Car misting up

[Mojooo]

Bought my car earlier this year

I notice now that the weather is colder, each tiem I get i nthe car both the front and back screens have a thin layer of water/condensation on them - thick enough to have to wipe it rather than waiting for it to go with fan on

Is a seal broken? Anyway to DIY work out myself where?

[Baryonyx]

More likely to be water from the interior than anything else! The carpets/cloth trim will hold a lot of moisture from the atmosphere if you've gotten into the car wet. Try drying things out before you start chasing up seals/dodgy A/C pumps etc etc.

[Rickyy]

What do you wipe the window with? I always find once someone has touched glass with their skin it mists up a lot quicker. Think it has something to do with the grease from skin attracting the moisture or something!

[littleredrooster]

If it's a Skoda or SEAT, your door cards are leaking and the carpets are damp.

Give us a clue...

[McSam]

Most likely a bit of damp in the car, which could be from many causes. Leave all the doors open on a windy day for a while, see if that helps. If not, get down to Halfords and buy a Moisture Mate, which is a dessicant designed for caravans but way, way more than powerful enough to dry a car out nicely. Just leave it on the centre console or something and see how much water it manages to pull out of the atmosphere - often a hell of a lot!

My Audi got a bit flooded once, but with long use of the Moisture Mate thing it slowly started to recover. And for general use afterwards, Rain-X Anti Fog is excellent.

[JimmyTheHand]

Try cleaning inside of screen with a glass cleaner - it makes it harder for moisture to form

[Codswallop]

littleredrooster said:

If it's a Skoda or SEAT, your door cards are leaking and the carpets are damp.

Give us a clue...

Pretty much every Golf Mk4 platform car (ie, anything made by VAG during the 2000s ) is affected by leaky door seals.

Have you checked that there isn't too much detritus by your windscreen scuttle?

[g3rrd]

Codswallop said:

Pretty much every Golf Mk4 platform car

oh yes. Again I am not looking forward to the colder weather.
Forever fogging up and then to add insult to injury I spend 5 minutes de icing the outside and another 5 mins de icing the inside!
This will be my last VW. Germanic build quality my

[StuartGGray]

Polish the inside of the windows with neat Fairy Liquid.

[Dover Nige]

Another vote here for the desiccant bags.

Just picked up a couple of Pingi moisture traps off eBay. The indicator has turned colour in just a week and the car is definitely less misted up inside. Just microwave 'em to recharge apparently. So far so good...

[Monkeylegend]

Whatever you do, do not, I repeat, do not drive down a country lane at night in the rain with your drivers window slightly open to get rid of the misting.

[anonymous-user]

Monkeylegend said:

Whatever you do, do not, I repeat, do not drive down a country lane at night in the rain with your drivers window slightly open to get rid of the misting.

Just makes it worse?

[Monkeylegend]

MSTRBKR said:

Monkey Legend said:

Whatever you do, do not, I repeat, do not drive down a country lane at night in the rain with your drivers window slightly open to get rid of the misting.

Just makes it worse?

In Derps case definitely much worse.

[DonkeyApple]

Monkeylegend said:

Whatever you do, do not, I repeat, do not drive down a country lane at night in the rain with your drivers window slightly open to get rid of the misting.

Tosser post.

[DonkeyApple]

Mojooo said:

Bought my car earlier this year

I notice now that the weather is colder, each tiem I get i nthe car both the front and back screens have a thin layer of water/condensation on them - thick enough to have to wipe it rather than waiting for it to go with fan on

Is a seal broken? Anyway to DIY work out myself where?

If there is that much water then traditionally You check the carpets to see if they are soaked and if not you start contemplating a leaking heater matrix.

Is it an old car? Is it parked outside?

The heater matrix issue often only comes to light this time of year when you start using the heater.

[g3org3y]

DonkeyApple said:

Monkeylegend said:

Whatever you do, do not, I repeat, do not drive down a country lane at night in the rain with your drivers window slightly open to get rid of the misting.

Tosser post.

[squeezebm]

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I do hope the derp is playing out today. ........

[rumple]

OP, you really should state the car as it may be a known problem, as it is everyone's pissing into the wind.

[kentmotorcompany]

McSam said:

Most likely a bit of damp in the car, which could be from many causes. Leave all the doors open on a windy day for a while, see if that helps. If not, get down to Halfords and buy a Moisture Mate, which is a dessicant designed for caravans but way, way more than powerful enough to dry a car out nicely. Just leave it on the centre console or something and see how much water it manages to pull out of the atmosphere - often a hell of a lot!

My Audi got a bit flooded once, but with long use of the Moisture Mate thing it slowly started to recover. And for general use afterwards, Rain-X Anti Fog is excellent.

Interesting. As I am often having car fully valeted, I can spend ages with fan heaters an so on drying them out afterwards.

I'd not heard of this product, do you think its made of the same tuff nappies are made of, to hold in the moisture? If so I've got loads of them in the house without having to go Halfords.

[Monkeylegend]

g3org3y said:

DonkeyApple said:

Monkeylegend said:

Whatever you do, do not, I repeat, do not drive down a country lane at night in the rain with your drivers window slightly open to get rid of the misting.

Tosser post.

Where is that Moaning Lisa picture when you need it