Is it normal for the windscreen to mist up when wet ( on my previous car I didn't notice this happening when wet - I always had the fan on and directed to windscreen) and what is the normal way to keep it clear?:confused:

I have climatronic air con. When I choose the setting for windscreen (button with windscreen and person on) it doesn't seem to make much impression. Should all the air vents be closed to in fact direct the air to the windscreen rather than inside the car (didn't have to do this with my old car no air con).

If I press the windscreen button above the one for rear windscreen then the windscreen clears very quickly but I thought this was for more abnormal conditions like deicing use rather than driving in the rain. In today's torrential rain it seemed the only way to keep the windscreen clear from misting up for to use this function periodically. :(

When it mists up, is the climatronic in ECON? if it is then thats the problem, when you hit the windscreen demist it automatically turns the compressor on to dehimidify the air onto the screen.

You generally need to have the cooling running to prevent misting up when the weather goes to pot.

If you turn the cooling off you will sometimes get misting up occuring due to the condensation on the cooling coil evapoating off into the airflow.

I just hit the demist button and it does the trick rightly usually in less than a minute.

Found that with my 'other ' car, twas the pollen filter ---replaced it,all ok now