Smoker324 Posted January 24, 2006 Share Posted January 24, 2006 Did a search found nada. Today about 8 inches of the snowy stuff fell on my town. The strangest thing happens at the first stoplight. All of the snow on the roof (yes I was too lazy to remove) dives down onto the wipers -- that tried to keep up. As the snow got the better of the wipers they just up and stopped. WTF I pullover and remove the snow and they don't restart automatically. I turn them off and on and they ran. Happened again later in the day with less snow. Now I know that too much weight could stop a wiper -- but as soon as it is cleared, you would think it would restart automatically. Anyone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agctr Posted January 24, 2006 Share Posted January 24, 2006 Only think I can think of is it has an overload kill switch or heat sensor for the motor, it reached a certain point and stopped. Ada///M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leggtnut Posted January 24, 2006 Share Posted January 24, 2006 the only thing I can think of is what happened to me in my old 90 Legacy L. On a really cold morning I was trying to de-ice my windshield my wipers suddenly stopped. I got out and cleared the 1/16 of ice on the blades them selves and no where else an stop and restarted the wipres and they worked till I left and got to just about my first stop and they stopped again. I later found some ice down near the moter. I asked the service department and they said that the moter can freeze in situitations like that. So maby relevant, but not sure. 3 Gen older and what not. So many changes since the very first legacy. Ben (2014 Outback SAP w/ eyesite, 2014 Tribeca Limited, 2006 LGT limited sedan) Subaru Ambassador PNW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mwiener2 Posted January 24, 2006 Share Posted January 24, 2006 it's not hard to overload the wiper motor. It really not good for it either moved to exterior My Mods List (Updated 8/22/17) 2005 Outback FMT Running on Electrons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agctr Posted January 24, 2006 Share Posted January 24, 2006 Had a similar issue with mine here in Oz but not because of the cold but because of the heat. It was in the high 30'sC / 100+F and it was like the wiper motor overheated and stopped. That was on an old Toyota but since then, Ive been very careful and parnoid with the windowwippers. Ada///M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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