Windscreen Heater - Fire Hazard

[ScotsTyke]

Started my 1 week old Disco Sport to warm up and put the windscreen heater on as we had snow in scotland - 10 minutes later the cabin was full of smoke and the passenger side windscreen pillar glowing red behind the trim

[joe p]

Yikes, that doesn't sounds like fun at all.

Intrigued to know what your dealer has said about it?

[Wensleydale]

Thanks for joining the forum with that story. Hopefully a one off as never heard of it before.

[Just Will]

Doesn’t fill me with much confidence but as above hopefully it’s a one off. Doesn’t help you though mate. Surely you’ll get a new car replacement and a courtesy car whilst waiting for it?

[flycop2000]

Please keep us updated on the outcome from the Dealer about this.
I just picked up my new car this morning and have used the heated windscreen constantly on all my previous cars during the winter as I have to get up early in the mornings.

[Chippy]

Just a thought and I may well be wrong but I’m not sure that the system is actually intended to clear snow.

Certainly not actually confidence building that’s for sure.

[Wensleydale]

Well no update in a week. The OP hasn't logged in since posting this as their first post..wonder if it is a genuine post???Thinking Sarah Street was so right

[Chippy]

Well no update in a week. The OP hasn't logged in since posting this as their first post..wonder if it is a genuine post???Thinking Sarah Street was so right

Who knows Wensleydale. Perhaps the second part of their forum name tells us something.

[Dashnine]

It's also such an odd thing to happen, heated windscreens have been around for quite a while (to the point where they're now out of Fords patent) and I've never heard of this happening before. Quite a few things need to go wrong before you end up with "the passenger side windscreen pillar glowing red", fuses, etc.

[sandbox]

You also don’t need to turn on the heated windscreen as it comes on automatically depending on outside ambient temperature.