Rear of the car misting up ?

[mds]

Not experienced this before and certainly not with this car. The car is a V70 T5 SE MY 2000 with a solid service history.
The last month it has misted up in the rear mainly luggage area but rear seat area too. I have checked under the carpets for damp and cant find any does anyone have any ideas? Or do I wait for summer !!!

[JUDGENINJA]

It could just be the extremely bad weather over the last few months, but it could also be the seal around the boot/door.... It could even be the start of your heater matirx leaking...
My V40 does that too. I haven't discovered which my issue is yet..

[cameron]

My 850 done this for a while after the snow went :grumpy:

With the carpets being wet with all the snow lately and the kids in the boot seats the carpets were wet and not drying out properly as we were only doing short trips so the carpet never got warm enough to dry properly and it was like that for a good few weeks and every time i got into the car it was steaming up :cry:

Just an idea.

[v70torslanda]

Checked the pollen filter?

Leave the a/c on all the time and see if it clears?

[mds]

Thanks Guys

The car has Climate Control and the AC was checked and refilled in June last year (may be needs checking again) the Pollen Filter was changed last service October. That leaves I guess water getting in somewhere perhaps I should put the boss in the boot and get her to yell if she gets wet??

We do have dogs but out of 3 V70's this is the only one misting up the search continues.

[princepugh]

I was getting very similar symptoms on mine - turned out to be a combination of a problem with the pollen filter and a small leak (and I mean small) from the heater matrix o-rings, which were perished.

You checked the rubber drain plugs in the boot well and wing storage/access holes?

[mds]

Found it!!
Off side rear lamp unit water is getting past somewhere and has soaked the insulation materail on the back of the access trim.
Just need it to stop raining/snowing now and I can strip it and find the cause.

[Al115]

Good find :)

[princepugh]

Hope you can locate the source without taking too much off the car. If you find a small lense crack, epoxy resin could be your friend.

One thing I have noticed around the boot on the P2 is that general gunk and debris tends to travel down the roof rail channels and deposit itself down either side of the boot seals, which could prevent effective draining.