any advice on condensation on the inside of my car windows

jaks111

i have a new 09 plate car the condensation is awful all inside worse on the front window i have a cloth and have to keep wiping them it takes ages to clear i do have the heater on and the windscreen switched on any other ideas thanks

Dan_Gleebitz

jaks111 wrote: »

i have a new 09 plate car the condensation is awful all inside worse on the front window i have a cloth and have to keep wiping them it takes ages to clear i do have the heater on and the windscreen switched on any other ideas thanks

What car is it? Do you have a recirculate switch? If yes, is it set to recirculate.
Dan

jaks111

its a ford ka 09
and yes there are 2 switches which im not sure about but have a circulating symbol on them but i keep it on the same one as when i switch it to the other one i get a funny smell after a while its like a petrol smell or similar

Kin

Try turning on the AC or climate control if you have one. This may help.

wba31

jaks111 wrote: »

its a ford ka 09
and yes there are 2 switches which im not sure about but have a circulating symbol on them but i keep it on the same one as when i switch it to the other one i get a funny smell after a while its like a petrol smell or similar

Read your owners manual?

I occasionally have times during the winter where the car is constantly dripping in condensation, put some newspaper down in your footwells for a few days draws moisture out the air.

When you got the blowers on, air con dries the air in the car, so use that. also on a dry day (which i know can be rare) dont be afraid to leave the windows open a touch (providing the car is somewhere safe/where you can keep your eye on it...)

forgotmyname

Aircon wont work below 4 or 5 degrees, It may light up but it wont actually kick in unless the temp rises.

Check for leaks, and wet areas? Lots of short journeys?

When you clear the windows, turn the heater down, and blow cooler air over the glass. Having hot air
in the car when you park up will make matters worse.

I found the snow on the floor from our feet made it steam up very easily.

JasX

Open the windows and air the car from time to time?

Unsuprisingly if you get in the car having just got out of the shower each morning, dry off inside it then only momentarily pop the door open to hop in/out humidity builds up quite quickly inside the sealed space inside the car

reeac

forgotmyname wrote: »

Aircon wont work below 4 or 5 degrees, It may light up but it wont actually kick in unless the temp rises.

Are you sure about that? Air con. plus full heat has always been my recipe for fast demisting but perhaps the controls on some cars don't permit this combination.

maninthestreet

Give the inside of the windows a proper clean using window cleaner and some elbow grease.

Strider590

Blocked pollen filter and water drainage holes..... My bet would be you park under tree's alot.

bigjl

reeac wrote: »

forgotmyname wrote: »

Aircon wont work below 4 or 5 degrees, It may light up but it wont actually kick in unless the temp rises.

Are you sure about that? Air con. plus full heat has always been my recipe for fast demisting but perhaps the controls on some cars don't permit this combination.

It is true, no car I have owned since '99 has had A/C that worked below 5oC, my Mondeo A/C wouldn't work till it was 7 or 8oC.


It used to be mentioned in your owners manual, not sure why, I assume there is a technical reason, but I agree it would make the car easier to demist.


In the OP's position if the car is steaming up even with the heated screen on then it sounds like there is a leak somewhere, or my opinion is that the recirc switch has been left on.

Got in to use my wifes Clio last week and the wiondows where all steamed up, and she had left the recirc turned on, she put it on durig the cold snap last month and never turned it off.