2003 Accord Windshield Washer problem

Some of the spray will be forced over the top of the car when the nozzles
are properly aimed depending on the speed of the car. The wind force up and
over the windshield is significant at speed.

I've performed this experiment - aimed them with a ruler to exactly where
they are supposed to be according to the FSM. At highway speeds, even
though most of it is in fact hitting the glass where it is supposed to, some
spray will also hit the windshield of the tailgating bozo behind. Kinda
funny when they get pissed off, race around & hit their washer, giving me a
free wash.

 

They really do that? I've had this happen to me but I didn't bother
to race around someone to do the same. Wow.

 

They really do that. The last time I encounteered it was on I-40 in North
Carolina. A thumb sized bug hit my windshield dead center & I hit the
washer. Ten seconds later bozo raced around in front of me, hit his brakes
(this is all going on at 75 MPH) and then emptied his windshield washer. I
got enough spray from him to actually clear off the bug remains without
wasting any more of my own washer fluid.

 

No Problem.

 

I understand what you are saying, I have never experienced it with any
of my vehicles, though. Once aimed to where I want the fluid to land, it
goes where it was aimed, no matter at highway speeds or in town. That
said, I do allow for it to move up the windshield a bit as it is being
sprayed with the wipers running.

 

I frequently get my car washed like that.

 

I expect they had a bad day, or just plain incompetent.

 

It can't be a good wash. :^)

 

Kinked hose. they said it could have been caused by ice. I doubt it, but
they fixed it for $15 so I was pleased by that.

They also suggested a new nozzle because the one I had didn't spray
perfectly. Probably caused by me and my stupid safety pin, but they didn't
have a replacement in stock. They ordered one for me and that will be a few
more bucks when it comes in. But the kink was what it was.

It's my son's car, and he hates dealing with stuff like this, so I don't
think it has worked since they fixed his windshield wiper almost a year
ago.. but he'd just lived with it. I can't stand stuff like that not
working.

 

Get a nozzle at a junk yard. I just went through this a couple of
months ago. The nozzles are 50 bucks believe it or not at the dealer.
I busted one of mine getting the tubing off it. I got 2 perfect ones
for 5 bucks.

 

You can't adjust your car's nozzles. You can only adjust the older ones
that have the ball-in-socket design.

The new design nozzles are fixed in place, and rely on a spray pattern
rather than the older design's "pee-stream".

Windshield angles are too steep these days to allow the pee-stream design
to work well.