Cars with heated front windscreens
Discussion
Hi,
With the recent frost, a handy feature is a heated front windscreen!
Does anyone know which new automatic cars now come with as standard/factory option for a heated front windscreen?
From what I gather we have:-
- Most Fords
- Most Land Rovers/Range Rovers
- Most Jaguars
- VW Golf Mk7
- BMW Mini Mk3
- Nissan Qashqai
- Vauxhall Corsa?
- Vauxhall Astra?
Any others?
With the recent frost, a handy feature is a heated front windscreen!
Does anyone know which new automatic cars now come with as standard/factory option for a heated front windscreen?
From what I gather we have:-
- Most Fords
- Most Land Rovers/Range Rovers
- Most Jaguars
- VW Golf Mk7
- BMW Mini Mk3
- Nissan Qashqai
- Vauxhall Corsa?
- Vauxhall Astra?
Any others?
I hope they've improved in the past decade. Our ten year old Fiesta has a heated screen but in that time it has only done 40,000 miles so is relatively little used however there are a number of gaps in the working filaments in the screen - irritating at best, very poor quality/reliability at worst.
Riley Blue said:
I hope they've improved in the past decade. Our ten year old Fiesta has a heated screen but in that time it has only done 40,000 miles so is relatively little used however there are a number of gaps in the working filaments in the screen - irritating at best, very poor quality/reliability at worst.
My wife's 57 plate KA has ONE single element working! It's only done 56000 miles too. SteBrown91 said:
The VW group system is not the same as fords, it uses a film between the screen sheets which warms up to demist , however I don't think it is too good as defrosting
wires / element like the Fords. got one here now. and the new T6 Transporters have them too.Edited by MDMA . on Wednesday 20th January 15:52
Heated screens are great.
Mine had a few elements dying which didn't bother me as they were on the passenger side.
A lorry chucked a small rock up that cracked the screen down the middle so it got replaced.
If you are getting a heated screen replaced, ask for the maker of your cars screens, not a cheaper version.
Mine had a few elements dying which didn't bother me as they were on the passenger side.
A lorry chucked a small rock up that cracked the screen down the middle so it got replaced.
If you are getting a heated screen replaced, ask for the maker of your cars screens, not a cheaper version.
A.J.M said:
Heated screens are great.
Mine had a few elements dying which didn't bother me as they were on the passenger side.
A lorry chucked a small rock up that cracked the screen down the middle so it got replaced.
I have a feeling that's what's going to happen to ours sometime soon...Mine had a few elements dying which didn't bother me as they were on the passenger side.
A lorry chucked a small rock up that cracked the screen down the middle so it got replaced.
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