Steamy windows

[EDfestiva]

Does anyone else have a problem with their windows fogging up? It doesn't matter if it 30 degrees and snowing or 90 degrees and raining, my windows fog up really bad. The heater only helps where it blows out at the base of the windshield.

[KingFish]

You need to check for leaks at you windows and doors, also check the little plugs under the spare, I used to get lots of water in thru those.

[gdawgs]

Yeah there is something wrong, that's not normal. Can you smell anti-freeze? Maybe you have a heater core leak. Windows will fog up quickly if you are on recirc mode rather than fresh air mode when it's cold out. But that shouldn't matter much when it's hot out.

[jglutz]

I thought my car had an automatic sensor that activated foggy windows....activated by dark - dead end road, female passenger, car not moving, and a police officer tapping on the window and saying....hey old man aren't you a little to old for this kind of thing

[EDfestiva]

I do have the syrup smell when I turn on the heat. So I suppose a leaky heater core. I doesn't really fog that bad when I use the heat. It usually just doesn't help it any. 95 percent of the time my windows only fog up really bad is when percipitation hits them then it fogs so bad you have to pull over. The heat doesn't help, if I wipe them off, it fogs back up as quick as I wipe.

[Biglay5150]

I have an entire heater box with a good core in it if you need one.

[worfdog]

i used to have that problem at the drive-in movies. i just laid off the loving a little bit and the windows cleared up some.

[Pocket_Rocket]

I have the same problem and my solution is to put the lever on fresh air instead of recirculate. It really sucks for winter though, as taking fresh air from the outside cancels any heat coming from the weak heating system. I think the cause may be the low heating capability and the medium blowing capacity of the heater's blower. All my other cars heated much more than the Festy and the blower had a 4th speed, and I never had fogging issues...Putting the blower on max speed with full heat would make it go away, except on a Festy...

[EDfestiva]

I read in another thread, wash your windows with johnson's baby shampoo. I'm going to try it, maybe it will work.

[GUS]

I read in another thread, wash your windows with johnson's baby shampoo. I'm going to try it, maybe it will work.

I have the same problem, so let us know if it works.

[SimonTuffGuy]

Mine does that... I used some anti-fog wipes I grabbed at the auto store and they seemed to work a little bit. Not having a heater core doesn't help though.

[krbballer]

The problem you're having is that something inside the car is wet. Maybe carpeting, maybe pooled water in your spare tire area....

I've had the problem plenty of times. If you leave a window open over night, then next day there is moisture on the inside of the windshield. So make sure you close the windows every night and try to find the wet area.

I had a buick lesabre that had a small rust hole over the rear passenger wheel. Every time it rained, the tire sprayed water into the car and filled the spare tire cut out. Windows were foggy all of the time.

[GenevaDirt]

I am sorry but I beg to differ. I believe that the small size of the cabin in our cars makes it much easier to steam up. Especially when the temp is up and down. On a cool night I can get in my car and it steams within seconds....it takes moving and windows cracked to get it to unsteam. If I had standing water in the car , when the sun is beating down on it at work all day it would form wtare droplets on the windows from evaporation. I know that wet conditions outside affect it too....but when it is dry outside all week.... all it takes is a little cooling off and the temp in the cabin to not agree with the outside and you will have foggy windows. Every Festy I have and have had does it very easily.