I have not had this with any other car, but the Yeti will often steam up on the inside in colder weather and when very cold will ice up on the inside. Is this a common problem or is it just my car?

Are you running the aircon/climate control?  Might help, as it brings down the interior relative humidity and reduces misting.  No mist = nothing to freeze

I've had a bit of condensation on the inside of the windscreen , but no ice . This is where the heated screen pays for itself  :sun:

I used to have this on a Honda that I owned during those two really bad winters a few years back in the UK.

 

I never solved it (nor have I had it in any other car) but I reduced it by not traipsing in too much snow/water when I got in the car and also not storing anything damp in the car (such as the exterior frost shield that I had on the car each night).

 

I've never had it in any other car but then I have never owned a car and parked it outside when it was minus 20 before!!

Are you running the aircon/climate control?  Might help, as it brings down the interior relative humidity and reduces misting.  No mist = nothing to freeze

Aircon is on all the time as a default on Climate control. The car is left outside overnight, but no previous car I have had has misted up on the inside overnight and in really cold conditions (like last night) the mist freezes.

 

I used a Karcher window vac this morning after it had defrosted and got about 1/2 a cup of water off the screen on the inside!

 

The car does not feel damp inside and there is no obvious water leak anywhere. No Sunroof either. The car has done this since new and is now nearly 3 years old but just wondered if it was a common fault.

 

I agree that a heated screen would be on my wish list for next time, but its too late for this car.

Aircon is on all the time as a default on Climate control.

 

Not if it's turned off it isn't.

If that much condensation there has to be damp in the car, either a leak or water brought in on feet etc.

Not if it's turned off it isn't.

If that much condensation there has to be damp in the car, either a leak or water brought in on feet etc.

 

Absolutely - I leave it on to keep the air drier. I meant that on 'Auto' it is switched on by default.

 

I have rubber mats in the car and they are dry, and I don't bring water in on shoes generally. There is no obvious leak either. This is why I am baffled and just wondering if other suffer with similar problems.

 

If not then I will get the dealer to investigate while it is still under warranty.

A leak would do it, of course, but you've checked and a sunroof isn't involved.  A cheap hygrometer like https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hygrometer-Humidity-Thermometer-Temperature-Meter/dp/B0098TG0XU/ref=sr_1_20?ie=UTF8&qid=1483625257&sr=8-20&keywords=thermo+hygrometer left in the car would give you an idea of the humidity level (note, at this sort of price I'm not talking accuracy) - and 'feeling' dry and actually being dry are rather differrent (oops) different things. 

Edited 5 January, 20179 yr by Brijo

Ok not the perfect answer but works on the wifes audi

 

- Lakland - 

RECHARGEABLE WARDROBE DEHUMIDIFIER   2.99  http://www.lakeland.co.uk/25312/Rechargeable-Wardrobe-Dehumidifier

take it out and stick in microwave to dry out then good to go. When it gets really wet you can get something called mega moisture crystals from them as well

 

we did this a few times with the larger crystals container and now just hang the wardrobe one off the mirror when cold solved the problem.

Just a thought: I don't think it helps that the screen is very much thinner and (apparently) of a different type of glass to that used in cars of only a few years ago. Maybe these are contributing to the increased condensation and subsequent freezing.........Tony

I have ordered one of these to try. https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01N1Q3IJ6/ref=pe_385721_51767431_TE_dp_1

 

Should arrive tomorrow, so will report back success or not.

 

De-humidifier as per peenut sounds a good idea and will try that if the cover doesn't work.

 

Thinner glass as per Great Yeti could also be the cause, but solving that could be expensive lol.

Not on the yeti but I know a Peugeot partner that had this problem and was dripping on the dashboard to the extent it caused the dash circuits to fail.

It would be beneficial to run a proper dehumidifier in the car overnight for a couple of nights and 1 see how much it's taking out and 2 see if the problem remains.

I have ordered one of these to try. https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01N1Q3IJ6/ref=pe_385721_51767431_TE_dp_1

 

Should arrive tomorrow, so will report back success or not.

 

De-humidifier as per peenut sounds a good idea and will try that if the cover doesn't work.

 

Thinner glass as per Great Yeti could also be the cause, but solving that could be expensive lol.

Now that's a smart looking windshield cover, thanks for the link.

I went out to the car to find a beautiful pattern on the windscreen, like fern leaves,

problem was it was eigth of an inch thick! inside the windscreen it was nearly as thick.

No heated windscreen, not like on my Ford Focus which had a lovely heated screen.

This happened to me a while ago but it was my own fault.

I inadvertently left the passenger window open overnight on a very damp night. It took about a week to completely dry out!  

Nowadays I use a dehumidifier type bag left on the dashboard. I can't remember what make it is but I followed a link on here about 6 months ago. It's a black bag with a colour circle in the centre, blue when good turns pink when saturated then microwave for about 3 mins. No problems now.

Partly because of this experience I specced a heated windscreen on my new Yeti, what a wonderful device it is.

 

Fred

The guy who replaced my windscreen in my previous yeti said that he was aware that many cars suffered small leaks where the screen adhesive had been incorrectly applied at the factory ( my yeti included as the water dripped off the rear view mirror if parked facing downhill in the rain, after the new screen was fitted no more leak).

A previous Renault suffered dreadfully, the cause was damaged plastic sheeting within the rear doors ( there to prevent water ingress!!!)

One side of my windscreen was frozen on the inside this morning. Indicated temperature was about -2.5. I had some damp in the car before Christmas for similar reasons to g6zru, so that might explain it. The dehumidifier bags are pretty good - or you can use cat litter (clean!) stuffed into a sock :) Dehumidifiers won't be quite so effective in cold weather. They are better when it's warm.

Smokeyjoe your experience is plainly the result of damp in the car the screen is plainly acting as a condenser and what you are finding means there simply has to be a damp problem. I have read of water collecting in the bottom of the boot well and also in the sound deadening felt under the carpets. Once you have checked these areas then you need to find the source, commonly windscreen seal and sometimes loose or ill fitting grommets in the boot floor. I would be surprised if you don't find a damp area and wish you luck in resolving it. If as I fear you have damp in the lowest areas of the car then get the dealer to resolve it as you are in warranty.

Sadly my 3 week old Yeti suffers the same problem. Also twice not been able to get into the car as the door handles had frozen. It was only -2 Deg C, hardly Siberia, where do Skoda do their winter testing, the Caribean?

AC won't help in these conditions as it can't pull the temp down low enough to condense out the water vapour and would doubt any kind of domestic de-humidifier would be of much help either.

A/C compressor has a min operating based on OAT of around 4 Deg C and a temperature probe limits the minimum temperature on the evaporator to 2 Deg C, to prevent it freezing up.

Trying to,dry the car out using A/c, providing OAT is high enough will just leave a heater full of condense / moist air which will percualte into the car, normally effecting the windscreen first.

Hygrometer will probably just show 99% RH in this cold weather. As temp drops the amount of water that can be support false also so effectivly the RH climbs. That's unless you live in somewhere like Norway, mountains of powdery white snow but impossibly to make a snow ball, to dry.

My brand new car now sports a roll of kitchen towel on the front seat and when the condensation freezes scrapping it off gives a nice festive snow like covering on the dash:-(

I went through this with a brand new MK 1 Fabia many moons back, known issue with leaking door cards but it lost count of hair many trips back to the garage it took to get it 'fixed'.

It will be going back into the garage but I just know it's not going to get fixed.

I suppose it's nice to know that I don't have the only leaking one.

All the best, sadly I have very little faith left I the brand or dealership network.

 would doubt any kind of domestic de-humidifier would be of much help either.

If the windscreen is cold enough to draw the moisture out how do you think domestic dehumidifiers work?

Not as efficient as in a warmer atmosphere but a LOT better than nothing.

We run one in our conservatory and there is not a lot of heat there this time of year.

The dehumidifier also puts out warmed air and works well when I dry the interior of my cars out overnight occasionally after an interior clean.

I always thought the best way was to simply hit the demise button and the program would deal with the problem by pumping dehumidified warm air.......given time

My Yeti Outdoor is only 3 months old and I get the same problem of ice on the inside of the windscreen. My wife has a CityGo, also 3 month sold, and she gets the same, ice on the inside of the windscreen. I can't find any damp spots in either vehicle and have been putting the problem down to damp shoes when getting in the car after rain or, more likely, the microfibre cloths that we use to wipe the inside of the screens - these are left in the cars after wiping the screens and release their moisture back into the atmosphere as they dry.

.....more likely, the microfibre cloths that we use to wipe the inside of the screens - these are left in the cars after wiping the screens and release their moisture back into the atmosphere as they dry.

An obvious risk!  How often do I remember to take it indoors for drying later?! 

 

Hereafter to be known as 'the greendragon humidity cycle'.  :clap:

I have used the chemical dehumidifier to good advantage

but you have to be aware you are trying to take on the

whole outside atmosphere if you have any ventilation as

I found to my chagrin when I put one out in my caravan*

 

* The Orion 400/2 is for sale by the way.

Edited 6 January, 20179 yr by gumdrop