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Old 01-19-2016, 07:16 AM
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Unhappy Rear window defogger

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I found out that the top two heating lines do not work on my rear window. Now I have looked at whether there were breaks in those lines, but I can not see anything. Anyone have an idea to solve this?

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I believe the top 3 lines are for the radio antenna, mine is the same
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Originally Posted by uas66
Hi all,

I found out that the top two heating lines do not work on my rear window. Now I have looked at whether there were breaks in those lines, but I can not see anything. Anyone have an idea to solve this?

Thanks in advance!
you can use a multimeter to check conductivity and voltage in the lines and should be able to identify any broken spots or lines that arent working. there are repair kits online to fix this.
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Mine top 3 lines are like this. And i checked them with a multimeter and everything was ok

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Mine top 3 lines are like this. And i checked them with a multimeter and everything was ok
those lines look like they are on the outside, in which case I would assume they are for the antenna. i have never seen defroster lines on the outside of a car.
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This is radio antenna.
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