Well that happened to me about 5 years ago right now, with my 85 300D. Late winter and we get a lot of freezing rain here in central God's Country. So while I did my morning bus run, it got a nice build up of ice on it. I headed for home, turned the rear window defrost on and in about 5 to 7 minutes, KABOOM. This was while I was waiting for a traffic light. As soon as I opened the door, it all fell out, what a mess. I did read after the incident, in the owners manual, it said do not use the rear defrost under a buildup of ice. Now I know why. I did find a good rear window in the P&P, cut it out so I didn't break it, and found it easy to install using directions found here on the forum.

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1983 Mercedes W123 240D 4 Speed 285,000 on the road with a 617 turbo, beautiful butter yellow, license plate # 83 240D INDIANA

2003 Jaguar Type X, AWD. beautiful, good mileage,
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