I recently noticed that my 06 LS has a cloudy passenger window after sitting in the garage for a month or two. I live on the ocean and I thought maybe salt spray had dried on it... when I tried to clean it with windex I saw no improvement. Has anyone else had a similiar problem?

 

Do you have the CL or UL trim? Hope it's not the laminated glass that is separating...

 

It's an 06 ML with about 60k miles. I have a 01 4runner that my son drives where the windows in the front on both sides never appear clean even after a good washing...but my problem is with the front passenger side only and it looks like the glass is distorting the light that passes through it. I will have a glass man come over and take a look. I just wanted to see if this has happened to anyone else on the forum

 

ML, so no laminated glass, therefore that is not issue. Do you have tint and is perhaps the tint starting to distort? Can you take a picture so we can see?

 

Resolved issue with old fashioned vinegar...I never use the stuff because I thought windex was the best cleaner. Guess I was wrong...

 

So it came off with an acidic liquid but not Windex? Now I'm really curious what it could have been. Then again, lemon juice cleans a lot of things better than cleaning solvents do.

Good job, too bad no pictures. Maybe it was dog saliva...

 

Windex does a lousy job on water spots and mineral deposits.

 

My guess is some kind of water deposits from the salty air. My dealer uses bronze wool to clean residue off the window. Vinegar is acedic acid, so the water deposits were probably dissolved by it. Rubbing alcohol works for cleaning just about anything.