recirculated air causes fog ups...

[yorolpal]

Hey gang,

Don't know if I'm posting in the right place but I've got two questions regarding my 09 Fit Sport (in the tres cool metallic orange). First if I have the lever directed to "recirculated air" and the AC is not on all my windows fog up no matter what the weather's like outside. I have to keep it on "outside air" most all the time. Is this normal? Second (and this is just a curiosity) I use an 8 gig USB thumb drive as my main source of music. I keep the player on random shuffle play. The thing is the player seems to "like" certain albums and cuts (the Fit as Droid) and totally ignores many others. There are quite literally many tunes that I know are on the albums I've got loaded on the drive that have never played yet there are many others that play all the time. Like I said it's just a curiosity but any info anyone could give me on the HVAC thing would be much appreciated. I love my Fit (I traded my 06 Pilot for it)...and Honda.

[macbuddy]

yorolpal,
I would try this:
1) Run the AC to dehumidify the recirculated air.
2) Find out what format your player recognizes. Does your 8GB USB drive contain more than one format? (i.e. MP3, WMA, AAC, WAV, etc...) That might be why only certain selections (formats) are playing.
-macbuddy-

[manxman]

Hey pal,

Page 111 of your owner's manual tells you to use the outside air setting "almost all of the time". Only use the recirc. setting when the windows are frosted, and when they clear up, switch to the fresh air side again. It does not say why this is so, just to do it. Same story with our Scion XB.

I use an MP3 player, so can't help you with the audio. Macbuddy's advice is worth a shot.

[claymore]

Mine is just the opposite... if I run outside air I get fogging. Recirculate gets rid of it. Where ever the air is coming from fogging is an excess moisture problem. Possibly in your case using recirculate with no A/C or no window cracked moisture from perspiration of you and your passengers puts too much moisture into the air in the car. Without the A/C running why would you want to use recirculate anyway your not letting any fresh or cooler air into the car?

[manxman]

For us in the States, the heaviest source of moisture inside the car is all of the interior cloth- seat covers, carpeting, headliner. The car is pretty well sealed with the doors and windows tightly shut, and just your body heat turns the car into a terrarium. Good for pet frogs and salamanders, not good for clear vision. Even in the rain, the outside air setting will clear out most of the fog, but it just takes a little less time on the recirc. setting, If you leave it set there too long, the fog returns.

[finalout99]

For us in the States, the heaviest source of moisture inside the car is all of the interior cloth- seat covers, carpeting, headliner. The car is pretty well sealed with the doors and windows tightly shut, and just your body heat turns the car into a terrarium. Good for pet frogs and salamanders, not good for clear vision. Even in the rain, the outside air setting will clear out most of the fog, but it just takes a little less time on the recirc. setting, If you leave it set there too long, the fog returns.



I have to agree with manxman, here in KS it has been getting down to 40 degrees at night. I get up to work and go in at 3:30 AM (FedEx Switcher). I'm 6', 240 and about 30 seconds later the windows fog up. i have to kick on the A/C for just a bit and the fog is gone. If i leave the set up on recirculation the fog will come back on. My 08 manual recommends to always leave the vent on and I do. I leave it at the lowest setting (#1) and move the temperature knob over to make it nice and warm inside. It's the moisture that causes the fog, it's inside the interior and you have to get ride of it, either A/C or introducing fresh air from outside. :cool:hope this helps