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Ford Explorer
Report: Rear Window Wiper May Not Fully Contact Rear Window
Ford Explorer Problem
Model Years Affected: 1991, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2006
Average Mileage: 129,439 mi (35,000 mi - 200,000 mi)
The rear window wiper may not fully contact the rear window. Our technicians tell us that replacing both the wiper blade and wiper arm will generally correct this issue.
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Report #1Visitor, 2001 Ford Explorer, 127,425 mi
My windshield wiper all of a sudden stopped making contact with the rear hatch window.
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Report #2omgmo, 2000 Ford Explorer, 61,000 mi
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Report #6Zell, 2002 Ford Explorer, 136,000 mi
RookieMy explorer wiper is real slow and it doesn't cover the entire back window. Haven't had it looked into yet but if it is a recall then I would like to get it fixed.
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Report #7Visitor, 1997 Ford Explorer, 187,000 mi
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Report #8Visitor, 1999 Ford Explorer, 170,294 mi
rear wiper doesn't fully make contact with window. Plan to change blade and arm to see if it makes a difference.
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Report #9Visitor, 2000 Ford Explorer, 157,000 mi
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Report #10Visitor, 2001 Ford Explorer
Rear wiper blade wasn't working, found it to be stuck on something at the bottom of the window. Turned it on and gently pulled it up, now it works fine, but does not connect with the window except for a small bit on the driver's side. Replaced the blade, but that didn't really help. Plan to eventually replace the arm to see if that fixes the alignment.
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Report #11Visitor, 1999 Ford Explorer, 145,000 mi
Rear wiperdoesn't contact rear window
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Report #12Visitor, 2002 Ford Explorer
wiper does not make total contact with rear window
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Report #13Visitor, 2006 Ford Explorer, 35,000 mi
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Report #14Visitor, 2001 Ford Explorer, 140,000 mi
rear wiper blade does not make full contact with rear windshield
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Report #15Visitor, 1999 Ford Explorer, 130,000 mi
wiper only catches part of back window
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Report #16dgclip1981, 2002 Ford Explorer, 100,820 mi
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Report #17Visitor, 1991 Ford Explorer, 175,000 mi
Wiper does not make complete contact with the rear window.
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Report #18Visitor, 2002 Ford Explorer, 101,000 mi
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Report #19Visitor, 2001 Ford Explorer, 150,000 mi
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Report #20Visitor, 1998 Ford Explorer
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Report #21Visitor, 2000 Ford Explorer, 108,001 mi
rear wiper doesn't make contact with the window
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Report #22Malarky, 1998 Ford Explorer, 149,000 mi
Rookierear wiper does not fully contact window
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Report #23Visitor, 2000 Ford Explorer, 115,000 mi
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Report #24Visitor, 1998 Ford Explorer, 200,000 mi
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Report #26Visitor, 2000 Ford Explorer, 150,000 mi
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Report #27Visitor, 2000 Ford Explorer, 134,000 mi
wiper doesn't contact window correctly.wiper get's caught at bottom of rearwindow
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Report #28Visitor, 1998 Ford Explorer
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Report #29Visitor, 2002 Ford Explorer, 96,000 mi
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Report #30Visitor, 2001 Ford Explorer, 65,000 mi
i bent the rear wiper arm so that it would put more pressure on glass. seems to work now and wipes entire glass
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Report #31KingSlav, 1999 Ford Explorer, 127,000 mi
RookieFord has replaced the arm with a redesigned model that has a different part number. Read more, including another solution, here.
http://www.explorerforum.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-282389.htmlFlag ThisLike0 -
Report #32Visitor, 2000 Ford Explorer, 147,000 mi