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Mon 9 Jan 2012 14:11

VW Golf Mk5 GT TDi 140 - intermittent demister failure - B.P

My VW Golf has an intermittent demister failure. It will run fine for a while, then the fans shut down and you hear something closing within the dash. When the fans are set to recirc the air everything works fine. However to confuse things when you switch on the front windscreen washers the demister starts working again for a short period of time.

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