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Posted on Apr 30, 2009

Wont stay tight wiper arm

I have a 2005 kia rio and the drivers side wiper arm keeps coming loose and have to retighten it is this a problem on all kia rios? if so dose the dealer need to do something to fix it' thanks

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The wiper arm has teeth on it that hold it the spindle, those teeth wear out and let the wiper arm flop all over. You need a new wiper arm, if it is under warranty I'd take it in, if not changing awiper arm is easy. I've seen this on several kias, and also on other foriegn cars. It is just a bad design in my opinion.

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