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When I turn on the rear window defroster on my 2002 Accord
EX V6, the top 1/8 or so portion does not defrost. Looking
closely at the wire grid, I see that this top portion is not connected
to the lower portion of the grid. Is the top portion separately
controlled, or is it something other than a defrosting wire grid?

H. Nakanishi

"H. Nakanishi" <hisao@physics.purdue.edu> wrote in message
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> When I turn on the rear window defroster on my 2002 Accord
> EX V6, the top 1/8 or so portion does not defrost. Looking
> closely at the wire grid, I see that this top portion is not connected
> to the lower portion of the grid. Is the top portion separately
> controlled, or is it something other than a defrosting wire grid?

Window-integrated FM antenna?

To tell you the truth, I can't remember how it was in my '00 Accord, but I
thought all the visible wires were part of the defroster system. I may be
wrong...

Cheers,

Pete

> > When I turn on the rear window defroster on my 2002 Accord
> > EX V6, the top 1/8 or so portion does not defrost. Looking
> > closely at the wire grid, I see that this top portion is not connected
> > to the lower portion of the grid. Is the top portion separately
> > controlled, or is it something other than a defrosting wire grid?
>
> Window-integrated FM antenna?

Yup, the top portion is the antenna, no defrosting. Too bad they couldn't
make a defrosting antenna.

"Dean" wrote

> > > When I turn on the rear window defroster on my 2002 Accord
> > > EX V6, the top 1/8 or so portion does not defrost. Looking
> > > closely at the wire grid, I see that this top portion is not connected
> > > to the lower portion of the grid. Is the top portion separately
> > > controlled, or is it something other than a defrosting wire grid?
> >
> > Window-integrated FM antenna?
>
> Yup, the top portion is the antenna, no defrosting. Too bad they couldn't
> make a defrosting antenna.

They do. Turn on any of those hot-air talk radio stations, and....