Excessive icing on the inside? HELP!

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Rexxar
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Without failure every cold morning there is a thick ice build up in my car. If I even park the car for a short period of time and come back out I have to wait for a thick layer of ice to melt. Driving around sometimes the ice melts and other times not. I have bought silica pouches and placed them in the car to no avail. The dealer says this is normal, and they cannot duplicate this issue; but I’ve never had a car do this. Anyone else out there with this issue? :wtf2:


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Is it frost or solid sheets of ice?
Interior window frosting means there is moisture in the cabin of the vehicle. Look for wet carpets caused by a clogged evaporator drain or another source of water intrusion, such as drain channels for doors, trunk lid, or sunroof, if so equipped. If the cowl or evaporator box is loaded with leaves or other debris, this can also cause an overwhelming amount of water to flow through the evaporator box during rain, causing the carpet to get wet. Dragging too much snow or water into the car from outside can also leave the carpets wet and cause interior window frosting. Try running your air conditioning to keep your cabin dry, even if it's cold out. Leave the a/c on, but use the heat control to stay comfortable. You will still be warm, but the air will be dry, which will probably help a lot. You could also try supplementing that by cleaning the inside of the windows (dirty glass is more prone to collecting moisture, and they're probably dirtier than you think, especially if you smoke) and using a fog preventing product on the interior glass. Rain-X makes a product for this purpose, but I don't know how well it works since I've never used it. It may be worth a try, though.

Rexxar
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Rogue One wrote:Is it frost or solid sheets of ice?
It depends on the temp down by the dash it would be what I would consider as frost, and up towards the top solid ice scraping with an ice scraper is even tough due to the contour of the inside windshield. What do you think it could be?

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id check:
1. the rear flaps behind the rear bumper/fender to make sure they are not stuck "open".
2. the windshield seal. (basically have a windshield re-installed).
3. make sure you leave the a/c system in the "re-circulate" mode)

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The dealer told me make sure the A/C and defrost is on 24/7 sometimes it helps but then the car doesn't ever get warm enough to be comfortable, must I really do this? turning it off the fog reappears in about a minute maybe less? I will ask them to check the three things you listed, i'm so mad, just bought this car and they won't take me seriously. Keep saying they can't find or duplicate the problem.


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