Last week, we had some snow here in Cinci. A lot of snow/ice got packed in at the bottom of my windshield and since then, my wipers have been sitting higher while off. They're not really stuck, they still run but they don't go all the way back to their original position when turned off. Has anyone had this happen in their tC and if so, how was it fixed?

 

just pull them down.....

they're probably on "winter mode"......

 

yup I had the same thing happen to me once, just yank em back to where they should be.

 

And don't be worried if you hear a "pop". It just means they snapped into the normal mode.

 

yea almost forgot to tell you about the pop

 

Mine did this, i just pushed them back in place!

 

x2

 

^^ like everyone else said.. just pull them down and you should feel it click

 

Believe it or not, that is one of the cool features of the tC. The wipers do that on purpose so as not to damage the motor incase snow/ice packs under them.

 

yeah. that works. thanks everyone. Now I know how all the people feel that I help with their computers that don't want to break stuff so they didn't try the obvious.

 

It's in the manual. It takes 16 lbs of pressure to switch them. But even though it's in the manual a LOT of people still don't know about it. If you only read the manual when you have to, you'd probably never know about it. But if you're a nerd like me and read the manual front to back the day you bought the car, it's in there

 

i dont think i have ever read a car manual......of any cars that i owed....

 

^x2 haha

 

i found that out in the owners manual waiting for my woman to "just run into her office really quick", read the whole thing! i didn't even realize that they where up higher untill i moved them down.

 

I found out cause i knocked mine up when i was washing my car and didnt realize it until i set them back down. I was like WTF! I was like what the hell and pulled down and they popped back down. later that nite i got on here and searched and found out it could do that.

 

hahaha yeah I read the manual once but much like when I was in school it didn't stick.