On 2006-10-08, Bob M. <no@nospam.com> wrote:

> Did you replace just the rubber blade or the entire wiper frame? If just
> the rubber, go back to the dealer and get the entire frame with rubber.

I concur. If you acquired this car used, the previous owner may bave
already replaced the stock arm/blade with an aftermarket unit. This
is quite often the case as aftermarket arm/blade combos can often be
purchased for less than OEM blades alone. But, in the end, it's a bad
idea. I tried this once and had to go back to stock.

Stock units are designed to work with the specific vehicle on a
specific windsheild at speed. Aftermarket units are not so
thoughtfully designed. The aftermarket unit I bought worked fine
around town, but above 60 mph, the poorly designed arm acted like an
air dam and actually lifted the whole arm/blade assy up away from the
glass, making it useless at speed. At least go down to the dealer and
look at an OEM arm/blade assy. A side-by-side comparison may reveal
the problem.

nb




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> Swap passenger side & driver side wipers and see if the problem follows.
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