Rear defroster won't auto shut off anymore after retinting windows
 

I had the whole car retinted darker the last summer, and i noticed that my rear defroster no longer has an auto turn off feature after it has been turned on?

is there some kind of way to make it autoshut? I wasn't sure if the shop somehow triggered something to always have it on so that it the window tint would be easyer to take off.

i just tend to forget about things and that auto shut off thing is kinda of nice

I don't think it ever auto-shutoff... my 09 doesn't do it.

So far as I can tell I don't believe my 2013 does as well. I guess time to RTFM?

are you guys sure? i could have sworn it used to work... well thats why I didn't wanna call into the tint shop to ask about it.

Mine doesnt either and its an 09

wat ever ur smoking i want lol hahahah yeah it dont turn offf i never seen it do it bro maybe i should try it at my lunch time ill let u knw

Nope no Auto off on my 09. Now if we want to talk about the same Defroster switch back light burning out, i have that issue

Yah... pretty sure... I think it was also mentioned in that things you didn't know about your Fit (forgot the exact title name) thread.

Damn.. backlight burnt out?

perhaps you guys are right... i have had too many cars.. and i could have sworn the fit had it!!! i live at the beach now and i RARELY ever use the defroster because it never gets cold enough.. so perhaps thats why i never really noticed it until recently

This.

My defroster light is wonky, sometimes it's is lit and sometimes the light is just off, but this happens no matter if my defroster is on or off, I think it's just a connection issue. Gonna take my car in for a bunch of little issues under warranty but want them all done at the same time.

Another issue is my driver's side "marker light" on the headlight sometimes does not work, other times it does, i've seen more than one Fit with this on the road and they have been newer than mine.

Um... that could just be a burnt out bulb. It doesn't matter if the car is old or new. All it has to do is go through thermal change too quickly, which would cause it to break. The break is small... and if it is jiggled "just right" for some electricity to arc, that can make it warm up and expand just enough to stay in contact.

But yeah, its a burnt out bulb. I just replaced mine last month for the exact same reason (it would occasionally come on).

replace it, simple as that. when you pull the bulb out, you'll find it nice and... burnt.

Yes I suppose that change in temperature could have been the issue, I just thought either the filament is either broken or not broken. The light isn't any dimmer and it works more times than it doesn't (i've only seen it out once or twice in the last month). It was a very cold night when I noticed it.

Thanks for that insight :)

The defroster doesn't auto shut off. My 2012 def doesn't do it.

The 2013 doesn't auto shut-off either

Wish it did have auto shutoff. I keep forgetting to turn mine off. Someone must be doing a DIY soon I would hope.

I concur on the lack of auto shut-off I hated that the integra (or was it the altima.. or both) would automatically turn off the rear defroster, especially during snow storms where the snow would "cake up" on the rear window. Not having to push the button every 10 or 15 minutes is nice.

~SB