Rear Window Defogger

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When the Body Control Module (BCM) receives a rear defogger request from the climate control head (either ATC or manual) the BCM will activate the rear window defogger relay for 15 minutes. If the BCM receives another rear defogger request while the relay is still activated, the relay will be de-activated. If the relay is allowed to time out (full 15 minutes), further requests during the same ignition on period will cause the BCM to activate the relay for 7.5 minutes
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