Reproduction Parts for 1916-1964 Chevrolet Passenger Cars & 1918-1987 Chevrolet & GMC Trucks


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The rear fogger just stopped working. The switch lights up when turned on. I get no power to the grid itself using a test light. Replaced the relay in the fuse box under the hood. Is there another fuse or relay somewhere else in this system? I viewed a U-Tube video showing in the passenger side kick panel, the wire connectors get fried where they plug into each other. Did anyone else have this experience? Help.

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Have you thought about taking your Impala to your mechanic or to your local Chevrolet dealer to have the problem checked out?

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Will probably have to go to my mechanic. Just wanted to do the easier things first. Hate to have to pay $70+ per hour to have someone change a relay or fuse. Did talk to a Chevrolet Dealer Service Manager today. He said that this is a common problem for this generation body style. He told me it sually takes about two hours to fix.

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There ya go......

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Back to my original question, did anyone have the same problem with their defogger? Is there another relay or fuse I am missing?

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JYD, that is a awesome website. Thanks for the link.
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Glad that you liked the web site. I thought that it was cool too!

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Mr. Dog, thanks for the web site link. I did try the suggested tests, but still no luck.

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I think that it might be time to take your car to either your mechanic or to your Chevrolet dealer.

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I finally got the time to do some looking where I suspected the problem to be. From what I was told, this generation Impala has a problem with too much resistance when the rear defogger is used. The weakest point in the system is the male - female wire connector behind the passenger side kick panel. On closer inspection, both wire connections were toasted. The two wires were connverted to one #8 wire - eliminating the quick connector for the defogger only. Hopefully, this is the end of the problem. No expensive mechanics hands or tools were harmed to achieve this fix.

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Good job and thanks for sharing the solution.

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Originally Posted by Hawkeye
I finally got the time to do some looking where I suspected the problem to be. From what I was told, this generation Impala has a problem with too much resistance when the rear defogger is used. The weakest point in the system is the male - female wire connector behind the passenger side kick panel. On closer inspection, both wire connections were toasted. The two wires were connverted to one #8 wire - eliminating the quick connector for the defogger only. Hopefully, this is the end of the problem. No expensive mechanics hands or tools were harmed to achieve this fix.

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