Rear Defrost Line Damaged

[flashflooder]

I know this thread is ancient, but the same thing just happened to me... did you ever get this resolved?

If you went the permatex route, can you share some pics?

 

[Pea15884]

Same as this guy ^ lol

 

[flashflooder]

Just to circle back and update, the tint shop that pulled my defrost lines covered replacement of the entire back glass. Not sure how much it cost, but it did cause me to lose my cool orange hue

The shop I used was very reputable, and the installer showed me on the old glass how these defrost lines are pretty much just "painted" on. So if you ever have to remove film, expect your defrost lines to get hosed.

 

[Cintoman]

I had an issue with several defroster lines weren't working on my car. I never had my windows tinted, so this came like this right from the factory. Looking closely at the lines, I didn't notice any damage or parts of the lines removed. Tesla ended up replacing my rear glass under warranty. When looking at the new glass, I noticed that some of the upper lines were slightly discolored. And looking closer, it looks like something (like a piece of paper) was taped to the inside of the glass, because I can see the impression of a wide piece of tape that marked the glass (you can easily tell when the glass is all foggy, even seeing what looks to be foam "squares" which likely was used to space several pieces of glass at the factory. And when Tesla installed it, they removed the paper and tape, peeling the lines where the tape was stuck to.

Luckily, where this happened was on the upper lines, which are the radio antenna lines, and I haven't noticed any issues with my radio reception. So I decided about having to replace my rear glass immediately after they installed it.

Here are 2 pics of the defroster lines not working (lines 3 and 6), along with 1 pic of the radio lines that got partially peeled by the tape.

These defroster/radio lines are definitely very very fragile.

--Cintoman

 

[flashflooder]

Totally absurd that they are this fragile, IMO. I've never encountered anything like it. Made worse by the fact that the glass is so large and expensive to replace.