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Fog on winshield (inside) during winter (97 Accord)
I have a 97 Honda Accord. I recently moved from a much warmer climate
to michigan where the winters are brutal. Often, I get a buildup of fog on the inside windshield, sometimes frosty as well. It can take the climate control cracked on high almost 30 minutes before it clears up. I tried it with and without the AC button engaged and both with recirc and fresh air. It doesnt make much of a difference. I keep a rag in my car to wipe the fog off, but it often just smears it, and often it re-appears. Does anyone else experience such a problem? Is this a flaw with the Accord climate control? Are there any solutions? |
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"SoCalMike" > wrote in message
news:MGuvd.496185$wV.424980@attbi_s54... > wrote: > > I have a 97 Honda Accord. I recently moved from a much warmer climate > > to michigan where the winters are brutal. Often, I get a buildup of fog > > on the inside windshield, sometimes frosty as well. It can take the > > climate control cracked on high almost 30 minutes before it clears up. > > I tried it with and without the AC button engaged and both with recirc > > and fresh air. It doesnt make much of a difference. > if it doesnt work with the temp set to "hot" and the AC on, you cant > really do much else. Maybe one other. Open the window. Chances are the matching temp and humid reduction would work wonders. |
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"leroy" ) writes: > "SoCalMike" > wrote in message > news:MGuvd.496185$wV.424980@attbi_s54... >> wrote: >> > I have a 97 Honda Accord. I recently moved from a much warmer climate >> > to michigan where the winters are brutal. Often, I get a buildup of fog >> > on the inside windshield, sometimes frosty as well. It can take the >> > climate control cracked on high almost 30 minutes before it clears up. >> > I tried it with and without the AC button engaged and both with recirc >> > and fresh air. It doesnt make much of a difference. > >> if it doesnt work with the temp set to "hot" and the AC on, you cant >> really do much else. > > Maybe one other. Open the window. Chances are the matching temp and > humid reduction would work wonders. > Make sure the controls are set to take in outside air, not to recirc. In cold weather, recirc is only useful if you aren't in the car. (e.g., recirc is OK while you are outside clearing snow from the car) Otherwise, the moisture from your breath will fog the windows. It is possible that you have a tiny leak in your heater core, allowing small amounts of coolant to escape. Do you ever find yourself adding coolant? You shouldn't need to in winter, and only rarely in summer. Is your temp guage getting to normal, or is the air coming from the defroster hot? If you have a defective thermostat, or if the control valve is not allowing full flow of hot coolant into the heater core, the defroster wouldn't get hot enough to clear the windshield. A/C is useful for defogging in warm weather, but becomes less useful as the outside temp approaches freezing. Dan (This account is not used for email.) |
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It could also be a bad heater core. When the leak they put steam into
the heating/ac system. |
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There is usually a pretty obvious smell associated with that....
Mike 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's wrote: > > It could also be a bad heater core. When the leak they put steam into > the heating/ac system. |
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Sometimes, sometimes not. Its worth a check.
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Sometimes, sometimes not. Its worth a check.
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