Topic: Frozen wipers in cold weather

[dr_spock]

..ICE OFF..................prolly methanol inna can.........don't inhale it or ye'll go blind if ya touch yerself after using...

Sounds like it would be a safer to just pee on your wipers to unstuck them. 

[Fobroader]

..ICE OFF..................prolly methanol inna can.........don't inhale it or ye'll go blind if ya touch yerself after using...

Sounds like it would be a safer to just pee on your wipers to unstuck them. 

When I was posted out in Trenton, Ontario and we had an ice storm, I found pouring a little aircraft de-icing fluid on to the windshield was the best way to thaw it. Pour it on, have a smoke and shell be nice and clear in a few minutes    if you do not have acess to an airport, pouring some windshield washer fluid directly on the wipers should solve your problems, just remember to wait.

[Sir Osis of Liver]

[rrocket]

My Forester has the same thing.  It's a big heated element at the bottom of the windshield.  Works great!

Is this why I see some many Subarus with cracked windshields??


FWIW, they also have window de-icer you spray on the exterior of the windshield.  Comes in a spray bottle.  Good to use 1st thing in the morning.

I dunno RR.  Mine has never cracked, and neither have either of the heated mirrors. 

7 of the 10 Subarus we looked at (all were used) had cracked windshields.  Seems far too common to be a coincidence?

[ktm525]

My Forester has the same thing.  It's a big heated element at the bottom of the windshield.  Works great!

Is this why I see some many Subarus with cracked windshields??


FWIW, they also have window de-icer you spray on the exterior of the windshield.  Comes in a spray bottle.  Good to use 1st thing in the morning.

I dunno RR.  Mine has never cracked, and neither have either of the heated mirrors. 

7 of the 10 Subarus we looked at (all were used) had cracked windshields.  Seems far too common to be a coincidence?

Here in Calgary my vehicles more often have a cracked windshield than not..

[blur911]

My Forester has the same thing.  It's a big heated element at the bottom of the windshield.  Works great!

Is this why I see some many Subarus with cracked windshields??


FWIW, they also have window de-icer you spray on the exterior of the windshield.  Comes in a spray bottle.  Good to use 1st thing in the morning.

I dunno RR.  Mine has never cracked, and neither have either of the heated mirrors. 

7 of the 10 Subarus we looked at (all were used) had cracked windshields.  Seems far too common to be a coincidence?

Our Outback windshield cracked right at the heated section.  We had a thread on here last year about Subaru windshields.