Rear Defogger Grid Test
- Engine running, command the Rear Defogger ON with a scan tool.NOTE: Lightly touch the grid lines when testing with the test lamp. If the test lamp point is scraped through the grid line it can cause an open in the circuit
- Verify that a test lamp illuminates between each rear window defogger grid line and ground. The test lamp should be off when testing at the ground side of the grid and get brighter as the test lamp moves closer to the voltage supply side of the grid. The test lamp should be dim when testing each grid line in the middle
- If the test lamp remains bright at the middle of the grid line.
The grid line is open between the test point and the ground side of the grid.
Replace the rear window
- If the test lamp remains off at the middle of the grid line.
The grid line is open between the test point and the voltage supply side of the grid.
Replace the rear window
- If the test lamp remains dim at the middle of each grid line.
- If the test lamp remains bright at the middle of the grid line.
- All OK