TonyCD

I've had to park my RL out in the snow for the duration of a workday twice in recent weeks. Both times one or both washer jets froze over solid and would not begin working even after repeated applications -- which, of course, smear dirt in my field of vision and microscopically scratch the glass on every attempt. Ouch.

After the first episode, I sprang for the pricey Prestone stuff that's supposed to have the really low freezing point. No matter.

Anybody else out there have this problem?

037

yes, I've had that happen on the 09, I was not amused.

Heating the windshield helped little.

neuronbob

Yes, this happened on my 2006. It was a major pain in the ass during the winter.

gcook

when I go to tahoe and it is cold my washers freeze up.. I think that is why some cars have heated washers.

drolds72

Where do you people live? I use "splash" and while I had crud freeze on top of the nozzles, I have never seen the hose or actual nozzle itself freeze up. As long as I clear the tops of the nozzle area while I am doing my windshield, they seem to spray fine. Coldest day I have operated the car was -24F. Can't recall any wiper problems, other than blade pressure which was the subject of a TSB.

037

well, the top and a bit beyond that is what freezes up. Never actually seen any freezing beyond that, just to clarify.

drolds72

Couple of "aggressive" strokes with the ol snowbrush knocks the ice right out of there!

037

um...that didnt actually do it for me, I remember keying it at one point and I think it made it worse.

Gonna have the dealer check it out as I am not happy with the way it sprays.

TonyCD

Illinois.

CowboyRL

I just had the car out in -3 weather and I didn't have any problems. This is odd considering just a few days ago, it "froze" in 15 degree weather.

gcook

I am talking about when I go to lake Tahoe for snowboarding.. It happens when it is in the low teens or 20's ... definitely has occurred several times for me.. You can use < 32 windshield fluid, but I can't find it locally, unfortunately. Even looked in gas stations on way to tahoe but never found it..

neuronbob

That never worked for me. I had to insert a pin in the mechanism to make it work sometimes, but most of the time it was a matter of time. Again, annoying. In fact, I was hoping for heated washer fluid when I bought my V but the manuacturer went belly-up so it was mo longer a factory option.

drolds72

I have never had it freeze up or clog to that point. What was really annoying was the lack of driver side blade pressure. I had the dealer do the TSB on that while they were changing my propeller shaft. Picking it up today, I hope it makes a difference- but no snow in the next few days to test unfortunately...

FatNoah

It happened to me pretty recently. I was picking the car up at the dealer after service and the tech. dropping the car off for me noticed that there was no spray, despite a full reservoir. The techs conferred and agreed that things were frozen and had no suggestions other than to wait. A few days later the temps finally rose and the spray has worked fine since.

rhedd

weird, i have an 06, never had any freezing issue and i have left my car in lower than -20C weather with snow...a quick wipe and a couple of squirts clears it up...gotta make sure you use the good washer fluids.
i'm from toronto

TonyCD

I can't stop driving in snowy places, so I'm ordering one of those 12-volt blow dryers with the 8-foot cord. Next time it freezes, I'm going to pull over and try to thaw it out.

037

electric dryer + snow/water= bad idea