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Report: Rear Window Wiper May Not Fully Contact Rear Window

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Model Years Affected: 1991, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2006

Average Mileage: 128,020 mi (35,000 mi - 200,000 mi)

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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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  • Visitor, 2000 Ford Explorer, 134,000 mi

    wiper doesn't contact window correctly.wiper get's caught at bottom of rearwindow

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  • Visitor, 2001 Ford Explorer, 140,000 mi

    rear wiper blade does not make full contact with rear windshield

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  • Visitor, 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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  • Visitor, 2002 Ford Explorer

    wiper does not make total contact with rear window

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  • Visitor, 1999 Ford Explorer, 145,000 mi

    Rear wiperdoesn't contact rear window

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  • Visitor, 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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  • Visitor, 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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  • Visitor, 1998 Ford Explorer

    My rear wiper blade doesn't fully touch the rear window either. Replaced the blade, tried pretty much everything with no luck.

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  • KingSlav, 1999 Ford Explorer, 127,000 mi
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    Ford 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.html

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  • Visitor, 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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