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Condensation on the inside of the hard top.

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Old Oct 31, 2011 | 06:32 AM
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Old Oct 31, 2011 | 08:37 AM
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This happened to me on Saturday in my 2011. Had a few inches of heavy, wet snow. Started the jeep and then cleaned it off. As I sat there I noticed little drops on the inside of the freedom panels. Checked the seals they were all dry. Never had any leaks before. Cranked the heat up and it dried up. If this happens every time it snows, the fiance might see the need for hothead headliners!
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Old Nov 1, 2011 | 08:32 AM
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Geez.....Look what I started. I guess more people are experiencing this than I expected. I've been out in the jeep the last couple days, and no condensation. I'll need to keep an eye on the heat settings to see how this is affecting things.
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Old Nov 1, 2011 | 06:10 PM
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Global warming.

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Old Nov 1, 2011 | 06:34 PM
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Hey all, for the folks that don't have the condensation issue do you have climate control active? Since that makes use of the air conditioner as well, I was wondering if that might be a point of investigation.
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Old Dec 11, 2011 | 08:54 PM
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After owning my 2007 4door JK for four years, I'm getting frost on the
inside of my windshield and on the ceilings. This has never happened
before to this extent. On a recent 28 degree night, I had frost inside but
had hardly any frost outside.
I think the seals are bad around the front doors. The problem, water is leaking into the cabin. My floors were wet from a recent rain. I'll do a thorough cleaning with a wet vac. Anybody know how much it will cost to have the doors re-sealed? I don't want this physics problem to follow me this winter. Having melting ice leak on the interior can't be good.
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Old Dec 11, 2011 | 09:01 PM
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The frost problem is not exclusive to Wranglers. I've read other forums
where other vehicles have the same problem. It's annoying to have to
use an ice scraper inside your car.
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Old Dec 12, 2011 | 12:37 AM
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I was wondering if this thread would be resurrected...

This has happened to me in other vehicles, and not just the Jeep. There is something wet inside the Jeep that is increasing the relative humidity, and when the temp goes down, condensation forms. Condensation could be on the windows, or the hardtop.

We usually don't see it in other vehicles because of the finished interior, as well as these vehicles being less prone to leaks.

I saw this very recently in my car (not the Jeep). Turns out my girlfriend left her wet umbrella inside. That, combined with the right weather conditions, caused condensation on the inside of the windshield.
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Old Dec 12, 2011 | 01:34 AM
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I wonder is your carpet was or is wet? Mine was wet when I had condensation ... now it is almost dry and no more condensation.
I had to lift the carpet on the driver side and it was wet not soaked but wet
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Old Dec 12, 2011 | 05:17 AM
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Originally Posted by db1
Riding around in the snow today we noticed that the inside of the hard top was wet. Actually enough that it dripped on me. This is our new '12. I never has this happen in our '08.

Anyone else experience this?
Did you have snow on the roof? The only time I noticed it was when I had about 6 inches sitting on top of te roof, cleaned it all off and made sure to always ran it off since then and I have never noticed it
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