Should my 2012 Freelander 2 GS have a heated windscreen, the windscreen in at present appears to be a replacement, the make being a NordGlass, with no visible heating element
How can I find out if wiring is in place, I also have a few chips in place and would like to fit a new windscreen
Would Autoglass only fit like to like?

Open bonnet, remove battery cover and peer into plenum chamber to the right of battery and you should see this plug, if so you have the wiring. There's also a corresponding plug on drivers side which will need to be attached to the screen plug also when you put the heated windscreen glass in.

 MY15
Tyre Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS)
Surround Camera System
InControl Apps soon to be replaced with CarPlay (WIP)
Meridian Premium Surround Sound
Digital Audio Broadcast
Timed Climate
Cruise ECO Data
Follow Me Home Reverse
Extra Features Menu
Picture In Motion
4x4i screen (WIP)
Digital Broadcast TV
Meridian Rear Media with WIFI
Factory Powered Tailgate
Blind Spot Monitoring (BSM)
Reverse Cross Traffic Alert (RCTA)
Electrochromatic Wing Mirrors (WIP)

Don't know if this helps anyone but I had the problem of only driver's side demisting. After fiddling about trying to get the passengers side to work with no success, I went the whole hog, removed windscreen wipers and plenum (I think thats wot they call the black plastic cover bit!) which enabled me to get easy access to the connections. I found that water had been getting into the connector plug. I dried and cleaned all around plug and lightly sandpapered actual connecting parts and used the old spark plug trick of rubbing them with a pencil (graphite). Plugged it all back and whoopee - it worked ! Two points to note: 1. I had to buy (£7.25 on Ebay) a proper Wiper Arm Remover Puller tool in order to get wiper arms off. 2. I bent all the wiring back so that any water would drip off the wires before running into any connections. It took approx 3 hours from start to finish.

Well recovered

Correct me if I m wrong the "old spark plug trick of rubbing them with a pencil" was to introduce a misfire, wipe clean once the customer was out of way and charge big !  FL2 MY10 TD4 GS traded in at 2 years
FL2 MY13 TD4 GS Current

Well done for sorting the screen heating.

"Correct me if I m wrong the "old spark plug trick of rubbing them with a pencil" was to introduce a misfire, wipe clean once the customer was out of way and charge big!"

This was explained as :-

"Ah, yes sir. The timing has slipped [draw in air through teeth making a loud sucking sound]. Big job, could take all day, requires a lot of skill and special tools". [scratch head while saying] "Difficult to know how much it will cost, I can give you an idea but we won't know until we have finished".


And a happy Christmas to you all.

J

Ah yes - that would explain why my engine never ran properly! However, I must confess as I'm no mechanic but, back in the days when I owned a Singer Chamois ( This was the model that superseded the one that Ben Hur had in that famous chariot race!) it had a few problems starting -amongst others - and when this occurred I would quickly whip out a couple of plugs, clean them up and use the pencil trick. It would then always fire up and run beautifully - until the next cold damp morning. Ah those were the days, I remember them well! Anyway, back to the point in debate: I always understood it was the graphite which acted as an excellent conductor, hence the reason it always fired. Guys, are you now telling me that my knowledge of mechanical genius is faulted. Oh the shame of it!!