Muck on inside of windshield?

[majones]

Hi. I have a 94 Camry LE 2.2 L. For some reason it seems to build-up a film on the inside on the front windshield on the drivers side. I windex this away and in a few days its back. Wondering if anyone has had experience with this issue and could offer some advice on a fix before I dive in blind. Thanks.

[cruisn76]

Try goo gone or rubbing alcohol.

[Peter Sellers]

I have the same problem in my 94. I think it is the dashboard breaking down from sun exposure. It seems like the build-up starting to accumulate about the same time I started noticing cracks, etc., in the dash. The dash is now visibly not an even color and looks really bad through polarized lenses.

I leave a sunshade in the window and that fixes the problem. Just one nice, hot day without it results in more than enough film to annoy me. I plan to purchase a carpet-like dash cover as well as possibly tinting the windows.

[majones]

Just to clarify, my issue isn't so much cleaning it off...I can clean it off with windex. The more PIA is that the "film" comes back in a couple of days (drivers side only); my only guesses are something in the duct work or a pinhole in the heater core?

[majones]

Thanks, Peter...hadn't considered the dash cover as a potential culprit.

[500KCamry]

Originally Posted by majones

Hi. I have a 94 Camry LE 2.2 L. For some reason it seems to build-up a film on the inside on the front windshield on the drivers side. I windex this away and in a few days its back. Wondering if anyone has had experience with this issue and could offer some advice on a fix before I dive in blind. Thanks.

This wouldn't explain drivers side only, unless the passenger side flow was restricted, but does it change from internal air recirculation to outside air properly. I like my 95 because the internal/external air selection is a manually controlled slide selection; whereas, my 01 is electronic and the damn thing always want to change to internal recirculation.

[Deadly Sushi]

Originally Posted by majones

Hi. I have a 94 Camry LE 2.2 L. For some reason it seems to build-up a film on the inside on the front windshield on the drivers side. I windex this away and in a few days its back. Wondering if anyone has had experience with this issue and could offer some advice on a fix before I dive in blind. Thanks.

What kind of film? Did it get good reviews? I havent seen a good action film in a while.
Seriously, what does the stuff look like? Is it a haze? Is it white-ish? And what part of the windshield? close to the bottom? top? or all over the one side?

[CamryWilly]

I had an horrible grease film back in the day I had the tercel. Never got it off... I just assumed it was the previous owner who smoked too much in the car!