How "strong" is your rear window Defroster?
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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?
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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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.
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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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.
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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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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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)
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)
Last edited by Lowpass; Mar 13, 2018 at 04:41 AM.
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