Changing your 307 front wiper blades

[mattsearle]

I know, I know, not exactly the most difficult task for most people but I thought it's worth a note.

As you all know with the vast majority of cars its just a job of lifting the blades from the windscreen, taking the old ones off and then replacing. However, as the 307 bonnet interferes with this you have to either turn the engine off mid blade stroke or just pull the blade off the screen a little bit and then replace old for new.

There is an easier way! Pop the bonnet, put it on its strut and hey presto you can now fully lift the blades into the up position and change them without risking a scratch on you screen.

Hope that helps someone.

Matt

[nige65]

Is it not like the 407 turn ignition off and push wiper stalk down and the wipers will stop on the screen for replacement think you have to do this in the first 30sec of ignition off.

[john_h]

what ever you do, with the wiper arms up and the wipers removed...exposing the metal hook...do not open a door...your ecu thinks funny to reset the wipers, which as mentioned gets interfered with the bonnet and make a cracking noise as it impacts the windscreen...makes another noise shortly after similar to a phone rings and a windscreen company answers!

[dardanian]

Originally Posted by mattsearle

I know, I know, not exactly the most difficult task for most people but I thought it's worth a note.

As you all know with the vast majority of cars its just a job of lifting the blades from the windscreen, taking the old ones off and then replacing. However, as the 307 bonnet interferes with this you have to either turn the engine off mid blade stroke or just pull the blade off the screen a little bit and then replace old for new.

There is an easier way! Pop the bonnet, put it on its strut and hey presto you can now fully lift the blades into the up position and change them without risking a scratch on you screen.

Hope that helps someone.

Matt

Matt, for the first time in my life I changed wiper blades today. Someone had told me that I had to turn the engine on and then turn it off mid blade stroke, so I was not looking forward to it.

But your advice was pure genius and I created this account simply to say thank you for sharing this with us!

[aos]

Originally Posted by nige65

Is it not like the 407 turn ignition off and push wiper stalk down and the wipers will stop on the screen for replacement think you have to do this in the first 30sec of ignition off.

Yes, the 307 is the same. Pull the stalk down after ignition is turned off, puts the wipers into parked position for lifting the blades off the screen. Idea for washing the car or changing the blades.
You don't actually need to turn the engine on. Turn the key to position 2, then turn off, then swipe the wiper.