mayo

Never fixed such a thing before...any idea's or solutions would be helpful.
THanks in advance.

Ford-a-tude

Proper way to repair that is to solder the tab back onto the glass. The metallic grid is silk screened on the window so be careful not to scratch it. If you try it yourself you should use a decent iron that will melt the solder quickly without spending too much time getting the glass overheated.

JimC

I had that same problem on my car and picked up a kit from frostfighter.com
http://www.frostfighter.com/prt2000.htm

Worked great - did the repair two years ago, after the dealer repair job failed a second time.

157dB

http://iihs.net/fsm/?dir=457&viewfil...e%20Repair.pdf

Use at least a 100W iron with a broad tip to heat it up quickly
without spreading too much heat to the surrounding grid.

JimC

157db - the link you provided is for the grid, not the tab like the OP asked about
Here is the tab
http://iihs.net/fsm/?dir=457&viewfil...l%20Repair.pdf

But after reading through that, and having the dealer do that repair on mine - twice - and having it fail within a year again, I found the Frost Fighter kit easy to use and has lasted.

mayo

Thanks for the save Jim...gonna give that a try!