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Old Jul 9, 2011 | 09:24 PM
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Anyone else have this problem? As soon as the sun goes down the windshield fogs up bad and doesnt wanna go away with the defrost. Its on the outside. Any ideas about a defogger? Its really bad. I never had a vehicle that did this.
 
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Old Jul 10, 2011 | 07:47 AM
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Sounds a bit like a a variant of a problem occasionally reported. Seems likely a blockage or faulty sensor or actuator but there are rather a lot and without a specialist OBD tool you'll struggle even to attempt to find/fix it.
 
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Old Jul 10, 2011 | 09:06 AM
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Are you running the climate control in auto or manual?
 
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Old Jul 10, 2011 | 09:25 AM
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Are you running the climate control in auto or manual?
Yup- and do you have 'recirc' selected at the time?
 
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Old Jul 10, 2011 | 03:15 PM
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It is not in AUTO most of the time and yes it is on recirculate.
 
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Old Jul 10, 2011 | 04:25 PM
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That may be your problem. Or as I said above.
 
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Old Jul 10, 2011 | 04:26 PM
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Well, that's two people of late who complain about a foggy windshield and both run it in recirc all the time.

Run it in full auto mode/ no recirc and let it do it's thing. Let us know what happens.
 
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Old Jul 10, 2011 | 04:32 PM
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I run mine in auto and recirc all the time (*). No fogging (but also different climate).

(*) I use recirc to avoid diesel fumes as best I can.
 
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Old Jul 10, 2011 | 06:12 PM
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Why not try it in auto and let us know how it goes?
 
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Old Jul 10, 2011 | 08:52 PM
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Will do. I think it may be the humidity too.
 
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