How "strong" is your rear window Defroster?

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Old 09-23-2008, 07:05 PM
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Question How "strong" is your rear window Defroster?

Yeah, how ironic is it that a guy in San Diego is asking about the defroster... but I am. I hardly ever use mine, but recently had the opportunity.

It seems slow, much slower than other cars including my Legend. How strong/fast is yours? Is there a performance/voltage test to verify things?
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Mine is just fine, clears the rear window fast.
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mine is the slowest car I have ever owned...but it does work just takes longer
Old 09-24-2008, 01:15 PM
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Originally Posted by larrynimmo
mine is the slowest car I have ever owned...but it does work just takes longer
Not the slowest, but certainly not fast.
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Bringing this back....

We had a hard frost in my neighborhood last night. I timed the defroster. From the time I pushed the button, it took just short of four minutes to clear the rear window. That seems fine to me. Admittedly, I didn't time it on any of my other cars, so I don't know whether that is relatively fast or slow.
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Originally Posted by neuronbob
Bringing this back....

We had a hard frost in my neighborhood last night. I timed the defroster. From the time I pushed the button, it took just short of four minutes to clear the rear window. That seems fine to me. Admittedly, I didn't time it on any of my other cars, so I don't know whether that is relatively fast or slow.

Translation: Bob was in the Dog House with the wifey over sumthin' so he had time to 'think' about it outside in the frost.

Oh, and by the way....what is 'frost'?
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The RL has one of the slowest defroster.
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Originally Posted by TampaRL
Oh, and by the way....what is 'frost'?
Thhhhhhhpt.
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Incredibly slow on mine as well.
Old 02-26-2018, 12:44 PM
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Mine not only slow but only clear 1/3 bottom of windshield, no break on grid. Does it work whole glass for you guys? Is it typical slow Acura thing?
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Yeah, it works for almost the whole glass for me...
Old 02-27-2018, 09:58 AM
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I ended up getting my rear windshield replaced by a local glass installer because of how poorly the defroster performed. It's made a big difference in how quickly the the majority of the glass gets cleared.
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Originally Posted by MrG4Life
I ended up getting my rear windshield replaced by a local glass installer because of how poorly the defroster performed. It's made a big difference in how quickly the the majority of the glass gets cleared.
Did you replace with OEM part? I am afraid it gonna be the same
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Originally Posted by hugous
Did you replace with OEM part? I am afraid it gonna be the same
Non-OEM glass was installed. The defroster was practically useless with the old glass and I dealt with it too long before deciding to have it replaced a few months ago.
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Was also wondering about this. Poorest defroster I've ever had on a car. Takes forever and does not clear the whole window.
Does'nt almost work at all when it's colder than -5C or 23F.
Does someone here live in a cold area?
In which temperatures does it have a problem for you?
When its -10C or 14F and colder nothing even happens.

I know it's cold, but on all of the cars I've owned before this was never and issue.

The rear defroster and the outside side mirrors share the buttun for heating, and the ice there melts without any issue. (Not sure if it's the same on the RL as the Legend)

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Old 04-20-2018, 01:26 AM
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Agreed my defroster takes a while as well.
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