Am I using wrong settings? A/C is on.
The glass needs to warm above the dewpoint. Turn on the windshield defroster and direct heat to it. It may take a few minutes but it will clear.
I'm in Mid-Atlantic too and have had this problem for 3+ years now. Defrosters set to A/C will not clear window. Defrosters with heat will but who in the hell wants to run the heat when it's 90 deg and 80% humidity. Not me.
This. Not sure why you'd be using the A/C on it vs. the heat in the morning.
Because all the previous cars I've owned defrosted with A/C on and HVAC set to defrost.
Besides it's hot and humid in the morning.
Oh...so this happens in the summer too when it's 90 degrees out? Geeze.
I face the OPs problem maybe 10 times a year in TX. Its annoying that the car is not capable to clearing it out. I have idled for 5-6 minutes with minimal success - cannot drive as i cannot see a lot. Maybe keep a microfiber or something and use that.
I'm baffled by this response. I too am in humid TX and have never seen it "not capable". It's very simple - warm the glass.
How do you warm the glass? Light a fire in the cabin or what? I start defrost heat it up notch it up to max fan speed - 5 minutes later maybe 10% improvement.
TX is not a monolith, within the same city you can be in very different conditions based on tress / etc. I park my car in the open under trees - so in the morning it doesnt get the suns rays at all. Specially colder mornings, the ones where its under 40 F.