Hi all,

Basically I wake up on the morning and the car is steamed up/frozen on the inside. I thought this might just be accumulation due to the snow but I went on a 200 mile round trip and it did exactly the same the day after the return.


To save me a warrenty visit, any tips of where to look?

Thanks

Random further info.

When I put the AC on to help demist on first start. It makes things worse an the whole car steams up before clearing.

Normal for a Skoda in the winter.

The car is well sealed so any moisture in the air inside the car will condense on cold surfaces as the car gets colder.

The windows that are the least vertical will suffer the most.

You want to remove the moisture before you lock the car up.

 

Try these suggestions which have solved it for me:-

 

Thoroughly clean the inside of the windows with a good window cleaner and clean/dry them off with new/clean/dry material.

 

Put a moisture absorber/dehumidifer pad on top of the dash over night like this:-

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Pingi-Dehumidifer-Car-Home-Multicolor/dp/B00I3VKBJS/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1549310741&sr=8-3&keywords=moisture+absorber+car

Mine fits in the cubby hole below the handbrake lever nice and snug.

 

Just before you arrive at your destination open the front windows and cool the air inside the car down.

You can combine this with having the heater/fan/direction on cool/low/down to aid the flow.

 

Crack the front windows a bit before you start the fan/heater in the morning.

When on a long journey run the AC and the heater on hot to dry out any wet floor mats.

Ban any wet dogs/kids from the car. If, like me you have both then I sympathise.

 

If you put a cover over all the windows/put the car in a garage you can try this:-

Don't set the interior alarm but leave the front windows open a crack.

Then the temperature inside the car will stay the same as outside the car.

 

It also helps if you don't bring water into the car, and stop breathing in the car. 

 

Thanks AG Falco

 

I'm sure all SKODAs mist up, salt pot can work a treat, demister pads dry them out on radiator every now & then. Wet gloves, Matt's, shoes don't help, wet jackets left in boot etc.. avoid

Bought my Fabia April 2015 lots of new owners had misting up problems consensus then was to keep the internal windows as clean as possible, use, as suggested, a bag of moisture absorbing crystals on the dashboard and run the heating on automatic, if fitted. I also bought a front set of Skoda solid rubber mats from dealers for winter use all these things seem to help. Joe

 

My current Fabia never suffers from misting on the inside,neither did my last one. What am I doing right?

MK1 Fabias had door card leak problems. Similar symptoms, with wet carpet around affected dors. PERHAPS Skoda have failed to cure this problem on later marques ???????

I don't know if the similarities are this shared between the '17 Polo (like my OH's) and the MkIII Fabia but there has been a lot of build-up of leaves/debris/foliage around the drain holes by the top portion of the bonnet (left and right). Clearing those has helped with misting-up issues on startup, even with AC enabled. Not fully abated it, but certainly helped.

Edited 5 February, 20197 yr by Benz3ne

Thanks all for the tips. I' going to give it another week to see what happens.