Why would there be excessive condensation on the inside of the windshield? The windows are up, the doors shut and the car is in a garage[not heated].

 

I know this problem first hand.

It's because the air inside the car is moist, or more humid than the outside (dry) winter air. When the car sits, the moisture then clings to the windows and can even freeze. There have been many times where I've actually had to scrape the inside of the windows on my car before.

Do you wash your car inside the garage? This could cause it. It's also more prone to happening if you don't drive very far...is that the case?

Try leaving a window cracked when you park (if you can) to let some of the air out and get some dry air inside. Make sure you don't have the recirculate on on the heat, so the outside air can get in that way too.

There's really no way to fix this, just ways to keep it from happening quite so bad. Some cars are worse than others too. But believe me, this is a very common problem for me, as I was my cars quite frequently in the winter. The humid air in my garage goes in the car, then when I go outside it sticks to the windows!

Luckily it really doesn't hurt anything...I don't think!


(Sorry if none of this really made sense...I have a bad habit of just babbling on and on....lol)

 

well, to be honest i usually drive my subie (247K) to work so the chevy sits in the g-rage. But when i go get in it, it is always set to re-circ on the defrost/floor vent setting. And yes I have had to scrape the inside before which is somewhat humiliating. I hate IL winters. Hopefully it warms up soon....

 

Yeah, if you don't drive much it doesn't get much outside air in through the vents.... When I used to go to the high school I only drove 2 miles each day. Wasn't enough for the air to get in, so I had a big problem with this. Now that I am in college I drive 15 miles each way when I go to school, so it isn't a problem anymore. (Well, as much...)

Like I said, when you park it outside, try cracking a window or sunroof if you have it, and that should help. You're not alone with hating winters.... My friend texted me today just to say it was over 70 in Denver. I told him to shove it....

 

I thought perhaps the dealer left the window open and that was why it happenend the last time. I guess i was wrong. I am in MO for work this week and it is warming up. Can't wait to get home. Can't believ it is 70 in Denver though.

 

I'd check under the cowl for that butul patch. I just checked my 06 and the thing was just laying there. It wasn't glued down anywhere. That will let all kinds of moisture or condisation into the cabin area.

 

What did you use to seal it back down?

 

had this happen when i had my wife's aveo for the day, took forever to warm up and of course her scrapper is a piece of junk, so I couldn't even do that. I had a thick layer or ice built up in there. Just happened to the the weather that day. Had to run the car with the defrost on high for about 15 minutes to get a hole that I could see through, and another half an hour once i got home to clear it up. All of that for a 2 mile drive home...

 

I'm sure I'm not the only one wondering about this. It seems that everybody else's HHR can't function any way such as this.

First off, the HHR always defaults to "fresh air" setting. Secondly, if you turn the dial to "floor" or "defrost" mode, the HHR will always kick back to the "fresh air" setting.

 

I thought it was impossible to have recirc on in any defrost mode?