Windscreen wiper servicing on Polo 6c GTI
Posted: Sun Aug 16, 2015 10:11 pm
I cleaned the car yesterday and went to pull up the drivers side wiper blade to clean the muck out from under it but where it hinges it fouls the underside of the bonnet so you can't hinge it away. I've never seen this on any other car and was confused as to how I'm meant to change the wiper blade, etc.
A look in the handbook reveals that you have to move the wiper blades to a 'service position' to change them. This is done in a quite obvious (not...) way:
1. Turn the ignition on and off.
2. The press the wiper stalk down (as for intermittent wipe) which moves the wipers to vertical on the screen.
3. Do whatever you need to do to the wipers
4. Remember to turn the engine back on and briefly press the wiper stalk down again to return to wipers to the parked position.
There, nice and logical... I'm going to make sure I don't lose the handbook for this car...
A look in the handbook reveals that you have to move the wiper blades to a 'service position' to change them. This is done in a quite obvious (not...) way:
1. Turn the ignition on and off.
2. The press the wiper stalk down (as for intermittent wipe) which moves the wipers to vertical on the screen.
3. Do whatever you need to do to the wipers
4. Remember to turn the engine back on and briefly press the wiper stalk down again to return to wipers to the parked position.
There, nice and logical... I'm going to make sure I don't lose the handbook for this car...