Heated screen

[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

[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

[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

[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.

[geoff3521]

Hi shaun65
Keep us updated as to what the dealer says, as never heard of a misbuild before?

[Cammy]

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.

[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.

[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.