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Old Sep 28, 2010 | 04:59 AM
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Yes, tried that and it won't move!
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Old Sep 28, 2010 | 05:44 AM
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try it from the other side of the car...

Firmly push where the wiper blade meets the wiper arm, while the blade is on the glass, upward/toward the rear of the vehicle. Don't lift the arm up, just move it along the windshield in it's natural arc and it will lock into the second position (push harder than you think - it'll go)

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Old Sep 28, 2010 | 06:13 AM
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OK will try it.. thanks in advance
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Old Sep 28, 2010 | 06:32 AM
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Originally Posted by designo
I tried to lift up towards top of windshield ( snow mode ), it doesn't budge! I don't wanna break anything!

WTF???
Ouch, you should touch that up before it rusts. Then again. Does anything rust over there?
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Old Sep 28, 2010 | 06:37 AM
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It worked, thanks guys!

Video'd it too so everyone else who had no clue, can learn!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySoEsy9uMSE
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Old Sep 28, 2010 | 08:53 AM
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It worked, thanks guys!

Video'd it too so everyone else who had no clue, can learn!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySoEsy9uMSE
Thanks. I especially enjoyed the sounds of effort that went with pushing and pulling the wipers.
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Old Sep 28, 2010 | 09:45 AM
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Haha that's an awesome video.
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Old Sep 28, 2010 | 10:05 AM
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I was told that "snow mode" is actually not use because if you turn on the whipper it will hit the edge. I would call that the cleaning position. And back to normal position.

btw, it is written in your owner manual.

Some touch up paint should fix that scratch.
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Old Sep 28, 2010 | 11:17 AM
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Thats awesome. Can you do a DIY writeup too? Certainly worthy of a sticky I'd say.
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Old Sep 28, 2010 | 11:39 AM
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Originally Posted by BinaryJay
Thanks. I especially enjoyed the sounds of effort that went with pushing and pulling the wipers.
Need to hit the gym pronto! I feel like a 70 year old man!
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Old Sep 28, 2010 | 11:40 AM
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Thats awesome. Can you do a DIY writeup too? Certainly worthy of a sticky I'd say.
Dude, the reason why I post videos is so I don't have to write that ***** up! LOL
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Old Sep 28, 2010 | 11:59 AM
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There is already a write up... it is in your owner manual.
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Old Sep 28, 2010 | 12:28 PM
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Originally Posted by designo
Dude, the reason why I post videos is so I don't have to write that ***** up! LOL
I was being ... nevermind.
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Old Sep 28, 2010 | 09:15 PM
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i clearly don't read my manual. Scratched up the paint so need to do some touch up - though there are other places to touch up since my stupid garage pays no attention to scratching bumper paint. I just thought it was a design flaw as I never had a car that had this issue/feature.
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Old Sep 29, 2010 | 02:09 PM
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Man that paint loos bad around there...I would kill that guy if he did that to my car!
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