bit sad really but I was pleased this morning ,the rear de-mister now works,took note from on here & took the connecting block apart .one of the male bits was black .cleaned up & now working.another job done.don't know if anybody else has had a noise from the rear tailgate.It sounded like the 2 parts of it where moving and rubbing as you went over bumps finally sussed it was the lower plastic panel ,took it off put new clips on but also had some old draft excluder about,ran that around the plastic where I thought it was touching ,actually worked ,no more noise from the back,initially I thought it was the weights moving around

Thanks for the tip.

Like many of on the forum I had the corroded connector problem. Cleaned it up and 12 months later same problem so did it again but sealed up the block with decent quality black waterproof sealant and (touch wood) it is still working over a year later. 2008 MY Java Black TDV8 HSE

yep, did the corroded connector last weekend and happy to say rear heated screen is now clearing, a small thing but quite pleasing

Whereabouts is this connector please? My rear demist doesn't work

it's under rear spoiler,there's a bit on you tube,to remove there's 2 torx on glass part from inside,3 x 10 mm nuts on main tailgate,again on inside

As Paddi says, but just to add put a towel or blanket on the car roof to rest the spoiler on when loose to prevent damage to paintwork

Wonderful thing, the search facility...

http://www.rrsport.co.uk/forum/topic29082-15.html 2012 SDV6 - it's missing a couple of cylinders
2008 TDV8 - it was a labour of love and is much missed