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daddycreswell

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I've noticed at least twice recently that I am having major condensation on the inside of my truck on the front windshield and both front door. It's so bad that there are water drops on the front windshield. Anyone have this problem, any idea how to fix this and why it would be happening?
 

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Do you have any photos? where on the windshield? Is it truly condensation or does it look like there may be a leak somewhere?

Condensation = humidity. Sometimes its unavoidable but it can at least be manageable. I've only been in my Raptor for 2 days now but here in Florida, the condensation in this truck is less (mo' betta) in comparison to my F350.

Run the AC to pull moisture out of the cab.
 

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Do you leave your vents on normal (ie non-recirc) before shutting the truck down? There are vents in the rear of the cab wall, so maybe that's why the rear aren't fogging up?

We had condensation inside the vehicles just last night. It was warm and foggy last night, then the temps quickly plummeted. All the warm moist air in the vehicles condensed on the inside of the cold windshield. Got cold enough to have frost on the inside and outside. Same thing about a week ago. Can't say it's been so bad that we got drips, but it was pretty heavy condensation.
 
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Do you have any photos? where on the windshield? Is it truly condensation or does it look like there may be a leak somewhere?

Condensation = humidity. Sometimes its unavoidable but it can at least be manageable. I've only been in my Raptor for 2 days now but here in Florida, the condensation in this truck is less (mo' betta) in comparison to my F350.

Run the AC to pull moisture out of the cab.

No photos....I will next time.

Do you leave your vents on normal (ie non-recirc) before shutting the truck down? There are vents in the rear of the cab wall, so maybe that's why the rear aren't fogging up?

We had condensation inside the vehicles just last night. It was warm and foggy last night, then the temps quickly plummeted. All the warm moist air in the vehicles condensed on the inside of the cold windshield. Got cold enough to have frost on the inside and outside. Same thing about a week ago. Can't say it's been so bad that we got drips, but it was pretty heavy condensation.

Yesterday I didn't drive my truck, it sat all day closed up. It got to about 60 here and was sunny, got down to around 34 last night. I figure that is why it did it, when I went out last night after dark, all the front windows were "wet". It's a nice day out today, so I have left the windows down in hopes that it dries it out some.
 

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I would think either you have a door seal that is bad and letting moisture through, or you have a crack somewhere around the windshield.
 

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If you do the windshield, get Ford glass. You'll get the nice F150 logo in the dot matrix above the mirro, and more importantly, Soundscreen glass. PO of my truck had the windshield replaced with some cheap stuff (PGW or something?). When driving in heavy rain, I can tell the difference between my truck and my car in noise levels of the rain hitting the front glass, the car still has it's original Ford Soundscreen glass.
 

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Not sure if this is related, however I did have a 2009 F150 that the windows fogged up. It was due to water seeping in from my third brake light and satellite antenna. I guess because of the moisture in the vehicle caused the windows to fog up more frequently in the cooler temps.
 
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