Please be gentle
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Racer
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From: jacksonville florida
Please be gentle
I know that this question is not a big deal. Just wondering. On my C5, when I cleaned the windshield, I could lift up both of the wipers (like on my wife NIssan) to easily get the bottom of the glass. On my C6, only one of the wipers can be lifted up (driver's side) and the other one can not. Why? Or is one of my wipers defective. Also the drivers wiper blade has a wind deflector on it while the passenger wiper does not. Just 
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The air-foil (not wind-deflector), on the driver's side wiper only, is common on many high-end sports-oriented models. It's designed to keep the surface of the blade on the windshield at high speeds for improved visibility. At high speeds in the rain, I guess the engineers have decided, the passengers shouldn't see as well. 
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From: Richmond Ca
Originally Posted by alps
I have read that you have to open the hood to lift the wiper. I don't have a C6 (yet) so I can't confirm it. Anyone with a C6...am I correct?
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From: Richmond Ca
Originally Posted by alps
I have read that you have to open the hood to lift the wiper. I don't have a C6 (yet) so I can't confirm it. Anyone with a C6...am I correct?
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Originally Posted by alps
I have read that you have to open the hood to lift the wiper. I don't have a C6 (yet) so I can't confirm it. Anyone with a C6...am I correct?
You can raise the driver-side wiper without raising the hood.
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From: Irvine CA
Originally Posted by Foosh
The air-foil (not wind-deflector), on the driver's side wiper only, is common on many high-end sports-oriented models. It's designed to keep the surface of the blade on the windshield at high speeds for improved visibility. At high speeds in the rain, I guess the engineers have decided, the passengers shouldn't see as well.
Melting Slicks
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I raised this issue back in September. It's not defective. You just can't fold back the one on the driver's side--hood open or closed. Someone sugested that it might be this way to keep the wiper arm from folding open at high seeds since the driver side arm bend is above the hood line. Maybe one of the GM designers will give a definite answer.
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From: Hampton VA
Originally Posted by NextOne
It's not defective. You just can't fold back the one on the driver's side--hood open or closed. Someone sugested that it might be this way to keep the wiper arm from folding open at high seeds since the driver side arm bend is above the hood line.
I thought it was the PASSENGER SIDE wiper arm that could NOT be lifted? 
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