wet interior.

[oldnewbie]

Wife's new golf, 3 weeks old, now cold damp weather has arrived inside of windows are wet, we have had old bangers like this but didn't expect it from a new quality car. What do members think?

[MGTS]

I hadn't noticed it until I realised this morning that my golf (63 reg) is the same. If you find the answer let me know!

[marmitemania]

This sentence does not make sense as it has Golf and quality in it together. I worked exclusively on VAG cars for 4 years through a company called Eurofleet, we prepped brand new unregistered cars for the lease market. They all seemed to suffer from water ingress the Seats were the worst. I always thought it was silly stretched yank limo's that had swimming pools in the back.

[Mave]

Few thoughts - Keep air conditioning on; open windows with temp set to cold for last few minutes of a journey; if you've used any sponges to mop up moisture from the windows, dry them in the house rather than leaving them in the car.

[oldnewbie]

Mave said:

Few thoughts - Keep air conditioning on; open windows with temp set to cold for last few minutes of a journey; if you've used any sponges to mop up moisture from the windows, dry them in the house rather than leaving them in the car.

Yes good suggestions but why goes it happen? Not all cars suffer the same and this is brand new.

[340600]

All Golfs do this to some extent.

Leaving a bag of silica gel on the dash and turning the fan to 0 overnight seems to sort it.

[-crookedtail-]

VAG group cars have suffered from this for years, I find it quite unbelivable that they haven't worked out how to make a car stay dry yet!

Are you mrs carpets damp, ohhh errrr? It must be the door seals or the pollen filters, they are the usual culprits?

[oldnewbie]

340600 said:

All Golfs do this to some extent.

Leaving a bag of silica gel on the dash and turning the fan to 0 overnight seems to sort it.

Seriously? We bought a new car to get away from this sort of issue when it is frosty the inside freezes as bad às the outside,surely this is not acceptable, I think that if the dealer can't sort it , then it should be ground to reject it.

[Mave]

oldnewbie said:

Mave said:

Few thoughts - Keep air conditioning on; open windows with temp set to cold for last few minutes of a journey; if you've used any sponges to mop up moisture from the windows, dry them in the house rather than leaving them in the car.

Yes good suggestions but why goes it happen? Not all cars suffer the same and this is brand new.

No idea; I'd assumed you'd exhausted the option of taking it to the dealer and asking them to get it fixed down to a normal level!

[oldnewbie]

Mave said:

No idea; I'd assumed you'd exhausted the option of taking it to the dealer and asking them to get it fixed down to a normal level!

Problem has just shown up now weather has changed.

[340600]

oldnewbie said:

Seriously? We bought a new car to get away from this sort of issue when it is frosty the inside freezes as bad às the outside,surely this is not acceptable, I think that if the dealer can't sort it , then it should be ground to reject it.

To a point, yes. Although I've never had the inside of the screen completely freeze, just fogging up badly. I'd be dumping the car at the dealers until that stops happening at least.

I've ordered the heated screen on my new Golf so I'm hoping that eliminates the issue completely .

[Mave]

oldnewbie said:

Problem has just shown up now weather has changed.

Well, I'd be contacting the dealer ASAP- get them fixing it- don't want to end up in drawn out arguments bout moisture damaged interior...

[PlayersNo6]

FiL's Lexus RX450h is the same. PITA waiting 10 minutes before you can set off, after scraping, in order for the interior to clear.

As already posted above, I've only ever had this issue in damp bangers years ago.

[Who me ?]

Don't know about VW/Seat etc,, but Skoda have had this problem for a long time on Fabia MK1 (JURY'S STILL OUT ON mk2), with door card seals. Problem shows up as wet carpets. But also as loads of condensation on the insides of windows.

[daveofedinburgh]

340600 said:

All Golfs do this to some extent.

Leaving a bag of silica gel on the dash and turning the fan to 0 overnight seems to sort it.

^This

Silica gel seems to be the answer for moist interiors.

Look at an MX5/ Z3 etc owners club- this is the solution they recommend and they know a thing or two about water ingress.

I've also read that a bowl of salt left in the car does the trick.

Maybe I haven't read your post correctly- but is the car a tin top? I've owned many, many sheds over the years, but only the convertibles have ever suffered from moisture inside. I drive mainly Jap stuff tho...