Lariat heated windshield Forscan question

[TwoTone]

For all of you playing around in Forscan, I was wondering if there was a setting somewhere for the heated windshield.

Just wondering if you had to have your windshield replaced, could you replace it with a heated one, add the wires and then use Forscan to enable it.

I searched and didn't find any discussion on this.

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[Nw_adventure]

For all of you playing around in Forscan, I was wondering if there was a setting somewhere for the heated windshield.

Just wondering if you had to have your windshield replaced, could you replace it with a heated one, add the wires and then use Forscan to enable it.

I searched and didn't find any discussion on this.

The wires, molex plugs and making everything work would probably be too much for most folks to want to undertake - There is a completely dedicated circuit in the engines fuse block that manages this as well - Mine was DOA from the factory and needed that fuse block replaced...

 

[justiz00]

I thought the wiper park location (cowl) was where the heating element was (under the windshield, not in the windshield), but feel free to correct me.

 

[Toddman45]

I thought the wiper park location (cowl) was where the heating element was (under the windshield, not in the windshield), but feel free to correct me.

I'm willing to bet you're right. My wife's 05 Saab had that on hers and it was about a 4-in grid across the lower area of the windshield that kept it heated, so during the winter ice and snow melted and didn't accumulate on the wipers blades.

I highly doubt without having grids like a rear window that the entire windshield is heated. Plus that would cause further issues in colder climates with a lot of correct windshields especially if you had a rock chip.

 

[Glen Baker LLC]

I'm willing to bet you're right. My wife's 05 Saab had that on hers and it was about a 4-in grid across the lower area of the windshield that kept it heated, so during the winter ice and snow melted and didn't accumulate on the wipers blades.

I highly doubt without having grids like a rear window that the entire windshield is heated. Plus that would cause further issues in colder climates with a lot of correct windshields especially if you had a rock chip.

Lincoln Continental, Ford Thunderbird and Ford Taurus in the 80's-90's offered as a option $$$$$
Ford’s Quick Defrost system, which featured a transparent, thinly coated gold-bearing metallic film sandwiched between layers of polyvinyl butyral and glass. A second alternator fed an electric current to the film to clear the frost or ice, 5X faster than traditional defroster.
Ford changed engineering and designs over the years. I don't know if Ford still holds Trademark's and patents.

 

[fossil]

I thought the wiper park location (cowl) was where the heating element was (under the windshield, not in the windshield), but feel free to correct me.

you stand corrected, it is/was a single wire embedded in the glass.

 

[Glen Baker LLC]

you stand corrected, it is/was a single wire embedded in the glass.

Would that wire, heat the whole windshield or just the wiper area?

 

[fossil]

Would that wire, heat the whole windshield or just the wiper area?

Just the wiper park area, MY23 was the last year. It did not come with a dedicated switch but activated with
https://www.ford.com/support/vehicl...s/6320713170112?name=windshield-wiper-de-icer

 

[Glen Baker LLC]

Just the wiper park area, MY23 was the last year. It did not come with a dedicated switch but activated with
https://www.ford.com/support/vehicl...s/6320713170112?name=windshield-wiper-de-icer

Thank You
I always wanted the Gold windshield on my SHO. But I didn't get the LX

 

[MakinDoForNow]

Would that wire, heat the whole windshield or just the wiper area?

Just the wiper park areA. I believe it is on the same circuit as the heated mirrors.

 

[Toddman45]

Lincoln Continental, Ford Thunderbird and Ford Taurus in the 80's-90's offered as a option $$$$$
Ford’s Quick Defrost system, which featured a transparent, thinly coated gold-bearing metallic film sandwiched between layers of polyvinyl butyral and glass. A second alternator fed an electric current to the film to clear the frost or ice, 5X faster than traditional defroster.
Ford changed engineering and designs over the years. I don't know if Ford still holds Trademark's and patents.

That makes sense just seems to be a smaller market for that mainly your northern states.

 

[TwoTone]

Since it's connected to the mirrors I was thinking it wouldn't be to hard to add if you can activate it in forscan.

 

[fossil]

Since it's connected to the mirrors I was thinking it wouldn't be to hard to add if you can activate it in forscan.

Don't assume it's corrected. MAX defrost also activates it, does that mean it's connected there too?
You could use the mirror defrost voltage to activate a micro relay to power the windshield and forget about Forscan all together.

 

[FHFR3Maverick]

I just had my heated windshield replaced and the new one has 3 heat traces on each side where the wipers park.

 

[Nw_adventure]

Just the wiper park areA. I believe it is on the same circuit as the heated mirrors.

So yes and no- It does come on when the heated mirrors activate but in my case the mirrors were toasty hot but the wiper park was ice cold- Glad I had a competent dealer who worked with Ford HQ to discover a missing circuit pass thru which just affected the windshield portion of the system on my 22/FX4/Lariat -

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