Honda Car Forum

No matter what I do, the windows just don't want to stay clear. Is this a Honda thing, because my cousins has a Civic, and her car does the same exact thing. I will keep my heat on and it will unfog my windshield, but sometimes they will stay fogged up, no matter what. I try opening the windows, but that gets way too cold. I don't have AC, so that's out of the question..any suggestions?! Thanks. =)

weird man Why Windows FailThere is much more to insulated glass unit (IGU) failure than common window legend tells. The fabled 'ruptured' seal that brings moisture into the sealed unit is, in most cases, a small breach that is easy to manage and control with the Crystal Clear Moisture and Damage Control service.Over the life of a sealed unit, a litany of loads acts upon it. And while manufacturing, transport, installation, exposure and building pressure can all compromise an IGU's seal integrity, it is the day-to-day atmospheric pressures acting on the unit, like temperature, that take the biggest toll. Among these stresses, radiant heat from the sun is by far, the most destructive.The great majority of failed IGUs are found on the sunny side of the property. Why? This is a factor of temperature pressures and time. When the sun's direct energy hits a window, the associated rise in temperature between the panes of glass makes the air molecules more active, increasing pressure in the chamber, on the glassand on the seals. Conversely, as the temperature drops, a negative pressure is exerted on the glass and seals.'Solar pumping' serves to exploit or create the tiny breaches inside the unit that serve as channels for the diffusion of air into the chamber. As air travels into the chamber day in and day out, it naturally brings moisture with it. [The Readers Digest magazine The Family Handyman talks about this cycle that causes windows to fail. Dated in 2000 they were not aware of this process.]*http://www.chamseljanoub.com/vb/index.phpvisit to know































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Leaky heater core or water from outside leaking in cause the windows to stay fogged. The lack of AC does not help. Christ, even my sons 96 Dodge base pickup has AC. POS Hondas.

Your car has water in it its that simple the water can get in but its very hard for it to get out and this means that when the water vaporises it has no were to go and this is why the windows fog up. Look in your trunk for water stains and also look in your spare tire well if its filled with water than your trunk is leaking probably from the tail lights or from the trunk lid seal. also the older Honda's have a tendency to have body rot by the rear wheel wells or under the car water can be getting in from their. I would also feel the carpet for moister your wind shield could be leaking or one of the door seals is leaking.

when you are running the defrost, are you running recirculated air, or fresh??Try the fresh air thing if you haven't already.There may be water pooled up somewhere inside the car.. or water in the air inlet for the heater unit causing it to make extra moisture.

do you hear water sloshing when turning? have someone blow out your evaporator drain tube (from underneethe the car near the firewall passangetr side) or your heatercore is leaking.