Why to fold the Wiper up, when parking

prince_pervez · 22nd January 2011, 00:46

When it snows the water/moisture under and around the wiper rubber freezes sticking the wiper blades to the windshield. That causes many people to leave their wiper blades folded up. Happened to me this morning.

sam_b · 24th January 2011, 13:05

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Originally Posted by hellspawn

well basically owners of the cars hire cleaners to clean the car every morning.leaving the wipers up is a way of the cleaner telling the owner that the car has been cleaned.at least this is the explanation my car's cleaner gives me.

How true...

Also, use of shampoos for car washing leads to the wipers sticking to the windshield. Hence the practice of folding them up until the car dries completely.
P.S: The pic of the guy driving with the wiper folded is hilarious .

libranof1987 · 24th October 2011, 14:40

It suddenly started drizzling yesterday so I used the wipers after a long long time. They worked fine for a short while and then one wiper just stopped working!

As I'd expected (from experience), the nut had become loose so the wiper wasn't moving.

Can this be because the wipers are folded up each morning by the car cleaner and they are like that for days together some times (when I don't use the car)?

22nd January 2011, 00:46	#31
prince_pervez Senior - BHPian Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Redwood shores, CA, USA Posts: 4,210 Thanked: 51 Times View My Garage	Re: Why to fold the Wiper up, when parking When it snows the water/moisture under and around the wiper rubber freezes sticking the wiper blades to the windshield. That causes many people to leave their wiper blades folded up. Happened to me this morning.
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24th October 2011, 14:40	#33
libranof1987 Team-BHP Support Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: All over! Posts: 7,645 Thanked: 18,442 Times	Re: Why to fold the Wiper up, when parking It suddenly started drizzling yesterday so I used the wipers after a long long time. They worked fine for a short while and then one wiper just stopped working! As I'd expected (from experience), the nut had become loose so the wiper wasn't moving. Can this be because the wipers are folded up each morning by the car cleaner and they are like that for days together some times (when I don't use the car)?
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