1998 Sentra Rear Window Deforster/Defooger whoas...
 

Howdy all:

My son purchased a 1998 Sentra and the rear window defogger was not working.

Checked the 20 amp fuses; all good.

Did a continuity check of the defroster grid on the rear window and there was good continuity noted.

Pulled the switch from behind the counsel and noted when I clicked it it would not click in the open position the way the hazard light switch next to it did. Did a continuity check with it depressed and it checked out fine (light came on).

Reinstalled the switch, activated it and used a wedge to keep it depressed thinking it would close the circuit and activate the defroster....no joy.

Purchased another counsel switch off of e-bay, installed it and still no joy :mad:

Took the + lead off the defroster on the rear window, stuck the + end of my multi meter in it while placing the - lead from the meter to ground on the door jam with the meter set at 10amps DC with the car running... 0.000 noted.

At a loss as what to do next...any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Note: I am not an electrician so pls reply using layman terms as much as possible...

Thx