For most drivers, the rear defroster button is an afterthought. You jab it on cold mornings, watch the frost melt into streaky rivulets, and then forget about it until the next weather event.

General Motors is recalling the Cadillac ATS compact sport-luxury sedan over a potential issue with the rear window defroster. The defect: the rear window defroster control can overheat due to a weak ...

Ever wondered why there are parallel horizontal lines running across the rear window of a car? Those lines are present to heat the rear window which helps to remove mist from the window. Read on to ...

On my rear window defroster only two lines completely clear and one has a small circle which it clears in the centre. Is there any way that these lines can be made to fully work and clear the rear ...

Dear Tom and Ray: I have a great, wonderful, sweet co-worker who might be as wacky as a loon. It was zero degrees Fahrenheit last week, and she refused to use her rear defroster, claiming it would ...

Up until the 1970s, some cars still didn't have rear window defrosters. To compensate, many drivers used this interesting gadget. Here's how it works.

Q: I just noticed my rear window defroster has a big gap in the middle that doesn’t defrost. It’s about 2 inches high. I was told the window needs to be replaced to fix this, and it’s really expensive ...

Some Honda HR-V crossovers have a manufacturing problem in the rear window that MotorTrend dubbed a "self-destruct function." Hundreds of HR-V owners have complained to federal safety regulators that ...