winshield wipers jump a little from rest when turning car off

Martin528 · 12-15-2013, 02:27 PM

Does anyone else experience this?

HighlandPete · 12-15-2013, 02:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Martin528

Does anyone else experience this?

Yes, my 2011 535i repositions the blades.

HighlandPete

Grover432 · 12-15-2013, 02:52 PM

Yes, I suspect it has something to do with helping to avoid the wipers freezing to the base of the windshield. I think there is some heat at the base of the windshield.

EV0LVE · 12-15-2013, 04:10 PM

Mine does that every now and then.

wrickem · 12-15-2013, 06:41 PM

I've seen mine do that too a couple of times. Now I'm going to pay more attention to what the conditions were prior to shut down.

bake · 12-15-2013, 09:06 PM

Yep, I have that happen fairly often. I never paid it much attention.

JimmyD · 12-15-2013, 10:54 PM

It happens to me too every so often.

ghueser · 12-16-2013, 10:12 AM

It is a feature to keep the wiper blade rubber from taking a certain set.

German engineering.

raleedy · 12-16-2013, 10:43 AM

It happens to me, too. But, so far, not to the wipers.

Boss330 · 12-16-2013, 01:21 PM

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Originally Posted by ghueser

It is a feature to keep the wiper blade rubber from taking a certain set.

German engineering.

Exactly. It's to avoid the wiper blades setting on the downward motion and then "jump" against the windscreen when going up the windscreen next time the wipers are activated.

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Grover432 Lieutenant 22 Rep 585 Posts Drives: 2013 535 XDrive Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Canada iTrader: (0)	Yes, I suspect it has something to do with helping to avoid the wipers freezing to the base of the windshield. I think there is some heat at the base of the windshield. __________________ 2013 535 X Drive, Alpine White/M Sport/Executive/Apps/Black Dakota/Fineline Anthracite
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EV0LVE Captain 41 Rep 776 Posts Drives: F10 535i SG Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: So Cal iTrader: (1)	Mine does that every now and then.
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bake Colonel 602 Rep 2,194 Posts Drives: 2011 F10, 2013 E93 Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: New York iTrader: (9)	Yep, I have that happen fairly often. I never paid it much attention. __________________ *Bake* 2011 Alpine White on Black 535i M-Sport 2013 Space Gray on Fox Red M3 Vert
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ghueser Lieutenant 36 Rep 519 Posts Drives: 2014 M5 Join Date: May 2010 Location: St. Louis iTrader: (0)	It is a feature to keep the wiper blade rubber from taking a certain set. German engineering.
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