Hi...

The middle three wires of the rear defroster grid on my 99 Mystique LS don't seem to do anything. The rest of the wires clear off
the glass nicely.

I assume I have some tiny breaks in the bad wires somewhere, but CANNOT visually detect any.

1. I understand from searching the Forums that there's some kind of LocTite (?) stuff available to bridge breaks in these wires, but how to FIND the breaks to start with?

2. Has anyone had good or bad luck with the LocTite (or similar product) fix-it method?

3. If there are actually NO breaks in the wires, is there any other troubleshooting I can try to isolate/fix this problem?

4. If this is a manufacturing defect, did Ford ever issue a recall for the rear defroster?

Thanks!
Hal
(with semi-frosted rear window)