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OK, I live in the pacific northwest and it has been raining big time. Everytime I get in my Croc the front window either is fogged or fogs instantly. There is no siginifcant water in my rubber mats. The a/c compressor is on, recirculation is off. My other cars (e.g. '98 M3) in the same conditions don't do this at all. Although hitting the front defrost climate control button clears the window in 10 seconds or so, this is something I have not experienced in my other vehiceles. Any thoughts?
I'm in Moscow, colder but same air and rain as you. I haven't noticed any instant fogging in the Cayman yet (very few data points), but I do get it in the GTI every year around this time. I suspect a really good inside window cleaning might help.
I have the same instant fogging on occasion where I live. What amazes me is I press the defogger button and instantly it clears my windshield. Just one push, for about a couple seconds, seems to do the trick and it fogs no more.
I think it's just a quirk of the car. Moist air settles in the A/C ducts and upon startup gets pushed out before the A/C system has a chance to dehumidify, but as you said gets cleared up quickly.
I have also seen this more on cars with cabin filtration.....the filter sometimes holds some moisture in it. Does your M3 have this?
Try this,.....a couple minutes before shutting the car down put the A/C in recirc mode to really dry out the air and cabin filter in your car.....see if that helps the next time at startup.
OK, I live in the pacific northwest and it has been raining big time. Everytime I get in my Croc the front window either is fogged or fogs instantly. There is no siginifcant water in my rubber mats. The a/c compressor is on, recirculation is off. My other cars (e.g. '98 M3) in the same conditions don't do this at all. Although hitting the front defrost climate control button clears the window in 10 seconds or so, this is something I have not experienced in my other vehiceles. Any thoughts?
to me the defroster is the worst out of the 20 cars that I have owned--a few of my cars never had the defroster on though
You know, I have been waiting almost a year for someone to ask this question. I live near DC and my windows fog up almost every day continuously. Even in the summer. AC on or off, circ on or off (I think). I keep having to push the DEFROST button until it gets too hot in the car and then 15 minutes later it fogs up again. I have never had that happen before in any other car. Not a complaint, I still love the car, but I am curious why it happens.
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2006 Arctic Silver CS with SRP and LSD
You know, I have been waiting almost a year for someone to ask this question. I live near DC and my windows fog up almost every day continuously. Even in the summer. AC on or off, circ on or off (I think). I keep having to push the DEFROST button until it gets too hot in the car and then 15 minutes later it fogs up again. I have never had that happen before in any other car. Not a complaint, I still love the car, but I am curious why it happens.
In the summer, I suspect the condensation is on the outside. By default, the AC is blowing cold air out the defroster ducts. That makes the glass cold and our lovely DC humidity immediately condenses on the glass. I got around it by pushing the button that makes the cold air just come out of the dashboard ducts.
OK, I live in the pacific northwest and it has been raining big time. Everytime I get in my Croc the front window either is fogged or fogs instantly. There is no siginifcant water in my rubber mats. The a/c compressor is on, recirculation is off. My other cars (e.g. '98 M3) in the same conditions don't do this at all. Although hitting the front defrost climate control button clears the window in 10 seconds or so, this is something I have not experienced in my other vehiceles. Any thoughts?
Don't feel alone. I live near Seattle, and have been experiencing the same fogging problem since I took delivery on my Cayman in October. I have never had the problem to this extent before on a car, including my 2003 Boxster S. I also still have the brake squeal at temp, during light braking. Maybe I can convince my wife this car is a lemon, and order a GT2.
This fogging issue is not new to the Cayman (my prior 986 and 996 had the same issues - although the 986 was worst than the 996). Some ideas to help/solve the fogging problem:
1. Have the AC compressor (or at least the econ button no lite up) whenever you are trying to defog the windows.
2. Adjust the temperature when using the "defrost" button with the AC compressor on (econ button not lite) to prevent the bake out scenario (note: too cold of air under certain environmental conditions will result in condensation on the outside of the windshield which is more of a pain (IMO) than fogging in the interior).
3. Dictating the air flow to the windshield and using the AC compressor and the temperature control can solve the fogging issues (note the too cold of air scenario in #2 though).
4. Thoroughly clean the interior windows with a good glass cleaner. I have noticed that as the time between inside glass cleaning goes, the "fogging" issue increases dramatically. Granted freshly cleaned windows will not solve the problem but in combination with the foregoing makes it a none issue.
My experience with this fogging issue in both the 986 and 996 is the reason I did not want the Auto climate control in the CS, as I found it is much more easily controlled with manual settings than using the auto settings.
