Lexus ES Windshield Wipers

3 messages, Last post on Jan 28, 2009 at 8:17 PM

You are in the Lexus ES Forum. Your Hosts are pat & karens

#1 of 3 Windshield wipers not retracting by Smoothie Dec 30, 2008 (9:32 pm)
For the past few days, the windshield wipers on my '04 ES 330 have not been retracting all the way when they are turned off. Is there an easy way to index them corrrectly? Replies to this message: btc1 (Jan 28, 2009 8:03 pm) Smoothie (Jan 28, 2009 8:17 pm)
#2 of 3 Re: Windshield wipers not retracting [Smoothie] by btc1 Jan 28, 2009 (8:03 pm)
Replying to: Smoothie (Dec 30, 2008 9:32 pm) It sounds like they may be in what they call winter mode. We just had a snow and icestorm here and the wipers on my '04 ES 330 wouldn't go all the way back down near the cowl area--they were about 3 inches higher than normal. Spoke to a Lexus/Toyoto/Scion specialty repair shop and he told me about this winter mode. To fix it all you have to do is apply equal downward pressure on the arms (not the blades) of both at the same time while they are in the off position and they will go back down into the summer mode. Hope this fixes your problem. Replies to this message: Smoothie (Jan 28, 2009 8:17 pm)
#3 of 3 Re: Windshield wipers not retracting [btc1] by Smoothie Jan 28, 2009 (8:17 pm)
Replying to: btc1 (Jan 28, 2009 8:03 pm) Thanks for the tip!