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Model specific boards => Golf mk7 => Topic started by: ChrisUK01 on 06 October 2014, 19:39
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Hi,
I picked up my GTI new on Friday, now it has started to rain the car steams up on some of the windows.
Has anyone had this, did VW not configure the car correctly when making it road worthy?
Cheers
Chris
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Yes, they do this. My last 7 new VWs have done this. You need to have the blower on the windscreen setting. If this isn't enough to stop misting up then you need to put the aircon on too (dry air blowing at the screen).
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take it back and cancel your hp agreement :grin:
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Thanks I have the aircon on the drivers side window and the one behind on the same side start to mist up.
Ha Ha don't tempt me my A5 never steamed up like this. :smiley:
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it is more than likely a little residual dampness from when they prepared the car. it has, here at least, gone cold and damp in the last few days, which won't help.
As stated, leave the air conditioning on all the time and add a little heat to it if you can bare it...
If it carries on for more than a few weeks in conditions where you would expect condensation then I would start to investigate other causes...
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Our first drive home from the dealer was in the rain. Took a while to get the windscreen completely clear that day, even with the air con on. It has been much better since - must just be dampness in the system from new.
I tend to run the aircon on most of the time to keep the windows clear. Only turn it off on dry days where the temperature is right anyway.
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Mine fogs up quite badly too, even going along with the aircon on heat.... you have to clear it by pushing the direct at screen button.
Some car designs just seem like that, Mk7 included. :(
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Warm, moist air + cold windscreen = condensation. It's a trait of the Golf going back several generations.
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It's not just the golf! Leave your climate control on 22 on auto and you shouldn't have many problems with fogging up.
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I've found if I use air con its a vicious circle. I'm guaranteed the next time I get in the car the windows will be steamed up again.
However if I just use the blower to clear the windows, the next time I get in the car they won't have automatically steamed up.
So I never use the air con and the only time I have steamed up windows is if I get in the car wet.
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Best not to drive immediately after showering. :laugh:
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I've found if I use air con its a vicious circle. I'm guaranteed the next time I get in the car the windows will be steamed up again.
However if I just use the blower to clear the windows, the next time I get in the car they won't have automatically steamed up.
So I never use the air con and the only time I have steamed up windows is if I get in the car wet.
I know what you are saying is your experience but it doesn't make an awful lot of sense.
What you are saying just heats up the air in the car to get rid of condensation which, when you leave the car and it cools, will reappear. If you persist with air-conditioning it will, in my experience, dry the air in the car out reducing the propensity for condensation to re-appear...
However, they are cars, they get damp and at this time of year they will steam up...
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Get a couple of large silca gel packs and keep them in the door pockets. They cost very little from ebay and help no end with getting rid of moisture. www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Silica-Gel-500-grms-5-x-100grm-Sachets-Dessicant-NEW-/121454966123?pt=UK_Packaging_Materials&hash=item1c4747b56b
I keep one in each car and alternate them with ones that dry out in the airing cupboard.
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I don't have any problem now, but it did mist up in the rain for the first week or two. My car stood for some time at the dealer though until March 1st. Just aircon to squeeze it out.
If it persists, check your boot floor isn't damp as Kevinm on here found a wet boot floor thanks to a faulty boot hinge seal.
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I know what you are saying is your experience but it doesn't make an awful lot of sense.
What you are saying just heats up the air in the car to get rid of condensation which, when you leave the car and it cools, will reappear. If you persist with air-conditioning it will, in my experience, dry the air in the car out reducing the propensity for condensation to re-appear...
However, they are cars, they get damp and at this time of year they will steam up...
I don't know the actual process involved but I can guarantee if I've used the air conditioning on a journey, the very next time I get in to use the car the screen will either already be misted up or will mist up as soon as I drive off regardless of the outside conditions.
However if I have just had the blowers on for a journey, the next time I get in the car, it won't automatically mist up like the AC does.
I just find with the AC its a vicious circle and feel I'm much better off not using it.
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If you keep the inside and outside of the screen clean it doesnt fog up as much if at all. i find not using the climate control instigates a misted up screen in the morning.
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My screens always steam up, usually when its been raining. Takes ages to clear down as well that I usually have to open the front door windows to see when turning in case I hit something.
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I usually find a quick burst of the screen demist button clears condensation in seconds.
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Mine doesn't really mist up at all - always use AC in Auto setting at 20-22 degrees.
Obviously the heated front screen would take care of any fog but I don't have any even in the morning after car's been parked in rain all night.
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I don't have a problem with the windscreen but i have a BIG problem with steamy headlights. I find it unacceptable for a car of 3 months old to have steamy headlights. I haven't had steamy headlights on my old Renault in over 7 years of ownership and I have them now on the GTI and it looks awful, just like old '90s cars. I think I'll give it back to the dealers, really p****d off right now.
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Thanks for the replays, I normally run the air con on all the time at 22c on all the cars I have owned.
Interesting comment about damp from preparing the car, I did not think about that.
I run the demise every few minutes to keep the screen clear.
However I have the car booked in on Monday to be checked out.
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I don't have a problem with the windscreen but i have a BIG problem with steamy headlights. I find it unacceptable for a car of 3 months old to have steamy headlights. I haven't had steamy headlights on my old Renault in over 7 years of ownership and I have them now on the GTI and it looks awful, just like old '90s cars. I think I'll give it back to the dealers, really p****d off right now.
What headlights do you have?
Halogen, Xenon with halogen DRL or Xenon with LED DRL?
Do you drive with lights (driving lights not parking lights) or without?
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I don't have a problem with the windscreen but i have a BIG problem with steamy headlights. I find it unacceptable for a car of 3 months old to have steamy headlights. I haven't had steamy headlights on my old Renault in over 7 years of ownership and I have them now on the GTI and it looks awful, just like old '90s cars. I think I'll give it back to the dealers, really p****d off right now.
Guessing you have the HID's as my last two BMW's have had the exact same problem as goes the GTI now and looking around many other cars fitted with them do as well.
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What headlights do you have?
Halogen, Xenon with halogen DRL or Xenon with LED DRL?
Do you drive with lights (driving lights not parking lights) or without?
Have the GTI headlights, so Xenon with LED DRL. I keep the lights on Auto all the time.
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Guessing you have the HID's as my last two BMW's have had the exact same problem as goes the GTI now and looking around many other cars fitted with them do as well.
My Renault has Xenon headlights as well but I have never had problems with them getting steamy, not even at -20C, in rain or snow.
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On Auto headlights don't come on all too often unless it's quite dark.
Try keeping them on manually for few days, should get rid of the moisture. If it still keeps coming back go to the dealer.
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Car was looked at by VW on Monday and they have said .........
It is a trait of the car, time for silica gel packs!
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Car was looked at by VW on Monday and they have said .........
It is a trait of the car, time for silica gel packs!
Reminds me of any time my kids were really unwell and my Mrs went to the GP with them, "Its just a virus"
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On Auto headlights don't come on all too often unless it's quite dark.
Try keeping them on manually for few days, should get rid of the moisture. If it still keeps coming back go to the dealer.
You can programme them to come on early in the settings though. I have them set to 'early', possibly they come on slightly before I would turn them on myself, but rather that way than the other.
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I know you can change it to early - did that before I coded them to be always on (scandinavian drl).
Rather be seen on the road ;)
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All cars mist up, except if you leave the AC on all the time, which dehums the air.
Misting up inside the golf is worst for me after I turn the AC off, and is probably associated with residual evaporating moisture being circulated within the car if the AC has just been turned off, and it has been a relatively humid day. The water removed from the air can be carried over from the condensate tray, most will drain away but the tray will still be wet.
I dont feel the need to have the AC on all the time when the external ambient temp is a bit lower, and hopefully saves a bit of fuel.
The worst misting situation is when it is raining and you use the AC to clear then turn it off, you end up in a cycle.
Better off if you dont need AC i.e this time of year, turn it off and use max heat only on the blowers to clear the windscreen, the oldschool way. just manually select the windscreen and set it up to 28 or whatever until it clears :wink:. Leave the AC off after this and it should be a lot better.
The MAX windscreen setting doesnt really help the situation as it puts the AC on and heating, although is useful on frosty mornings due to the electric heater element.