Panda 2012+ electric heated windscreen failure

food for thought · 6 Days Ago

Hi Fellow Fiatsters I have a 2016 4x4 Panda Cross bought it used it had the winter pack but within a year the heated windscreen on the drivers side started to break down any one with any idea where i could get it replaced. don't think its repairable as the connections are hidden under the screen. cheers Fiatsters

AndyRKett · 6 Days Ago

You would either need to pay for any windscreen company to replace the screen or you would need to have a reason to have it replaced under fully comp insurance. I don’t believe any insurance companies would replace a heated windscreen for failed elements.

varesecrazy · 5 Days Ago

Welecome

@food for thought
There is a thread about this that pops back into view as the weather turns frosty

https://www.fiatforum.com/panda-iii/429677-heated-screen.html?429677=#post4106943

https://www.fiatforum.com/panda-iii/484260-my-heated-screen-damaged-faulty.html?484260=#post4567719

gar074 · 5 Days Ago

I'd have thought it's not worth replacing the screen just for the sake of the heating function, assuming you're out of warranty. I'd wait until you get a bad enough stone chip to justify a new screen on your car insurance. It's only a matter of time...

Herts Hillhopper · 5 Days Ago

The connectors can be reached, by removing the plastic panel between the base of the screen and the bonnet.

But that won't help. The wires in the screen are hair-thin, and at the bottom edge of the screen appear as four pieces of thin 'plastic foil' which the connector plugs are moulded onto. I think the issue is that these bend and flex, and eventually the wires inside break.

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gar074 Get Your Own Title Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Beccles, Suffolk Posts: 2,668 Thanks: 227 Trader Rating: 0	Re: electric heated windscreen failure I'd have thought it's not worth replacing the screen just for the sake of the heating function, assuming you're out of warranty. I'd wait until you get a bad enough stone chip to justify a new screen on your car insurance. It's only a matter of time... varesecrazy liked this post __________________ Barchetta LE (no 2468), 1998, Silver with Red Hood/Leather, Hardtop, Wind-stop, Novitec SS Exhaust Panda Cross Twinair, 15 Reg, in glorious Yellow Talbot-Matra Murena 2.2 (Prep 142), 1983, Aquamarine Last edited by gar074; 5 Days Ago at 09:53.
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Herts Hillhopper Get Your Own Title Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: North Herts Posts: 2,640 Thanks: 379 Trader Rating: 0	Re: electric heated windscreen failure The connectors can be reached, by removing the plastic panel between the base of the screen and the bonnet. But that won't help. The wires in the screen are hair-thin, and at the bottom edge of the screen appear as four pieces of thin 'plastic foil' which the connector plugs are moulded onto. I think the issue is that these bend and flex, and eventually the wires inside break. varesecrazy liked this post __________________ 2018 Panda 4x4 MJ :: North Herts :: Remember, if you find a post helpful, press the Thumbs up 'thanks' button below
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