[ztollon]

Pretty much the title exsplains it. Turn on my defroster cuz i forgot to scrape the rear windsheild this morning. So yea my radio reception goes to shit. And doesnt play anything but static fuzzz.. turn the defrost off and radio comes back. Cadillac gets a fail on that Note.

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So my question which i forgot to ask. How do i ge ride of this problem?

 

[dkozloski]

My '04 CTS did the same thing but only on the AM band. As long as you were tuned to a strong station it was okay but if you were tuned to a weak one everytime you hit a bump in the road it sounded like you were sleeping on an old army cot at the no tell motel.

 

[Argent1]

The best guy for this is KOT.
Sounds like your defroster power wire is too close to, or touching your antenna wire. Seen that happen before.

 

[bronsonllh]

The defroster grid on the rear window is made of conductive paint. If one of the grid lines has been scratched, then the connection has been degraded or disconnected on that section. This causes the static in your radio. You can purchase conductive paint repair kit from GM or other places. After you find the scratch, put masking tape on both sides of the grid line and apply the conductive paint to complete the connection. I've fixed several rear window defrosters like this.

 

[Kingoftypos]

Also piss poor tint jobs can cause this. Or worse yet, if the tint has metallic in it... Well that means that the radio's antenna and defroster are electronically connected.

KOT