Ice on the INSIDE of my screen??

gadge · Jan 20, 2014

For the second time in as many weeks I had ice form on the inside as well as the outside of my windscreen. How is this happening? In all my years I've never had this happen before. Has anyone else experienced this?

It's friggin annoying as I had to use my wooly hat to wipe it all down and it's made a right mess of the inside of my window

GPz750 · Jan 20, 2014

I got it regular in my pug. By the look of the inside condensation today I dare say my stilo will be the same. I tend to sit and let the car heat a bit in the mornings. That tends to be enough for the inside ice to start melting so I can use the rubber side of the window scraper. Once 90% of it is away (on the floor) I wipe with a shammy.

Gavv8 · Jan 20, 2014

I had this happen for the first time this morning but I think this might have been because I went crazy with the pressure washer in the few hours of sunshine yesterday..

wrightyy · Jan 20, 2014

This has happened to me a couple of times this year. Not really sure what the solution is..

maggers · Jan 20, 2014

A number of reasons, really. No. 1 is good old damp carpets due to a water leak, another is too much use of the recirc button - it needs fresh airflow to dry out. If you've got A/C use it, it acts as a dehumidifier and removes the moisture from the air and dumps it down the A/C drain hose. "Back in the day" this was how it was with most cars and you either lived with it or put a fan heater in the car before you used it. You kids don't know how good you've got it!

gadge · Jan 20, 2014

maggers said:
A number of reasons, really. No. 1 is good old damp carpets due to a water leak, another is too much use of the recirc button - it needs fresh airflow to dry out. If you've got A/C use it, it acts as a dehumidifier and removes the moisture from the air and dumps it down the A/C drain hose. "Back in the day" this was how it was with most cars and you either lived with it or put a fan heater in the car before you used it. You kids don't know how good you've got it!

I wish I had air con sadly the pipe from the pump sheared off at some point in its life before me

but I've had cars older than Fred Flintstones car but I've never seen this? I wasn't sure if it had anything to do with the air vents

Gavv8 said:
I had this happen for the first time this morning but I think this might have been because I went crazy with the pressure washer in the few hours of sunshine yesterday..

Funny you said that I did wash it on Sunday - not with a pressure wash but a garden hose I wonder if water got though the vents

Gavv8 · Jan 20, 2014

I think when you use a pressure washer the moisture gets in to all the door shuts and crevices.

fingers99 · Jan 21, 2014

It is caused by moist air inside the car. Any car will do it to some extent, but the damper the car is inside, and the dirtier the inside of the windscreen, the more likely it is.

dennis adams · Jan 22, 2014

Make sure the air is not set to re circulation causes more internal damp than most other things

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