What Is the Heated Strip at the Bottom of a Highlander Windshield?
Reviewed by the Skyview Auto Glass technical team — NWRD-, ASE- and DINITROL-trained technicians · Updated November 2026
Quick answer
The heated strip at the bottom of a 2015 Toyota Highlander windshield is a heated wiper park, a warmed zone where the wipers rest that thaws blades frozen to the glass overnight. It is recorded against the part number, and the recorded Highlander has no camera, so no calibration.
What the heated wiper park does
A 2015 Highlander windshield, FW03878GTYN, carries acoustic glass and a heated wiper park, with no forward camera and no calibration. Its interchangeable is FW04155GTYN. The heated wiper park is a heated zone across the bottom of the windshield where the wipers rest, and it thaws wipers that have frozen to the glass overnight instead of you tearing the rubber off them on a January morning.
It is one of the most useful features on a windshield in Michigan, Indiana and Illinois, and it is also one of the most common reasons two windshields for the same vehicle carry different part numbers. It is recorded against the part, so we match it from the VIN rather than hoping the replacement carries it. Glass that seals correctly but lacks the heated strip leaves the owner missing it through every winter morning.
Because the recorded 2015 Highlander has no camera, there is no calibration to run, which also means the glass can be replaced as a mobile visit. Newer Highlanders are commonly built with a forward camera, and across the recent Toyotas we look up the procedure listed is a static calibration that has to happen at a shop. We confirm which you have from the VIN before booking, so a mobile visit is not promised where a shop calibration is required.
The acoustic interlayer on a three-row vehicle
The 2015 Highlander windshield is listed with acoustic glass, which uses a softer sound-damping plastic interlayer between the glass layers, targeting the frequencies where wind noise and tire roar are worst. On a three-row family vehicle where people in the third row are trying to hold a conversation, losing it is noticeable, and it is matched to the part number.
Understanding the Highlander heated strip
The heated wiper park is a full heated windshield.
No. It is a heated zone across the bottom where the wipers rest, not a warming element across the whole screen. It thaws frozen blades at their park position rather than de-icing the entire glass.
Every Highlander windshield has the heated strip.
No. It is recorded against the part number, so it transfers with the correct part or is absent with the wrong one. The VIN confirms whether your Highlander carries it.
More questions about Highlander glass
What is the heated strip at the bottom of a Highlander windshield?
It is the heated wiper park, a warmed zone where the wipers rest that thaws blades frozen to the glass overnight. The 2015 Highlander in our records carries it. See our Toyota Highlander windshield replacement page.
Does the Highlander windshield need calibration?
The 2015 Highlander in our records has no camera, so no calibration. Newer Highlanders are commonly built with a forward camera requiring a static calibration, which happens at a shop. We confirm which you have from the VIN, and the stationary routine a camera-equipped Highlander needs is captured in our calibration write-up.
Can a Highlander windshield be replaced mobile?
The 2015 part has no camera and no calibration, so it can be done as a mobile visit. A newer Highlander with a camera needs a static calibration at a shop, which we confirm from the VIN before booking.
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