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01-19-2007, 10:17 PM

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2003 C230

Rear defroster out, any ideas?

03 Sport Sedan. it was working fine last year. 1st time I needed it was today (snow). Any idea on what to look for? I did not get any warning lights.

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01-19-2007, 10:54 PM

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2019 C300 Wagon; '75 Triumph TR6; previous: 2004 C230 6spd sold after 17 years of driving

fuse or switch?

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01-20-2007, 02:19 AM

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2002 C230 coupe , NOt THE AVATAR!!

it only happened to my friend 80s Mitsubshi.. all she does is keep using water melting it and there we go

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01-20-2007, 02:34 AM

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Put a towel over it the night before.

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01-20-2007, 11:32 AM

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2003 C230

Well, the light on the switch button goes on

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fuse or switch?

So, I am guessing that stuff is working. Is it possible that the connection to the power from the windshield to the car is severed? I know those lines can be very thin.

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01-20-2007, 12:54 PM

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Feel along the edge where the headliner meets the window and see if you can locate where the defroster wires plug in under the headliner. I <think>? there are two plugs... one for the defroster and one for an antenna. Is it plugged in? Any work done recently on your car?

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01-20-2007, 01:19 PM

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clean the windows inside and out with those rain X wipes for now

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01-20-2007, 05:14 PM

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2003 C230

Checked. the plugs look fine.

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Originally Posted by mleskovar

Feel along the edge where the headliner meets the window and see if you can locate where the defroster wires plug in under the headliner. I <think>? there are two plugs... one for the defroster and one for an antenna. Is it plugged in? Any work done recently on your car?

Well. I pulled the headliner trim off and I saw the 2 clips. They both look fine. The lines leading to the actually window look fine as well. I checked ALL the fuses in the trunk. All of them look good. The thing is, I did install a GPS receiver in the trunk a while back (more than 2 years ago), I plugged it into Fuse #7 (switched). This year, I moved the antenna around a bit and I did run a wire behind the headliner but I later pulled that wire out and positioned the antenna below the rear window sill. Is it possible that I pulled something out by accident? Where do the 2 plugs from the rear window lead? Back into the trunk fuse box?

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CZ

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