Verify Heated windsheild?

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#21

10-29-2014, 08:14 AM

drowssap

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im preety sure you cold reprogram with a hawkeye or similar tool

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10-29-2014, 05:24 PM

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Where would you get a switch and what's involved with hooking the switch up? Is wiring already in the dash, just waiting for a switch to be plugged in?

Am I missing any steps?

1)install heated windshield and plug it in
2)install switch, somehow (tips appreciated)
3)get someone to program the BCU

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10-29-2014, 06:01 PM

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Originally Posted by knightmetro

Looks like I'll need to pop the cowl and check for the connections.

I have the switches, I just want to make sure some Joe at SafetyGlass didn't replace it with just a regular WS sometime in the past.

It's an Alaskan car, so I'm sure the prior owner would have known if it had gone missing. I hope. If I have to buy a replacement, that'll ____.

Easy to check for the embedded windshield heater, you can see the verical wires about 2-3mm apart in the screen but they are extremely fine wires so best to use a magnifying glass but don't look through directly into the sun outside

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I cannot remember exactly but I believe they are also controlled via a relay.

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10-29-2014, 06:28 PM

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I do recollect having to get a relay from Paul Grant to turn on the heated windshield option.

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10-30-2014, 01:47 AM

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If you need a magnifying glass to see those heating element wires, I'm a little concerned you're driving.

Then again, distance vision... right?

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10-30-2014, 07:46 AM

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I figure France for a monocle kind of guy

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10-31-2014, 09:53 AM

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According to my dealer, '99-'01 does not need the BCM programmed. Of course that doesn't mean another dealer won't tell you it does just to get $50-$100 from ya.