Owner Maintenance; Replacing Rear Window Wiper ; Maintenance and Care- Page 252

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Maintenance and Care

Owner Maintenance

Form No. 8Q44-EA-01K

4. Carefully insert the new blade rubber.

Then install the blade assembly in the 
reverse older of removal.

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Replacing Rear Window Wiper 
Blade

When the wiper no longer cleans well, the 
blade is probably worn or cracked.
Replace it.

1. Raise the wiper arm and turn the blade 

assembly to expose the plastic locking 
clip.
Compress the clip and slide the 
assembly downward; then lift it off the 
arm.

•

Don’t bend the stiffeners. You need 
to use them again.

•

If the metal stiffeners are switched, 
the blade’s wiping efficiency could 
be reduced.
So don’t use the driver’s side metal 
stiffeners on the passenger’s side, or 
vice versa.

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Be sure to reinstall the metal 
stiffeners in the new blade rubber so 
that the curve is the same as it was 
in the old blade rubber.

NOTE

Install the blade so that the tabs are 
toward the bottom of the wiper arm.

CAUTION

Tab

To prevent damage to the wiper arm 
and other components, don’t move the 
wiper by hand.

To prevent damage to the rear window, 
don’t let the wiper arm fall on it.

CAUTION

Push

Plastic locking clip

CAUTION

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