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    Posted: 27 January 2011 at 22:26
Washed it again and it did fog up again just on the screen,
so ran with a/c on to work and back and with a/c off its
been fine since.
The little crystals have turned dark from their initial
orange so are getting moisture from somewhere.
The two dark ones are now in the airing cupboard and are
slowly turning back to orange in the warmth.
Im happy car feels much nicer to drive with the a/c off.


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might have a try myself, sounds good!
tks
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3 days later and car is still clear inside.
I have washed it for the first time in weeks plus the damp weather so it
would seem the crystals are doing a good job.
I'm quite pleased.



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Peggy 603 views says it all really!
Ive bought some dessicant crystals from e bay that turn
colour from orange to green when they absorb moisture.
After one night in the car they have started to turn
colour.
So for an experiment i turned the a/c off on the run to
work and the windows did start to mist in the rear but
nowhere near as bad as before.
E bay number 270682485429 maybe worth a go?

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It sounds great, tks very much!
However, the water was in the body of the car under the floor. I can't see how I can do that . . . .
so far, it doesn't seem to have come back (let's keep fingers cross!)
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hi peggy,

an old test was to take out the carpets and dry everything off, sprinkle talc all over and go for a drive in the rain, the tracks left should show where the water is coming from.

hope it helps.
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The Micra seems to have a lot of condensation problems!

Has that ever been addressed with Nissan by anybody?

We thought that the condensation had been caused by our water problem in the body of the car.
As condensation problem seems to consist we feared that we were still taking water in . . .
No proof of humidity though - thank God

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Car froze last outside and more unbelievably on the inside as well!
Even my 50 year old land rover doesn't do that.


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Went up Tesco yesterday to recycle xmas glass bottles.

I had to stop as the sun hit the condensation on the
inside of the screen and i quite literally couldnt see
the road at all.

Its where the condensation is coming from thats annoying
me as i hate not knowing.

I swore at the car and have decided its going and i am
going back to what i know Land rovers.


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Final results of water ingress:
Car was with Nissan dealer 3 weeks; dealer couldn’t find root cause for the problem. Finally they sent the car to a body shop to check it over – no results.
Apparently they have sealed the car all over again.
The total cost of £530.00 has not been covered by Nissan (1 month over warranty and no good will payment because root cause has not been found); Nissan stated that the dealer is trained enough by Nissan and has to find the problem. If they don’t, the service team have simply not spent time enough on it . . . . (very reassuring)

And again the amount has not been paid back by the insurance company although full cover policy because root cause has not been found . . .

We now keep our fingers cross when driving in rain . . .

. . . and I don't think I will buy a Nissan again.
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