[phpBB Debug] PHP Notice: in file /viewtopic.php on line 988: date(): It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'Europe/Moscow' for 'MSK/3.0/no DST' instead
[phpBB Debug] PHP Notice: in file /viewtopic.php on line 988: getdate(): It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'Europe/Moscow' for 'MSK/3.0/no DST' instead
SolaraGuy.com • View topic - convertible rear defogger bad - dealer says okay
Page 1 of 1

convertible rear defogger bad - dealer says okay

PostPosted: Sun Dec 30, 2012 6:16 am
by Solaratude
The rear defogger in my wife's Solara convertible won't evaporate even minor humidity. The Toyota dealer says it has voltage and is operating normally. Is this just a bad design? I hate it when a dealer says that something doesn't work is normal.

Re: convertible rear defogger bad - dealer says okay

PostPosted: Sat Apr 12, 2014 2:40 pm
by yar02169
Mine hasn't worked all winter, and I'll have to check things out now that the ground is thawing. When I turned it on, the mirror heaters worked, just nothing on the back window worked. I suspect that one of the terminals on the window is disconnected, but I gotta look to see.

Re: convertible rear defogger bad - dealer says okay

PostPosted: Thu Jun 12, 2014 6:49 pm
by crankine3
Late response .... but get a voltmeter (cheap $10 one with pointy tips will do), Turn on the rear defogger, and start stabbing the fat pieces of film or the wires you can see. The voltmeter can detect the high side of the glass as ~14VDC to a good ground, or detect resistance on the low side of the glass to ground. I had a dead rear window when I first got my car, and it turned out the ground wire to the glass had corroded over the connector. A wire brush and very small wire brush fixed this. Though I am not sure how common my corroded issue is, when i got my car the rear was partially busted in and the trunk flooded.