RE: Rear Defrost.

[Tim Irwin <timi@Interlinq.com>]

Hmm, the defrogger in my '98 works seems to work just fine, I haven't heard
a croak the entire time I've owned it. A quick thing to check is the
connections on the edge of the window where the defrost grid connects to the
cars wiring. It should be better on a sedan, but on the hatchbacks I've
previously owned, the connection would occaisionally get knocked off,
causing the defrost not to work

Tim Irwin
'98 GLX (and finally a two car garage which will actually fit two cars, so I
don't have to scrape windows in the morning)

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	poopface [SMTP:cyng@lamere.net]
> Sent:	Tuesday, October 20, 1998 4:13 PM
> To:	JettaGLX list
> Subject:	Re: Rear Defrost.
> 
> >Well my original ? came from the fact that my other "European car" is a
> >SAAB and it turns off automatically. Thats all, thanks for the input,
> I'll
> >keep it in mind for the future, when the cold hits. I guess if the
> mirrors
> >stay on 24/7 when the car runs then I can deal with the rear-defrost.
> Danke
> >
> >Chris
> >98GLXVR6
> 
> I had a '93 Grand Am SE. Rear defroster (we call 'em a de-frog-ger, as in 
> defrost and defog combined) was a push button. Push it, light goes on. 
> Ten minutes later, there's a click, it turns off, lights goes out.
> Not so on my '95 GLX. Push it - it goes "in," light turns on. Ten 
> minutes, fifteen minutes,. half an hour later it's still "in" and lit. 
> And the rear window is still froggy. It sucks. Maybe the element is gone 
> - but I don't want to buy a new rear window just to have the defrogger 
> work. I don't know if this helps you any, except for the added info on 
> how other Jettas seem to work. Hmmm. *gets out the Bentley*
> Not a damned thing. Just how to remove the button. Check your manual. 
> Maybe it says something like, "Self-timing rear window refroster" or some 
> rot. Sorry I couldn't find anything.
> -T
> '95 GLX
> '84 GLi
> 
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