aero blades more fragile?

[LL - NY]

Since I doubt Volvo would give a crap about wiper blades collapsing under
snow weight, I'd say it has to do with either the motor burning out under
the load (expensive, especially if Volvo has to pay for it under warrantee
for something one would expect them to be able to do unless they cover their
collective legal butts by "warning the public not to") or the wiper arms
failing. Blades, dems cheap.

On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 11:04 AM, Brett Dikeman <brett.dikeman at gmail.com>wrote:

> So my dealer can't figure out what is wrong with my car, but they can
> apparently send me email warning me not to use my wipers to clear
> snow.
>
> In all my years of owing two type 44's, I never had a single wiper
> malfunction, and I sure as hell used 'em to clear snow all time :).
> My folks' 960 had wiper arms made of ubertanium and it seemed like
> they could move a zillion pounds of snow off.  Yet today, the Volvo
> dealer says "over 300 people came in with wiper problems after the
> last snowfall."
>
> Is this a problem with aero blades of the last couple of years, or yet
> another thing I have Ford to thank for? :)
>
> -B
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