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Old 06-12-2016, 03:05 AM   #23
allantodd1
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Brand: Thor Motor Coach
State: Oklahoma
Posts: 10
THOR #4330
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Originally Posted by j37genie View Post
We picked up our new 2016 Challenger on Thursday, and started our trip from Alvarado TX to Colorado Springs CO on Friday. While we did have some minor glitches, the worst of them happened during a downpour just South of Amarillo. We were cruising approximately 65 mph, wipers clearing the rain off the windshield, when the passenger-side wiper just disappeared, and the driver's side wiper was stuck on the left side of the windshield. I was pretty much driving blind until I could pull of the road. I checked the front and found the right side wiper was stuck just below the horizon of the windshield. I gave it a slight tug, and both wipers went to the rest position. The rain stopped, but another 5 miles, the rain picked up, wipers went on, and once again became stuck. I pulled over, but before I could tug on the wipers, they went back to the rest position.

My gut reaction is they can't handle operation at highway speeds, but I'm wondering if anyone else has encountered this problem.
OK guys here goes on windshield wiper issue. I had exact same thing happen on new 2016 Hurricane also from Motor Home Specialist. I own 16 trucks in my concert business and have a super smart truck mechanic.

Here is what was wrong.

1) The motor is mounted on a thin steel bar that flexes too much as it goes around. We added a new steel fracked to stiffen up the movement.

2) More importantly the main problem was that the passenger wiper simply at times traveled too far to the left allowing it to bind up with the driver wiper. We simply added a small "L" bracket that that would simply stop the passenger wiper from traveling too far to the left. This may be a temp fix but it has work flawlessly so far. Hopefully a recall order will come out soon.
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