Rear windshield gets hazy and grimy
10-22-18, 01:34 PM
#1
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Rear windshield gets hazy and grimy
Is anyone else getting this streaky, grimy, haze on their rear windshield? I've heard that new cars go through a period when there's off-gassing.
It's when chemicals in dashboard, seats and trim would start to emit fumes giving that 'new car' smell. This has been known to cause hazy, grimy windshield especially since the gas from dashboard would rise upwards. I've tried using window cleaners, but I think I made it worse.
My car isn't exactly new. It's a '15 that I picked up this summer. However, it still has that new car smell.
It's when chemicals in dashboard, seats and trim would start to emit fumes giving that 'new car' smell. This has been known to cause hazy, grimy windshield especially since the gas from dashboard would rise upwards. I've tried using window cleaners, but I think I made it worse.
My car isn't exactly new. It's a '15 that I picked up this summer. However, it still has that new car smell.
10-22-18, 01:59 PM
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Is anyone else getting this streaky, grimy, haze on their rear windshield? I've heard that new cars go through a period when there's off-gassing.
It's when chemicals in dashboard, seats and trim would start to emit fumes giving that 'new car' smell. This has been known to cause hazy, grimy windshield especially since the gas from dashboard would rise upwards. I've tried using window cleaners, but I think I made it worse.
My car isn't exactly new. It's a '15 that I picked up this summer. However, it still has that new car smell.
It's when chemicals in dashboard, seats and trim would start to emit fumes giving that 'new car' smell. This has been known to cause hazy, grimy windshield especially since the gas from dashboard would rise upwards. I've tried using window cleaners, but I think I made it worse.
My car isn't exactly new. It's a '15 that I picked up this summer. However, it still has that new car smell.
10-22-18, 06:58 PM
#5
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I had it bad on my GS430, leather conditioners do it too, figured out it was the leather conditioners I was putting on the leather in hot temps with the windows rolled up to create a hot box to get them to work(which they didn't really do anything). It was really bad on my rear windshield and behind my brake light, I remember smelling a rag after wiping it down and it kind of smelled like Leatherique and I put two and two together.
10-23-18, 08:04 AM
#6
Leather conditioners and vinyl dressings often outgas in high heat. This is mainly visible as a film on the glass, but it also coats everything in the car, steering wheel, gauge clusters, etc.. You just don't see it on most interior parts. I use a water based leather protector instead of a leather conditioner and Meg's QID for the interior vinyl & dash and have no film issues.
10-23-18, 02:17 PM
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I think there's still some 'new car' outgas happening despite it being a 3 yr old (2015 GS350). It can't be due to leather conditioner, since I don't treat the seats or dash with any solution. I'll try using Isopropyl alcohol for the windshield and see how that goes.
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