Rear window de-mister

[walchy01]

Mornig All

Although my rear window does eventually de mist when the switch is on, it is very very slow, am i right in thinking the only way to correct this is to replace the back window, my thinking is that the strips in the glass are damaged or not as good as they used to be

Thanks

[H Singh]

Hi
You can get repair pens to relink the strips from ebay or halfords, try this it may help only a couple of quid.

Harry

[walchy01]

Thanks will have a look..

[H Singh]

It should work ive used it before on my wifes mk4

[The Mighty Elvi]

If the circuit is broken in the glass, then It wont work at all.

[walchy01]

That's my thought, only middle 3 lines seem to work

[Santiago]

Check the connections either side for corrosion, and clean as required. Will probably be green and very resistive if they've never been touched since Wolfsburg.  Be careful unplugging them though, may be a bit 'seized on'. 

Any left-right elements that don't warm up after this, find and repair any breaks as above.