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Maintenance and Care

Owner Maintenance

CAUTION

To prevent damage to the windshield 

let the wiper arm down easily, don't let 

it slap down on the windshield.

2.  Hold the end of the rubber and pull 

until the tabs are free of the metal 

support.

Metal support

Tab

3.  Remove the metal stiffeners from each 

blade rubber and install them in the 

new blade.

CAUTION



  Do not bend or discard 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.



  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.

4.  Carefully insert the new blade rubber.

  Then install the blade assembly in the 

reverse order of removal.

NOTE

Install the blade so that the tabs are 

toward the bottom of the wiper arm.

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