B490MTL

Pop the screw caps, undo the 15mm bolts (2) and wiggle off or use a battery pole puller, make sure you reinstall the new one in the same position.

smith2010Q7

I think everyone needs to move into the desert area. No turn on and no rain and no snow. So no turn on. LOL...

2PUTT

this just happened to me last night.

J. Patterson

Today was my turn. Heavy downpour on I20 somewhere in Mississippi. Auto wipers were in high speed. All of a sudden , bang, the passenger wiper broke. Exactly in the same place as those pictured. That wiper accelerates and decelerates pretty hard with each swipe due to the design of the linkage. I suppose that that casting must flex a bit due to inertia. Eventually it fails. Shouldn't happen. Poor engineering on Audi's part.

B490MTL

Sucks man, hope the broken arm didn't damage anything and that you were able to pull over safely.

J. Patterson

No permanent damage. Arm tangled with driver arm and stayed on windshield till I could get stopped. Replacement on the way for $70.00.

dreadlocks

question, if it breaks is the drivers wiper rendered inoperable? ie, will the broken arm scratch up the window or something if you continue to use em?

I ask because my family lives in Pacific NW, seems when I go visit em I use my wipers pretty much non-stop.. Here in the Desert I dont use em much, if it breaks I'm betting I'll be 800 miles from home and still need wipers to get back.. trying to figure out if I should just carry a spare arm with me so I dont get raped by a West Coast dealer.

J. Patterson

No-- driver side continues to work fine and the remaining stub of the passenger wiper does not contact the windshield. No need for a spare.

Bobby Bautista

This happened to my 2011 Audi Q7 yesterday. Luckily I slowed down about to make a turn from a highway. I called Corporate just now and they said they cannot do something about it because the warranty is done. I'm surprise there is no recall yet for this or they just waiting for somebody to get hurt first? This thing is no joke if it hits another windshield behind or a person.

Bobby Bautista

Somebody can get hurt with this.