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Brandon Marcus

How to Defog Your Windshield Fast Using Your Car’s Climate Controls

How to Defog Your Windshield Fast Using Your Car's Climate Controls
Use the front defroster, fresh-air setting, and air conditioning to help remove moisture and clear a foggy windshield faster, while keeping wet items out of the cabin to prevent recurring condensation – Shutterstock

A foggy windshield can turn a perfectly normal drive into a frustrating game of “Where Did the Road Go?” The fastest way to defog your windshield involves more than cranking the heat and hoping for a miracle. Your car’s climate controls can remove moisture, change the temperature around the glass, and clear your view much faster when you use the right combination of settings.

The trick comes down to knowing where the moisture sits and what caused the fog in the first place. Once that clicks, the climate-control panel stops looking like a collection of mysterious buttons and starts acting like a small, very useful science experiment.

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