I have a later hardtop (I think it's from an 04 or 05) on my 97 Jeep. I found a guy on ebay who makes wiring adapters so I bought one and the wiper & washer are working fine. The question is, my rear window has a defroster but there's no rear defrost switch on my dash. Is that a separate switch that I need to add? Or does it come on automatically with the front defrost (guessing not, since that's vacuum activated)?
Am I supposed to have a rear defrost switch?
- Thread starter Alemonkey
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Gotcha. So, since my Jeep already had the wiring harness for the hard top, in theory should there be an unused plug behind the dash that I will connect to the new switch?
Could be, my switch is one of the factory rockers next to the ash tray, I would look behind there.
Just a quick follow up, I found a used switch for cheap on deadjeep.com. Popped off the dash bezel and the switch housing for the rear wiper / rear defrost came out with 4 screws. The plug for the rear defrost switch was already in place, so I popped out the filler plate, snapped in the switch, and plugged it in. Didn't work. Did a little more research and found I was missing the rear defrost relay under the hood. Ordered one from Rock Auto and it showed up today. Plugged it in, and boom! I have a working rear defrost.
