– Why can’t front windshields have the same defrosting method as rear windshields?

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The rear windshield defrosters seem so much more effective. Is it just the lines across the drivers field of view that makes it decidedly unsafe?

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Anonymous 0 Comments

A new windshield on my 2020 GMC Sierra was like 1k give or take after my OEM got chipped and cracked by a rock down the highway.

So cost has got to come into play in 99% of cases. Simply not a feature customers are going to pay a premium for so it’s not worth it for manufacturers

Anonymous 0 Comments

My Toyota rav4 2022 has defrosting front windshields. Standard, I only discovered it after I got the car

Anonymous 0 Comments

A new windshield on my 2020 GMC Sierra was like 1k give or take after my OEM got chipped and cracked by a rock down the highway.

So cost has got to come into play in 99% of cases. Simply not a feature customers are going to pay a premium for so it’s not worth it for manufacturers

Anonymous 0 Comments

My Toyota rav4 2022 has defrosting front windshields. Standard, I only discovered it after I got the car

Anonymous 0 Comments

My Toyota rav4 2022 has defrosting front windshields. Standard, I only discovered it after I got the car

Anonymous 0 Comments

Lol what?? My rear defroster doesn’t hold a candle to the front

Anonymous 0 Comments

Lol what?? My rear defroster doesn’t hold a candle to the front

Anonymous 0 Comments

Lol what?? My rear defroster doesn’t hold a candle to the front

Anonymous 0 Comments

I think Ford have a patent on it, so for other manufacturers to do it, they’d need to pay a licensing fee to Ford (**if** Ford wanted to let them – they don’t have to).

This is why it’s in Ford vehicles, but not others.

Anonymous 0 Comments

I think Ford have a patent on it, so for other manufacturers to do it, they’d need to pay a licensing fee to Ford (**if** Ford wanted to let them – they don’t have to).

This is why it’s in Ford vehicles, but not others.