As is already known, the windshield wipers ensure optimum visibility during rainfall, hail and snow. You do need a little attention.
The windshield wipers are easy to control. How do they look like? When the rubber of a wiper blade is torn, the blade only cleans part of the window, at the expense of your safety and that of others. You can easily see that.
When the rubber is completely worn out, there is even a chance that the metal of the wiper blade will scratch your windshield. But you could have already seen that because you then get stripes on the window during wiping and the water or snow does not go away properly. All signs that you need to replace the windshield wipers.
Did you know?
The average replacement time of wiper blades is one year. However, most car manufacturers recommend having them replaced twice a year, or you can change the wipers yourself.
Check the condition of your windshield wipers yourself!
Follow the photo series and within a minute you will know how the windscreen wiper blades are doing. The steps in the photo can be performed on both the windshield wipers and the rear wipers.
Is the wiper rubber dry, cracked or porous? Do they make noise on the window when they are working? Then the wiper blades need to be replaced.
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Take good care of your windshield wipers
The windshield wipers are important and it is especially important in winter to take good care of them. If they are frozen, loosen them before starting the engine. If you have the windshield wipers on the automatic position, you can damage the mechanism. You can even burn out the wiper motor in a serious case. But it is also better for the windshield wipers if you first loosen them with an ice scraper.
But also in other times it is good to wipe a cloth along the windshield wipers. This removes dirt that can cause streaks. Is it autumn? Then remove the leaves from the window. Then those are the biggest cause of streaks.
And while you’re at it: check if you’re still enough windshield washer fluid have! If you wait for the light on the dashboard, you can usually only spray once or twice. And you always want to have good clean windows.
– Thanks for information from Autoweek.nl