, inflexibile, and very slick material, so my heals have little traction, and the mats don't form well to the floor.
6- the velcro floor post retainers require a fair amount of "pull" to release, leaving me to wonder how many times I can take the mats out to clean them before one of the velcro clips falls apart.


I called weathertech about these things, and while they normally have great customer service, the very apologetic customer service rep said that they have no intention of fixing the poor design.

I am going to buy a set of husky liners just to try and compare them. I will let you know when I get them in the car. I might also try the generic soft rubber, non custom fit Weathertech liners, since I have had some good experiences with them in the past. As I said, I have always thought the world of the weather tech products, and am very disappointed in this one design.

 

1- they don't cover the floor all the way back to the seat when the seat is all the way back, (I'm 6'4") and the are the miss is almost 5 inches of open carpet.
2- they have no rear lip, so all the snow that drops off my boots, when it melts and forms a puddle in the bottom of the mat, runs off the back end whenever I drive up a hill, or back down my hilly driveway, or accelerate away from a stop.
3- they don't go up the left side foot rest far enough, so that the carpet under the left side is always wet, and will be mildewed as soon as it warms up here.
4- the offer no right side wall protection for where my accelerator foot rubs on the 'transmission hump'
5- they are made from a rigid, inflexibile, and very slick material, so my heals have little traction, and the mats don't form well to the floor.
6- the velcro floor post retainers require a fair amount of "pull" to release, leaving me to wonder how many times I can take the mats out to clean them before one of the velcro clips falls apart.

Thanks, Paul. At one point, I placed an order for a full set of the DigitalFit liners. After seeing pictures, and hearing complaints along the lines of your concerns, I was told WT was temporarily stopping shipments while they adjusted something on the mats. That was all I needed to hear, and I canceled. If there really are two different versions, that might explain why some owners are reporting different designs. Before I place a new order for nearly $200 worth of liners, I'd want to see a lot better laser fit and coverage than what I've seen so far.

I look forward to any updates from you.

 

It's a car not a truck
I clean my boots off by knocking them together and rubbing the excess off. A hassle but my carpet does not look like yours.
The picture looks like maybe all weather mats or wrong application. Some are describing the Floorliner which is the deep tray product.

 

These are not counterfeit mats. I ordered them at the dealership when I purchased my Volt and had them shipped directly to my house. Everything on the box indicated it is a legitimate WeatherTech product and Volt-specific. The mats fit very precisely into the front of the footwells on both sides and match up to the floor lip at the front of the seat. The problem is the mat needs to be taller and cover the lip. It is the floor lip at the front of the seat that is getting gunked up.

All I can say is that I am disappointed in poor design of the product. The material itself is thick enough and the front portion of the mat appears to be designed sufficiently well. But the rear of the mat is not long enough and not high enough to capture Minnesota salt yuck.

I emailed WeatherTech and posted the link to this thread. I haven't heard anything from them.

I am disappointed in their product. Fortunately I also purchased the rear cargo liner but not the WeatherTech - I bought the GM product. I purchased it for sound insulation to keep the noise from the back down. It is well made, performs its purpose of sound deadening and preventing things from sliding around in the cargo area. I'm happy with the GM cargo liner.