Heated Rear Window Issues; No Voltage Across The Filaments

[johnhenry 20]

Evening all

 

Found an electrical fault with the car this evening, the heated rear window doesnt work

 

> ive had a multimeter across it, no voltage from side to side :/

> the push button doesnt light up when depressed

> all fuses on the board are okay

 

is the button/sender unit knackered/worth replacing?

Where does this circuit earth?

 

Cheers

John

[jackherer 543]

The switches are known to fail so it could be that. The ground is in the boot behind the near side tail light. The other thing to consider is the wiring to the tailgate where it hinges but this seems to be pretty reliable in 205s.

[johnhenry 20]

thanks for the pointers, i know the earthing point you're on about, i've cleaned it up as its got lots of things earthing there (its the big yellow block earth right?)

the other items in the tailgate (wiper) works fine, so i think the wiring should be okay

 

Ill get hold of a known working/good switch and then i can rule that out, ive had the hazard switch go on me too and that displayed similar behaviour (not light)

 

Thanks for the help!

 

PS - dont suppose you've got a spare heated rear window switch you could sell to me please?

[jackherer 543]

I haven't I'm afraid.

 

They seem to still be available from Peugeot, £16.42 inc vat. (p/n 655322)

 

They will probably be available for a while to come, even if Peugeot stop selling them Lotus used them in the S1 Elise and you can get them from Lotus specialists for about £20.

[johnhenry 20]

I haven't I'm afraid.

 

They seem to still be available from Peugeot, £16.42 inc vat. (p/n 655322)

 

They will probably be available for a while to come, even if Peugeot stop selling them Lotus used them in the S1 Elise and you can get them from Lotus specialists for about £20.

 

Good to know! got hold of one from a wanted thread, fingers crossed it does the job!