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RDR

Member Since: 27 Apr 2018
Location: Derbyshire
Posts: 592

Heated Windscreen Coverage

The car was iced up this morning, when I thought the windscreen was clear I blipped the wipers and the passenger sides blade was still stuck to the glass at the tip. Looking at it the screen heater hadn't cleared the wiper area by about 2 inch all the way up the passenger side of the screen.

Anyone else experienced this? seems odd to miss the last few inches or I might have a heater element issue in the screen

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1st Dec 2023 3:31pm

J77

Member Since: 04 Nov 2019
Location: Fife
Posts: 3395

I think the wipers sit just below the heated area, best to leave them in winter park.

Also the heating elements don’t go to the edge of the screen 24MY 90 D250 HSE, Tasman Blue

1st Dec 2023 5:07pm

RDR

Member Since: 27 Apr 2018
Location: Derbyshire
Posts: 592

I’ll set the winter park it caught me out this morning.

Photo of the area once it was thawed the wiper tip got caught on really thick ice in its path just got me thinking why they designed it like that.

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1st Dec 2023 5:14pm

J77

Member Since: 04 Nov 2019
Location: Fife
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Looking at that image, it should go closer than that. It goes up at an angle, more inline with the thicker frost. I’ll have a look at mine. 24MY 90 D250 HSE, Tasman Blue

1st Dec 2023 5:25pm

DefenderMidlands

Member Since: 08 Mar 2023
Location: West Midlands
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You should be able to see the thin wires on the glass. All the area with the wires in should clear MY23 D250 Defender 110 X-Dynamic SE, Carpathian Grey, 7 Seat, Electric Towbar

1st Dec 2023 5:50pm

J77

Member Since: 04 Nov 2019
Location: Fife
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Yours is the same as mine. I thought it was closer but there’s no elements there.

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2nd Dec 2023 9:43am

RDR

Member Since: 27 Apr 2018
Location: Derbyshire
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Thanks I had a look this morning an concluded it’s by design. Just need to be careful in hard frost as the end of the wiper blade isn’t freed by the heating, surprised me yesterday as the wiper was stuck. The cold weather park setting should alleviate it if it’s selected 110 MY23.5 X Dynamic HSE
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2nd Dec 2023 9:53am

parukas

Member Since: 24 Oct 2023
Location: Malaga
Posts: 2

A bit late with this one but maybe helpful - there is a setting for the vipers, something called "winter mode", if that is ON then car will park the wipers higher and they will get defrosted sooner

16th Jan 2024 3:02pm

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