steamy sharan

**andy e** · 26-01-2007,11:17 PM

windows steam up , if car has been driven & is fully warmed up if you leave car 4 a while [ie shopping] when i get back into car & start the car there is a smell of hot moist air & instant fog,all the windows steam up, it does clear with a/c on. a/c is run all the time car is running

**alanled** · 28-01-2007,08:54 PM

Hi Im really sorry to tell you this but it sounds as though the heating element has a leak I had the same symptons on a 2.0 sharan I had unfortunatly it was left for too long and whilst my mother in law was driving the car the rad/element fractured and lost all the coolant and the engine siezed!!

**andy e** · 28-01-2007,10:10 PM

thanks will check it out tomoz [mon]

**MalcQV** · 29-01-2007,10:00 AM

I will concur. I had this problem many years ago on a MKIII Cortina. It sounds like the heater matrix is leaking.

**ukvwsharan1998** · 29-01-2007,04:33 PM

yeah i know the mk3 golfs had a recall on the heater matrix failing lets hope the sharans are not going down that same path:/ would defo suspect the matrix though as they generally work well but arent the best ones about! find a nice audi in a breakers an get 1
a4 tdi should be ok

or if you dont mind ford junk a smashed up galaxy matrix could do the jobbie!