Wiper Blade Arm

Hello new to the Renault Wind and I am struggling to lift the nearside wiper arm off the screen.

It only lifts about 1-2 cm away from the screen and that appears to be the limit. Bit of a pain when trying to clear leaves or frost from the screen.

I am reluctant to apply too much pressure, as I have the subtlety of a sledge hammer and usually end up breaking things.

I have looked but I cannot see any locking mechanism / catch.

Am I missing something?

Hi there

Simple solution.. activate the wipers and switch the ignition off when they are vertical.
You can now lift both wiper arms fully away from the windscreen

Don't know if this is just a French thing, but Peugeots are often the same

Thanks I'll give that a try

No sorry that made no difference 

Hmmmmm..... that's a puzzler
Silly question, but are you stopping the wipers at vertical position, so upright ?
If they are in the "parked" position you definitely won't be able to lift both away from the screen

I tried it again, and with wiper arm at the top of its arc it still only lifts off the screen a couple of inches

Yes for some reason they all do that. One wiper lifts up fully and the other one doesn’t, which is a pain when washing the car. Must be a Renault thing as my Twingo GT before was exactly the same mate.

OK thanks, better not force it then

bigjase1972 wrote:Yes for some reason they all do that. One wiper lifts up fully and the other one doesn’t, which is a pain when washing the car. Must be a Renault thing as my Twingo GT before was exactly the same mate.

I'm certain that mine both came fully away from the windscreen when stopped at fully vertical bigjase... ?

I’ll have to have a look at that Old Sea Dog. I know on both the Wind and my Twingo the passenger side one won’t come more than an inch or so away from the windscreen in the normal position.

Yeah mine is the same, only move a couple of inches and it a bit of a pain when cleaning