Most cars are equipped with defrosters for the windshield and rear window to improve visibility by clearing fog, ice and snow. Most defrosters rely on the heat from a car’s engine, but some vehicles ...

Most drivers get into their car and, upon noticing a foggy rear window, hit the defroster button, waiting for the horizontal lines in the glass to work their magic. It seems very low-tech, yet the ...

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 ...

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.

Tiny electric heating elements bring immediate heat to frozen windshields without waiting for the engine to get warm.

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