Compared to all the other cars I have owned my Skoda Fabia mark 1 estate seems to get an awful lot of condenstion, especially on the inside of the front windscreen. I either have to have some absorbent cloths to hand or to wait until the AC and fan have dealt with it, which can take as much as five minutes. Does anyone else have this problem or is it just my vehicle? I am wondering if there is a particular problem - certainly don't remember it being as bad when I first owned it (from new about 4.5 yrs ago).

Possible rainwater ingress through doors.

Check carpet in footwells and door boards for dampness - well known problem with migration of rainwater following ingress at the windows rubbers.

Dealer can fix with mastic and/or kit for about anything between £30 - £60 per pair of doors.

Full cost warranty claim might apply if the car is under 3 years old.

Nick

Yep, I'd check the carpets - under the mats if you have them. The windscreen will be worst as it gets dirtiest and is the least upright...

I had a similar problem about a year ago, replacing the pollen filter seemed to fix it.

Edit: ignore that, thinking about it, it was sealing the rear door carriers and drying the carpets that fixed it.

Edited 1 December, 200817 yr by ninjajebus

I had a similar problem about a year ago, replacing the pollen filter seemed to fix it.

Edit: ignore that, thinking about it, it was sealing the rear door carriers and drying the carpets that fixed it.

Random!

Not really , I had water ingress from the pollen filter housing because of the drain holes in the scuttle (under wipers) being blocked. When I dropped the pollen filter out it was sopping wet , ive not had any problems with severe misting up since I had the drain holes cleared and pollen filter replaced. It only take a few seconds to drop the filter out so its an easy check to see if your problem is in that area!

Also worth checking the heater control is not stuck on recirc mode as well. Been there, done that, swapped the recirc motor, bought the t-shirt.

I also have this problem, and bought a new pollen filter today to see if that'll cure it. Failing that, my rear doors are coming adrift. Let's see what happens... :(

The other day as I was parking at the supermarket, an old lady in the neighbouring space tapped on my window and asked me why her car was getting such bad condensation inside the windows. Apart from the fact that I was able to offer all sorts of advice based on the above responses, I was interested to hear what sort of car a fellow sufferer was driving.

It was a VW Polo!

Is this a Fabia/Polo design fault

Last year I thought my Octavia was bad condensation wise, couldn't find any reason other than I always drove with the climate completely off to save fuel. I took to closing the windows and running the heater full blast on recirc for the last 10 minutes of each journey, then in the last few yards turning it off and winding the windows down to let the air out. I don't have any problems now. Just ensures all the interior furnishings are nice and dry and the humid air (from breathing) isn't left in the car I guess.

Thanks for the tip - I'll try it - not sure what the rest of the family will think though!