Thats what heated screens are for, mine clears in a few seconds. :P

Thats what heated screens are for, mine clears in a few seconds. :P

Heated screen on & aircon / climate on hot & directed at the windscreen = rapid, easy, demist / de ice / de fog etc :)

Sounds like your car isn't '' breathing '' properly if it suffers from excessive interior moisture - when was the pollenfilter last changed ?

The use of aircon / climate control reduces condensation / moisture quicker than the normal airflow

Not been done in the two years or so that I have owned it. No idea when the previous owner would have changed it, but it had been at least a year if not longer. Being under the scuttle panel in front of the screen I don't dare change it because of the number of posts I've read on the net about that causing water to leak inside!

Isn't it better to use hot air to evaporate it than cold? Haven't got aircon on my car sadly, last summer wasn't pleasant! Airflow is stuck on windscreen only too, which while safest, does lead to very cold feet!

Very envious of those of you with heated screens, must be nice on frosty mornings?

Changing the pollen filter may improve your moisture issue, without a/c or climate you have no option but to use the engines warm air supply & yes warm dry air is more effective than cold - hence the use of a/c or climate control

Heated screens are good & even my 1991 XR3i had a heated screen :)

Heated screens are good & even my 1991 XR3i had a heated screen :)

Crikey, I didn't realise heated screen technology was older than I am!

Guessing it was less refined back then though? Bigger wires and more gaps maybe?

Bit f a shame Ford patented the quickclear really, would be so useful on other cars!

Crikey, I didn't realise heated screen technology was older than I am!

Guessing it was less refined back then though? Bigger wires and more gaps maybe?

Bit f a shame Ford patented the quickclear really, would be so useful on other cars!

I'm sure I've read very reliably somewhere that heated screen tech predates 1991 by quite a while - i just can't remember / find the source & not just on Fords, i do seem to remember that the elements were a little more visible on my '91 XR3i than on recent cars, but in no way obtrusive.

Suffice to say it's was a brilliant idea & highly effective too & I'd never buy any car without one.

I'm sure I've read very reliably somewhere that heated screen tech predates 1991 by quite a while - i just can't remember / find the source & not just on Fords, i do seem to remember that the elements were a little more visible on my '91 XR3i than on recent cars, but in no way obtrusive.

Suffice to say it's was a brilliant idea & highly effective too & I'd never buy any car without one.

That means you're restricted to Ford, Jaguar, Land Rover and Aston Martin? Or have all the other manufacturers found a way of doing it that gets around the patent?

That means you're restricted to Ford, Jaguar, Land Rover and Aston Martin? Or have all the other manufacturers found a way of doing it that gets around the patent?

I'll happily be restricted to the above manufacturers . . . . :)

As far as i know '' Quickclear '' is Ford's patent.

I'm not entirely conversant with the legalities regarding the application on other manufacturers vehicles, so can't comment with any authority.

I'll happily be restricted to the above manufacturers . . . . :)

As far as i know '' Quickclear '' is Ford's patent.

I'm not entirely conversant with the legalities regarding the application on other manufacturers vehicles, so can't comment with any authority.

you learn something new every day :)

you learn something new every day :)

In what respect Wez ?

I think Ford have patented the elements in the screen rather than just the quickclear name, so very expensive for other manufacturers to use. Maybe there are other ways of doing it though. Would be useful in Volvos and Saabs with the Swedish climate!

VW do a heated windscreen as an extra.

A quick google reveals that Quickclear is in fact Ford's European trademark & heated screens were first fitted to the 1985 Granada MK3 in Europe :)

In what respect Wez ?

Ford's patent. didn't no that

Ford's patent. didn't no that

Google is your friend . . . & mine too :)

A quick google reveals that Quickclear is in fact Ford's European trademark & heated screens were first fitted to the 1985 Granada MK3 in Europe :)

its been around a few years then 1985

its been around a few years then 1985

Yes it has & as i said previously, before then i think - just not known as '' Quickclear '' & not as Ford's trademark & / or patent & not widely available or even widely known about.

VW do a heated windscreen as an extra.

They do, but I believe that uses a layer of conductive 'stuff' rather than a wire element. :)

was it a stuck open thermostat ?

what was the fix in the end ?

Jamie

2015 Kia has heated screen or is an option along with heated seats heated steering wheel

hi chaps, similar issue to the post title.

drove for about 30 min, car got up to just under 90 but see if I stopped for more and a min the temp would drop, 5 min it would be just above 60 and would stay around there

whats your initial thought, stuck open thermostat?

I'm about to do my timing belt so if I'm going to change the thermostat then nows the time

I think the DV6 is just too damn thermally efficient...

Trying to warm mine up and then keep it warm while stationary and jacking up for an oil change was impossible, even with heaters off, lights, heated screens and AC on! Soon as I stop the temp starts dropping off. Though remember it's not a live gauge, so '60' may not be as cold as it looks.

I assume you've got the heaters on while stopped? Sucking heat out of the coolant faster than the engine can put it back in as well...

If you want to try a new thermostat, does make sense to do it during the coolant change with the belt and waterpump, they're not the old style stat's under a tenner though, around £50 iirc!

I know its pretty efficient but this is much worse than normal, engine running, and the needle plummeted, it used to go up at idle albeit slowly

the thermostat is supposed to kick in at 83c so at sub 80 degrees she should have been heating up the water with no flow to the radiator, I cant imagine any reason she could have bled so much heat so soon, whilst the heaters where on, the blower was only at 1, not much would have been drawn out.

The gauge is about 10-15% out the last time I checked, seems to get worse the hotter it gets, in the summer it sits up around the 100 mark but is only around 85 via the sensor.

Because of the aux heater and the cold weather just now its difficult to tell how hot it blows inside, once driving its like an ovan on full heat tho!

As for the thermostat, yeah I noticed that, first search brought up some nice cheap parts, then I remembered its a DV6, headed to the over priced premium selection and searched for most expensive thermostat ever and there it was, top of the list!

Just typed a reply and managed to close the tab...fail!

Ally block will always lose more heat compared to an iron one. Heating on will be sucking heat even with the fans on low.

If the 'stat was stuck open you wouldn't get it to hit 90c at all. Bought my Vectra with a stuck stat and thought the gauge was broken as it never lifted off the stop...until some...errr...'brisk' driving managed to get it to the first bar! New stat for that was even more expensive though, £75 for a genuine part, stupid Fiat engine. :(

tell me about it, my computer has the backspace and enter key right next to each other, if you hit backspace just the right way it closes the web page! Stupid thing, extremely annoying!

It was just below 90, if I had to guess it would have been around the 80 mark, if I booted it, it would rise up to just under 90, if I used cruse control at around 50mph it would bleed off to about 70ish, boot it again it would slowly rise again, stop at lights it would drop towards 65-70 stop for 5 min and it would drop to just above the 60 line, just enough so that when you turn the engine off you can see it drop that bit further.

similar situation last year would rise to 90 and hold until I stopped. in fact when I first got the car it hit about 110 during the summer but this year it didn't go above 80-85. all of tha is from the gauge tho, so I don't know how accurate that is against the temp sensor, as I said, it was about +- 10-15% last time I checked