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Heated screen

Posted: Tue May 24, 2022 3:40 pm
by Shauns65
Hi all, i purchased a 22 plate off the forecourt 13 days ago and it was meant to have a heated screen, the button is there and it lights up, but for the life of me i can't see any elements in the screen and it certainly doesn't get warm.

Tomorrow is my 14th day and the last to reject the car, do you have a heated screen and are the elements visible? i've jusr driven a 2022 Astra and the are.

Thanks

Re: Heated screen

Posted: Tue May 24, 2022 5:11 pm
by geoff3521
Hi
If it has a heated windscreen you need to look closely at the screen and you will see very fine elements all down it, they are not obvious unless you look closely

Re: Heated screen

Posted: Wed May 25, 2022 8:44 am
by ianwat23
I find the easiest way to spot them is with the car facing the sun, they give off a rainbow-ish colour.
Hope this helps

Re: Heated screen

Posted: Wed May 25, 2022 11:34 am
by Shauns65
Thanks for that, i've just gone back to my dealer and confirmed that my car must be a misbuild, it has the buttons for a heated screen but plain glass. they'll have to replace my windscreen or take the car back.

Re: Heated screen

Posted: Wed May 25, 2022 1:05 pm
by geoff3521
Hi shaun65
Keep us updated as to what the dealer says, as never heard of a misbuild before?

Re: Heated screen

Posted: Wed May 25, 2022 2:12 pm
by Cammy
geoff3521 wrote: Wed May 25, 2022 1:05 pm Hi shaun65
Keep us updated as to what the dealer says, as never heard of a misbuild before?
Misbuild is just jargon for using whatever parts are lying around to complete the build.

Re: Heated screen

Posted: Wed May 25, 2022 4:39 pm
by Shauns65
Looks like i'll be going for a 14 day refund, the dealer sent me a pic of another Grandland windscreen and swears blind that the 4 lines alone on the left of the screen are the only heater elements for the whole screen, more like a DAB antenna to me.

Re: Heated screen

Posted: Thu May 26, 2022 4:48 pm
by huffy
I had my windscreen replaced a few weeks ago, I had to wait a while as there were none in the country. The chap that fitted it said the same as you, the four lines are the DAB antenna. Mine is also heated, but I can't see the heating elements at all.

Re: Heated screen

Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2023 10:06 pm
by Griffin
So temp was -5 this morning I tried my heated screen and found the couple of lines on the left were the only signs of heat....surely that's not what we're supposed to believe is a heated screen!

Re: Heated screen

Posted: Sat Dec 02, 2023 12:02 pm
by PeteW
Mine has the front heated screen. Grandland X snow model 2019. You can see zig-zag lines every few millimetres spaced running down from top to bottom. I have the switch to the console and only stays activated for a few minutes, unlike the rear heated screen that lasts for approx 10-15 minutes. It does however clear the screen really quickly, tried the other morning with thick ice and melted this within seconds, so I’m assuming the heating elements on the front screen are hotter. I tried to take a pic of how it looks but an iPhone camera isn’t good enough for micro images.