TCubed · Jul 16, 2013

Hi chaps,

I've discovered 2 plugs which seemingly don't go anywhere on sides of the bonnet (pic attached).

Someone suggested, and RAVE seems to confirm, that they are the power supply for the heated front windscreen?

If this is the case, since they clearly aren't attached, should I be making a surly phone-call to Autoglass, or is the windscreen now powered in a new way and these are something else for a different model?
Alternatively how easy are they to plug in?

Is there any means of checking the heated front windscreen in this weather (other than the HEVAC light)?

Thanks!

Saint.V8 · Jul 16, 2013

I have a feeling they need to be plugged in before the windscreen goes in place! But I could be wrong!

They only way to check is to switch on the heated windows and use a DVM in the plug to see if you get juice!

lowfat · Jul 16, 2013

Contact autoglass

Datatek · Jul 16, 2013

TCubed said:
Hi chaps,

I've discovered 2 plugs which seemingly don't go anywhere on sides of the bonnet (pic attached).

Someone suggested, and RAVE seems to confirm, that they are the power supply for the heated front windscreen?

If this is the case, since they clearly aren't attached, should I be making a surly phone-call to Autoglass, or is the windscreen now powered in a new way and these are something else for a different model?
Alternatively how easy are they to plug in?

Is there any means of checking the heated front windscreen in this weather (other than the HEVAC light)?

Thanks!

They are the heated screen connectors. Remove the black grill under the screen and if the screen has the heaters they can simply be plugged in.

MrGorsky · Jul 16, 2013

I think there is an earth connection to be made somewhere too. They connect to a stud somewhere near the centre under that black grill IIRC.

JohnnyCrash · Jul 16, 2013

MrGorsky said:
I think there is an earth connection to be made somewhere too. They connect to a stud somewhere near the centre under that black grill IIRC.

Yes right in the middle between the wipers

Auto Glass snapped mine off and just left the wires hanging?? as it was really cold and chucking down with rain on the day I had my screen replaced it didn't take long for me to notice it wasn't connected!!

ovalandrover · Jul 16, 2013

Take it back and complain also if you had insurance let the insurance company know.

TCubed · Jul 16, 2013

Just phoned my insurance company, who are getting back to me post finding the person in charge of windscreen issues

I have looked at the diagram, and as Data says they do look simple, so if National Windscreens (just to clear Autoglass' name there

) don't honour their mistake I'll leave a complaint and do it myself.
I like to think the person who did it connected the earth wire and then didn't do the others by mistake, rather than barefaced lied to me when I asked if he had done the electrics...
Hopefully they will though.. and I'll probably still do it myself!

gfromleeds · Jul 16, 2013

If you have probs ask them if you can take it to a garage and have them do it
Then just find a freindly garage to write up a resipt for say £50 do the job yourself but tell the glass company hou want rembursing

Saint.V8 · Jul 16, 2013

gfromleeds said:
If you have probs ask them if you can take it to a garage and have them do it
Then just find a freindly garage to write up a resipt for say £50 do the job yourself but tell the glass company hou want rembursing

And hope to feck the boss ain't a LZ member and reads this forum

TCubed · Jul 16, 2013

Saint.V8 said:
And hope to feck the boss ain't a LZ member and reads this forum

In case he is, I won't fraud you, but please do the job properly

wammers · Jul 16, 2013

Maybe they fitted a none heated screen and there is nowhere to plug them in.

TCubed · Jul 16, 2013

wammers said:
Maybe they fitted a none heated screen and there is nowhere to plug them in.

Maybe, but then they also skillfully threaded the metal strips through it

wammers · Jul 17, 2013

TCubed said:
Maybe, but then they also skillfully threaded the metal strips through it

That settles that then. They have not connected it, get them to sort it.

TCubed · Jul 19, 2013

DONE

National windscreens came to sort it this morning; they discovered that the previous installer had bypassed the original connections, so it was actually connected *awkward*.
Still, now I don't have phantom wires hanging out the sides

TCubed · Jul 19, 2013

Best bit was a quote from the chap who came round; "great cars to work on these, as they're purely mechanical"

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wammers · Jul 19, 2013

TCubed said:
Best bit was a quote from the chap who came round; "great cars to work on these, as they're purely mechanical"

...

That would suggest he was not a lot more than a window fitter then.

Musicmaker · Jul 19, 2013

TCubed said:
Best bit was a quote from the chap who came round; "great cars to work on these, as they're purely mechanical"

...

I wish!

Hate electrical stuff

TCubed · Jul 19, 2013

I just loved the irony in that he'd just repaired a rather rare ELECTRICALLY heated windscreen

Datatek · Jul 19, 2013

TCubed said:
I just loved the irony in that he'd just repaired a rather rare ELECTRICALLY heated windscreen

Heated screens rare? Lots of my fords had them

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