ive been looking at the 08 ram 1500's a lot recently at my local dealer, I don't know what it is but how come NONE of them come equipped with rear defrost? its an option, but none seem to have it. maybe its just me but everything has rear defrost, even my beater car (1986 honda accord) has rear defrost. just sounds cheap, $40,000 truck and not even rear defrost...

maybe im missing something...????

 

Usually they won't need it because the cabs are so small...mega cabs might be a different case. In my single cab the a/c sucks the humidity out of the air really fast and defrosts the rear....but then again it's a single cab. Could also be that everything on dodges is a option...even the light in the glovebox and under the hood[:@]

 

Have a 07 Quad Cab.... had a 05 Quad Cab.... 2000 Dakota Quad Cab... a 99 Dakota Club cab... and none of them had a rear defrost... and to be honest.... never even needed one..... I'm not even sure it's a needed option in a truck....

 

thanks a lot guys!

 

I have had 2 Dodge, 1 Ford, and 1 Chevy trucks over the years, and none of them had rear defrost. I have never heard of a truck having it.

 

you really dont need rear defrost in a pickup....

 

The mfg's probably figure that most people are going to be putting caps, large tool boxes, modifying the bed to haul stuff and what not, so there is not much of need for the back window. Most truck drivers use there mirrors. With that said, my truck has the heated mirrors so I can see behind me. I like this option much better.

 

My '88 Chevy 1500 stretch cab had it. Used it most when the A/C fogged it during the summer.

 

REAR DEFOGGER ADDED TO MY TRUCK - Standard configuration in CA was for the rear passenger windows to be tinted and the rear one piece (no slider) to be the same tint as the front side windows (light green tint) but not the privacy tint. My 2003 QCSB 4X4 4.7 SLT came with heated mirrors and power drivers seat (more on this later) but no tinted rear window or rear defogger. I had the rear window broken and the replacement OEM glass put in is a tinted with defogger. However there were no wires to connect to the new defogger as that was not originally an installed option on my truck. After a lot of searchingI found there was already a 25 Amp fuse installed in the fuse/relay box in the engine compartment for the rear window defogger. There is also a relay socket (empty) specified for the rear window defogger which is pre-wired and ready for the relay to be installed. I bought a relay from the dealer (about $17.00) and installed it. I used a toner and probe to find where the “load” wire from the relay went. I found it stops at a blade connector located next to the driver’s power seat (part of the wiring harness). I installed a 12 ga. wire form there to the blade connector on the driver’s side rear window defogger. I then ran a 12 ga. wire from the passenger’s side blade connector to a “ring connector” that I screwed into the body on the side of the back seat raised floor pan under the trim. The heated mirror button is really a defogger button and in fact controls both the mirrors and rear defogger as per factory design. I tested the installation and it works great. Use a low voltage DC meter and connect one lead to ground. You should get battery voltage on the driver’s side terminal (when turned on) and almost 0zero volts on the passenger side. If you take a piece of aluminum foil and use it as an extension of your meter test probe (won’t damage the defogger element) you can test each “line” if you want to and in the middle you should get 6 Volts. By the way it is also possible to fix a scratched/cut place on a line if that ever becomes an issue. Method can be found using a web search engine… Bottom line you can add a rear window defogger and tinted window if you really want to and it isn’t all that hard or expensive. I really wanted the tinted window the defogger was just an added bonus (not really needed).