Panda 2012+ electric heated windscreen failure

[food for thought]

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

 

[PuntoHowTo]

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]

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]

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]

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.