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    Rear defroster not working well

    Hey eNate, Yeah I could have brought it into BMW to get it looked at but I was fearful of the bill and I was able to put in an acceptable workaround for winter I'll probably address this some time in the future. I thought it was worthwhile providing as update considering a few people answered...
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    Rear defroster not working well

    What is the $300.00 option ? Don.....
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    Rear defroster not working well

    Hello All, So A little update on this issue. I had another whack at this over the last few weeks and re-measured the resistance of the window grid. This time is was basically open circuit. THe grid is basically toast. The grid was in bad shape when I looked at this last year and I think I may...
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    How do I find a junkyard i3?

    May seem obvious but have you just tried to get the harness new ? Do know the part number ? I agree you can't buy a wrecked car for just one harness it's better just to try to find the part new unless it's completely unreasonable from BMW. Also if you can maybe you can find the source of the...
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    Rear defroster not working well

    Hi Benrk, Thanks for posting. Maybe you are right they just limit it like crazy but 5 watts ? That's useless..... I really don't understand this issue. Hopefully one day someone will read this thread and shed some like on this. Thanks again. Don......
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    Rear defroster not working well

    hi gevans7993, Please keep us updated if you find something on the rear defroster. Don....
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    Rear defroster not working well

    Thanks for the information. I think the main reason I posted this is that my experiance on the imiev and other car's I have owned. The Rear defroster just turns on full power from the get go. It actually gets warm to the touch and if you fire it up in the summer it gets very hot. No smarts...
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    Rear defroster not working well

    Jfran2, Thanks for the reply. I was wondering if would get any. It's good to see I'm not the only one.....(not good that we both have this problem).... At least there are two of us seeing this issue. I have not really figured it out yet but I added a small defroster that blows hot air on...
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    Rear defroster not working well

    Hello, First post for me in the I3 Forum. I purchased a used 2014 I3 REX a few months ago. I am an experienced EV driver owning 2 Imievs since 2012 and 2015. I bought the I3 because the design is very similar to the Imiev but everything is up a few notches on the I3. I specifically bought the...
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