Quote: Never heard a thing about heat/defroster being needed here in CT. I do VIN verifications on cars all the time that come here from other states and have never had that on the checklist?
When DMV was doing the inspections it was something that was done all the time. Ive had dozens of vehicles inspected by DMV over the years, usually in New London when they were open and then Norwich later. The inspector would ask for the blower to be turned on, feel for airflow and move on.
Here it is noted as having to be checked if a vehicle is taken to the main office for inspection for salvage title-
(a) Defrosting and defogging equipment shall direct a sufficient flow of heated air onto the windshield, the window to the left of the driver and the glass in the viewing area directly to the right of the driver to eliminate frost, fog and snow.
(b) The defrosting system shall conform to SAE J381 and SAE J382.
(c) The defroster and defogging system shall be capable of furnishing heated, outside ambient air, except that the part of the system furnishing additional air to the windshield, entrance door and step well may be of the re-circulating air type.
(d) Auxiliary fans are not considered defrosting or defogging systems.
(e) Portable heaters shall not be utilized.
Maybe they let it slide now that "inspections" are being done by outside contractors, I don't know. When we were sending cars up for used car inspection at the dealer level to Norwich (2002-2005) it was also something that was checked at the time at the Norwich office.
A lot has changed but still that is good info as I find myself defending myself quite often as they have 3 cameras watching and listening
