Heated windscreen

CANDYMAN · Post by **CANDYMAN** » Sat Dec 01, 2012 6:45 pm

Why didn't vw offer a heated windscreen??? Ford can do it so you would think the chermans could do it.

franko247g · Post by **franko247g** » Sat Dec 01, 2012 6:48 pm

+1 past few mornings I've been scraping away whilst my mrs laughs and drives off in her fiesta.

jimbo_tdi · Post by **jimbo_tdi** » Sat Dec 01, 2012 7:35 pm

I don't know why they didn't, but from what I've seen the heating element leaves a fuzzy look to the windscreen and it can get quite annoying staining your eyes trying to look past the heating element. It would be nice to have though, I've been looking at the heatshot windsreen washer system, although I haven't had any problems as of yet with the windscreen washers freezing up (been 0 - minus 3 the past couple of days) it would be easier to defrost after work.

TehSniper · Post by **TehSniper** » Sat Dec 01, 2012 8:29 pm

i think its to do with ford owning the rights to it, has to be so many years before anyone else can use it i think

rover220 · Post by **rover220** » Sat Dec 01, 2012 8:40 pm

Ford own the patent.

RITCHAT · Post by **RITCHAT** » Sat Dec 01, 2012 9:42 pm

I had a ford mondeo v6 with the heated front windscreen and to be honest you got used to the thin wires and it made such a difference when the temperature went -10c and below I find the air con does a good job but still need to scrap all the other windows though

George H · Post by **George H** » Sat Dec 01, 2012 11:24 pm

TehSniper wrote:i think its to do with ford owning the rights to it, has to be so many years before anyone else can use it i think

Nope, my DB9 has one. My Merc SL had one before that too.

TehSniper · Post by **TehSniper** » Sun Dec 02, 2012 12:02 am

Ford own the patent to the heated front screen; the ones with the thin wavy line elements running the full height of the screen. Other manufacturers, mainly Toyota and Lexus, but also some Mercedes' and BMW's, have "wiper heaters", which are lines along the bottom section of the glass, usually in the black band where the dash is.

Since Ford own the patent, up until recently only Fords and Ford affiliated cars, Aston Martins, Jaguars, etc, have had the heated screens in them. Recently tho, Ford have been licensing out the tech to other manufacturers; BMW Mini's have them aswel as VW Passats.

Eddie-gt · Post by **Eddie-gt** » Sun Dec 02, 2012 12:13 am

VW can use the Heated screen in several models as they did a swop with Ford for Park Assist

Some Fords have a VW CAN gateway
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_y2Yifl1vjns/S ... eway19.jpg

benmkiv · Post by **benmkiv** » Sun Dec 02, 2012 1:41 am

Mates Audi has the bottom heated like said above does the job good. That's a w reg too.

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