Rear Wind Defroster Very Unimpressive - Page 2 - GreenHybrid

lovekills · #11 (**permalink**) 09-28-2006, 04:01 PM

Yes, the rear window defroster is very, very slooooowwwwww....

Had a similar experience two days ago. nobody's perfect...

belbe · #12 (**permalink**) 09-28-2006, 05:41 PM

I have had to use mine on a couple of mornings with dew and it didn't get the rear window cleared in 2.5 miles (how far I have to go), but the outside mirrors were clear within a 1/4 mile! My Honda and Chrysler rear defroster were much faster!

MFLetou · #13 (**permalink**) 09-28-2006, 09:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wcmack

"it wasn't clear until past the Dulles GreeDway interchange..."

Matt, you have my vote for the best misspelling of the year! I KNEW the the Beltway was fully of greedy b**tards!!!

Ha, well we have a road here called the Dulles Greenway. I get on at Exit 7, and I take the road around 4 miles to the end, and for that priviledge I pay $3 EACH WAY every day.

So I call it the Dulles Greedway. And they want to raise the tolls to $4.20! Its owned by a private company.

So, it sounds like I'm not the only one that has noticed this. As was said, nobody's perfect. But still, if GM can build a rear window defroster than clears the thing in less than 5 minutes, why can't Toyota?

Freeze · #14 (**permalink**) 09-28-2006, 09:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MFLetou

Now, I'm coming from a bunch of GM vehicles. Most of them had a lot of problems, but the rear window defrosters are great. They have a zone system that clears a middle portion first (in under a minute easily) so you can see something out back there, and in 5 minutes everything is pretty much gone. Even winter frost cleared quickly. This kind of frost today would have taken probably 2 minutes, max, for the whole rear window.

Wasn't it GM that had those rear defrosters that got so hot so fast the glass was blowing out? It wasn't so much about the 'how hot' as 'how fast'.

SciFi Guy · #15 (**permalink**) 09-30-2006, 10:56 AM

I think most Japanese cars have slow defrosters. I haven't tried the one on my TCH yet, but my 2000 Solara, and 1991 Acura Integra, were also very slow to defrost.