As a potentially dangerous issue, the wipers on my 2006 Mrano stopped
working during limited icing. By this I mean they could not fully
retract into the wells and there were chunks of ice on the arms, but
they were moving (not stuck) when they stopped. The next morning they
were OK.
I assume some sort of thermal overload? I need a *very complete*
explanation on how to prevent this in the future, and what happened
to begin with. The precip lightened up and I was able to get home
but just barely. (It was dark.)
If thermal overload, why did it take until the next morning to
reset????? And what could I have done at the time (if anything) to
facilitate the resetting?? (I did get out and clear all the ice to no
avail. Also shut the car down and restarted.)
Help much appreciated.
Frank

frank1492 wrote:
Yes, the motor has a thermal overload switch that resets when it cools
down. All you can do is keep the wipers and their path clean so it
doesn't overload.

But 45 minutes later in 25 degree weather they still didnt work.
Surely the motor would have cooled below the tripping temp
in half that time!
I wonder if I don't have an unusually sensitive
temp sensor. In all my years of driving, some surely under the same
conditions, I have never had that happen, and no one else I have
spoken with has either. I'm not arguing with you, just upset that
Nissan wouldn't know enough to put some sort of a slip mechanism in
its wipers, or use a bigger motor. Mind you this was not a situation
in which the major path of the wipers was obstructed.







Sun, 18 Mar 2007 16:19:58 -0400, JimV <jv9999 (AT) yahoo (DOT) com> wrote: