Rear window defrosters are invaluable when it comes to helping you see on a cold morning, but yours may do more than just melt ice. Here's what to know.

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 ...

Question: My rear window has a strip of glass that doesn’t defrost like the rest of the window. It bugs me, because it’s right in my view behind the car. What can be done to fix this? – Irlinda M.

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 ...

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 ...

The 2026 Corvette C8 introduces a range of changes, from the new ZR1X, to a few more subtle updates. Among these is deletion of a key rear window feature.