[V8] Rear Defrost Inop

[Ingo Rautenberg]

I believe so.  While I don't have experience directly with the  
defrost switch, I do know it effected the fog light switches and the  
seat heater switches...

Ingo

On Jan 15, 2008, at 2:12 PM, Ed Kellock wrote:

> Good to know, Ingo.  I think I lucked out and used a later switch in
> an early car (my 89 200) and that worked fine.
>
> Did this "changeover" coincide with the in/out position of the switch
> itself versus the one push on, one push off, with the button returning
> to the same position either way, that being on an even plane with the
> rest of the button faces?
>
> Thanks,
> Ed
>
> On 1/15/08, Ingo Rautenberg <ingo.rautenberg at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hm. Maybe not enough amperage?  I would change out the defroster
>> switch with a known good. And remember, Those from '90 only work for
>> '90.  The Other switches are good for '91-93 cars. If you try putting
>> one from a '90 V8 into a later car, you'll just end up with
>> (literally) a puff of smoke and an inoperative switch.
>>
>> Ingo
>>
>> On Jan 15, 2008, at 1:06 PM, Coleman, David wrote:
>>
>>> So, how come my rear defroster doesn't work?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Switch on, I show power at both sides all the way down (save for
>>> the top
>>> two lines, which I presume is an antenna).
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> It used to work only horribly - now it won't even defrost the steam
>>> from
>>> a gnat's fart.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -DaveC.
>>>
>>>
>>>
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