Rear window heater not working

[kal]

Hi guys,
Can anyone tell me how i can fix my rear window heater,when i switch on the button orange light comes on but the window does not clear.Gonna need that coming to winter now.I noticed that the front windscreen only clears when i put on the A/C is that how its meant to be?I know some cars are.Please let me know.THANKS.

[Tallyman]

Check the connections to the back window glass inside the tailgate. If you take the inside panel off and then drop the glass a bit you should be able to see if the wires are properly connected. If so, you may have a break in the circuit. Halfrauds have sold something in the past to repair dodgy etching. If not, then that's probably your problem but an electrical test meter will help pinpoint any problems.

As for the front, if it's just misty then the a/c will help dry the screen but if it's icy then you'll probably need heat as well.

[BUSHWHACKER]

Click on the link and it will be explained at the bottom of the page.

http://www.showmesome.info/hilux/workshop/rear_door.htm

[Bobby Doc]

Check the connections to the back window glass inside the tailgate. If you take the inside panel off and then drop the glass a bit you should be able to see if the wires are properly connected. If so, you may have a break in the circuit. Halfrauds have sold something in the past to repair dodgy etching. If not, then that's probably your problem but an electrical test meter will help pinpoint any problems.

As for the front, if it's just misty then the a/c will help dry the screen but if it's icy then you'll probably need heat as well.

Mine is the same!!! I have tried the above and the wires all all still conected, but it still don't work!!
I haven't got an elecy tester though!

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[BUSHWHACKER]

With yours, it may be that the wires are broken inside the black sleeving somewhere, 'cos of the up and down movment of the window.

[TonyN]

With yours, it may be that the wires are broken inside the black sleeving somewhere, 'cos of the up and down movment of the window.

Most break about 4" up the sleeving, on the bend. The wire goes hard and brittle.

[ChaosinDevon]

Mine is the same!!! I have tried the above and the wires all all still conected, but it still don't work!!
I haven't got an elecy tester though!

http://family-at-war.mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/

Simple electric tester is..... a small bulb holder (10watt) two wires, ends stripped back... hey presto, one electric tester.

[marky]

Should have bought a SKODA they always work so to keep the people pushing it Hands WARM

[Vagrant No2]

Ive got no heated rear screen . So thinking about mounting one of these on the inside of roof pointing at the window . I could see nothing out the back today .



http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/FAN-HEATER-12v...QQcmdZViewItem

[nigel129]

Click on the link and it will be explained at the bottom of the page.

http://www.showmesome.info/hilux/workshop/rear_door.htm

Hi Bush, can you repost a link for this as the above no longer works, thanks
nigel

[adpsimpson]

digging up 5 year old threads? Ah well...

Just lower the tail gate, pull off the carpeted section, remove the metal panel, then use a screwdriver to close the catches on both sides and extend the glass while supporting it to stop it breaking. The demister cable will either have fallen off (should go back on easily) or be broken somewhere between where it attaches to the window and where it meets the chassis after exiting the tailgate.