steamy windows

[rOb_A]

not posted for a bit so here goes... but before you reply no cheeky responses ( as i know i would)

noticed my windows are steaming up, where i have put the screen clear on quite a lot. any ideas why this happening and how to stop it???

 

[ScottD3]

is any of the carpets damp?
does the air smell of coolant?

 

[rOb_A]

nope carpets are fine, no coolant odours. its seems to happening on damp/wet days. its a proper pain. any other ideas??

 

[ScottD3]

nope carpets are fine, no coolant odours. its seems to happening on damp/wet days. its a proper pain. any other ideas??

water leak or coolant ingress.
Only ideas I got.
Its trying to find it.

I use to get this issue in the back of my Avant.
I had 2 rubber gromits missing from the boot area.
I replaced theses put in some of them bags you get with IT kit to help stop the moisture and it helped.

 

[rOb_A]

thanks Scott, will have a good look around the car over the weekend to see if anything is missing

 

[Farhan]

you may need to find a local holiday inn or a cheap B&B to stop this problem if you are making use of the extra doors on the sportback

 

[ScottD3]

you may need to find a local holiday inn or a cheap B&B to stop this problem if you are making use of the extra doors on the sportback

Sportback?
You mean the A3 Avant?

 

[vw754]

Try changing the pollen filter.......it usually helps a very lot ! are you noticing a smell which lasts for a second or 2 just as you start the blowers?

not posted for a bit so here goes... but before you reply no cheeky responses ( as i know i would)

noticed my windows are steaming up, where i have put the screen clear on quite a lot. any ideas why this happening and how to stop it???

 

[rOb_A]

my A3 avant was serviced only 2k ago, so would have thought the pollen filter was changed then, but will check it out.

holiday inn??? i'm more a hilton man myself

 

[Farhan]

my A3 avant was serviced only 2k ago, so would have thought the pollen filter was changed then, but will check it out.

holiday inn??? i'm more a hilton man myself

ooooh classy

 

[Ash187]

maybe take your car to a polish man and get him to wash it inside and out... do the windows... usually a £10 job... seemed to work on my A3 Avant

 

[paddy]

Fit double glazing, works for me

 

[Goner]

Shouldn't happen if you have the climate control on, mines on all the time and my car never steams up as the AC takes the moisture out of the air.

 

[Sarah's A3]

Oooohhh mine steam up at the weekends!!! lol!

seriously, maybe the inside of the glass needs a good clean.

 

[jamessg1962]

Had the same problem, and like Aiden has said it was because my air-con was knackered.
If the air-con is working properly and not in Econ mode you shouldn't get steamy windows.

 

[rOb_A]

will get the ac on, need to check out the pollen filter, are hard to fit?