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SLOW REAR DEFROST
Posted: January 13th, 2009, 12:22 pm
by abiba_69
Just wondering if the rear defrost in our cars just take a while to warm up or is mine lacking some PUNCH. It does work. It's just that i drove a toyota and about 30 seconds after turning on it's rear defrost, the snow started melting. Mine will take about 5 minutes or so.
94 base model 1.8L
Thanks,
Chris
Re: SLOW REAR DEFROST
Posted: January 13th, 2009, 12:43 pm
by Daninski
The elements on the rear window become less effective with age.
Re: SLOW REAR DEFROST
Posted: January 13th, 2009, 1:26 pm
by mitmaks
not sure about that. I had 88 civic dx and it's defrost worked like an iron compared to my mx-3.
Re: SLOW REAR DEFROST
Posted: January 13th, 2009, 3:34 pm
by Nd4SpdSe
Ya, the 626 and the Mx-3's rear defrost never were quick for me...
Re: SLOW REAR DEFROST
Posted: January 13th, 2009, 5:29 pm
by JPv6
Mine's a little slow. If I brush off all snow and let it melt minor ice buildup it's about 10 minutes before any useful visibility (off a cold start). One of the lines is broken though, not sure if that would reduce effectiveness of the rest.
Re: SLOW REAR DEFROST
Posted: January 13th, 2009, 9:17 pm
by Ryan
I also vote mine sucks.
But its so cold here today, I have differnet levels of 'freeze' on the inside of the windsheild, created by driving for slowly shortening periods of time....
I don't blame it for not working. I felt like I was driving on square tires this morning. It turns out it was just my struts, frozen solid.
But yeah, thankfully the little hatch glass doesn't frost up.