Re: Rear Defrost.

[Iain Stewart Royle <iain_royle@i2.com>]

THe defrost is a manual.  This is common in Europoean cars, at ;least in the VW's,
BMW's, and Mercedes.


Sundie./..

Christoper Hartwell@bbn.com wrote:

> I turned it on during the preliminary warm-up before the drive (about 5
> minutes). The rear window defrosted, and during my trip about 25 minutes
> later, I noticed the light switch was still on. I manually turned it off.
> Not knowing if the heating element is still activated, but the light was. I
> was driving when I turned it off, so didn't have an opportunity to feel the
> glass for warmth.
>
> Thanx-
>
> Chris
> 98GLXVR6
>
> At 11:45 AM 10/20/1998 -0400, you wrote:
> >Do you mean the rear defrost light stayed on?  If so, there is something
> >wrong with your switch.  Oh, and how do you know it stayed on?  Did
> >you turn it off after a few seconds and it kept defrosting?  I'll have to
> >check out my defrosters and see any odd behavior.  I tried the Anti-Fog
> >stuff from the makers of Rain-X and my windows fog up way more than
> >they used to (Rain-X works nice though).
> >
> >Please clarify...
> >
> >-Chuck Simpson
> >
> >
> >Christoper Hartwell@bbn.com wrote:
> >
> >> Hey guys,
> >>
> >> Its that time again. The cold weather is approaching quickly, thus meaning
> >> the windows will begin to frost over throughout the night. Now when I
> >> turned ON the rear-defrost the other morning, it never turned OFF. Is there
> >> a heat sensor or something that should deactivate the switch, like in most
> >> vehicles? I would think if it continually stays on then your going to be
> >> wearing/burning something out somewhere? Especially for 6-8 hour
> >> trips...Any input?
> >>
> >> Thanks...
> >>
> >> Chris
> >> 98GLXVR6
> >
> >
> >
> >