Heated Windscreen. No wires?

rpjwhite · Post by **rpjwhite** » Thu Apr 20, 2023 9:58 am

Morning all

I believe my car has the heated windscreen option. I get the symbol in the climate control but unless my eyesight is failing me I can't see the little wires like you seen on a JLR / Ford. I know these used to be under patent but do Skoda do it differently?

Not that i don't trust a used car salesman but...

Goaty · Post by **Goaty** » Thu Apr 20, 2023 10:03 am

rpjwhite wrote: ↑Thu Apr 20, 2023 9:58 am Morning all

I believe my car has the heated windscreen option. I get the symbol in the climate control but unless my eyesight is failing me I can't see the little wires like you seen on a JLR / Ford. I know these used to be under patent but do Skoda do it differently?

Not that i don't trust a used car salesman but...

Hello! I definitely have the heated windscreen (I’ve seen it in action) but I can’t see any elements in the windscreen either, which is good; I always found the Ford system quite distracting.

Do you have tri-zone A/C ? If I recall correctly, back in 2021, it was this option which included a heated windscreen. Or it might have been the rear heated seats (Climate Plus) which included it.

rpjwhite · Post by **rpjwhite** » Thu Apr 20, 2023 10:21 am

Goaty wrote: ↑Thu Apr 20, 2023 10:03 am

Hello! I definitely have the heated windscreen (I’ve seen it in action) but I can’t see any elements in the windscreen either, which is good; I always found the Ford system quite distracting.

Do you have tri-zone A/C ? If I recall correctly, back in 2021, it was this option which included a heated windscreen. Or it might have been the rear heated seats (Climate Plus) which included it.

Yeah I have the tri-zone heating and rear seat heating so I assume so but like the heat pumps when you can't see something it leads me to worry.

THanks fella

tiger tony · Post by **tiger tony** » Thu Apr 20, 2023 10:43 am

There are no wires in the windscreen.

VAG and many other manufactures now use a transparent conductive layer of silver sandwiched between the laminations to provide required heat to clear windscreens in winter without the use of embedded filament wires.

It has lower power consumption and is more reliable than individual embedded wires - which have been known to occasionally break over time !!

If you are really concerned whether you have the heated windscreen option, pop open the bonnet and look in the Fusebox over on the right hand side. If you have Fuse 17 and Relay 47 fitted you're all good to go next winter.

zice · Post by **zice** » Thu Apr 20, 2023 2:15 pm

Look ma! No wires!

rpjwhite · Post by **rpjwhite** » Thu Apr 20, 2023 3:10 pm

zice wrote: ↑Thu Apr 20, 2023 2:15 pm Look ma! No wires!

THanks fella. Hope i don't crack the windscreen I bet that is a complete .... to replace.

Dorsetandy · Post by **Dorsetandy** » Thu Apr 20, 2023 7:42 pm

Yes your right - had my heated windscreen repaired by Autoglass and the technician told me I was fortunate it was repairable because a replacement would be £1k. Glad I have windscreen insurance!

zice · Post by **zice** » Thu Apr 20, 2023 8:27 pm

another advantage is that the heated windscreen helps also in the summer by keeping a lot of solar radiation (heat) away from entering thru the glass.

Bacon · Post by **Bacon** » Wed May 10, 2023 6:58 am

Other than checking the fuse box is there another way to confirm if you have a heated windscreen?

Thanks.

Ken3966 · Post by **Ken3966** » Wed May 10, 2023 8:19 am

The control icon for it on the heating menu!
The only reason it might have the control and not work is if windscreen subsequently replaced without it, or fuse failed.

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