10-05-2006, 01:15 PM
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Sonata wipers are different length.
I bought wiper refills for my 06 Sonata today after stopping at the
dealer and finding that they wanted "$12-14 a piece" (he didn't look it
up to get an exact price) for wiper blades and they don't sell refills.
I then notice that the look-up computer at Wally-World lists two
different sizes for the Sonata, 24" for the driver side and 20" for the
passenger side. Thinking this must be an error, I buy one set of 24"
refills. Guess what? This isn't an error. The geniuses at Hyundai
that designed the Sonata used two different size wiper blades! I
haven't seen this in 30+ years of car ownership. What a stupid idea.
I've always in the past carried a spare blade in my cars in case one
came apart when not near a store. Now I have to carry two blades as spares!
Matt
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10-05-2006, 02:33 PM
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Sonata wipers are different length.
"Matt Whiting" <whiting@epix.net> wrote in message
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I bought wiper refills for my 06 Sonata today after stopping at the dealer and finding that they wanted "$12-14 a piece" (he didn't look it up to get an exact price) for wiper blades and they don't sell refills. I then notice that the look-up computer at Wally-World lists two different sizes for the Sonata, 24" for the driver side and 20" for the passenger side. Thinking this must be an error, I buy one set of 24" refills. Guess what? This isn't an error. The geniuses at Hyundai that designed the Sonata used two different size wiper blades! I haven't seen this in 30+ years of car ownership. What a stupid idea.
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Get used to it Matt. Lots of manufacturers are doing the same thing and
have for several years now. Does not make any difference in how you see out
the windshield, but obviously some engineers somewhere think it does.
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10-05-2006, 06:46 PM
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Sonata wipers are different length.
Had the same problem with my wifes Sonata, Solved the problem by buying a
set of 20" !!!! A loss of 2" at top and 2" at bottom is not noticable all
and does not impare vision at all !!!!
']['unez
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I bought wiper refills for my 06 Sonata today after stopping at the dealer and finding that they wanted "$12-14 a piece" (he didn't look it up to get an exact price) for wiper blades and they don't sell refills. I then notice that the look-up computer at Wally-World lists two different sizes for the Sonata, 24" for the driver side and 20" for the passenger side. Thinking this must be an error, I buy one set of 24" refills. Guess what? This isn't an error. The geniuses at Hyundai that designed the Sonata used two different size wiper blades! I haven't seen this in 30+ years of car ownership. What a stupid idea. I've always in the past carried a spare blade in my cars in case one came apart when not near a store. Now I have to carry two blades as spares! Matt
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10-05-2006, 07:26 PM
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Sonata wipers are different length.
Mike Marlow wrote:
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I bought wiper refills for my 06 Sonata today after stopping at thedealer and finding that they wanted "$12-14 a piece" (he didn't look itup to get an exact price) for wiper blades and they don't sell refills. I then notice that the look-up computer at Wally-World lists twodifferent sizes for the Sonata, 24" for the driver side and 20" for thepassenger side. Thinking this must be an error, I buy one set of 24"refills. Guess what? This isn't an error. The geniuses at Hyundaithat designed the Sonata used two different size wiper blades! Ihaven't seen this in 30+ years of car ownership. What a stupid idea.
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Get used to it Matt. Lots of manufacturers are doing the same thing and have for several years now. Does not make any difference in how you see out the windshield, but obviously some engineers somewhere think it does.
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Which manufacturers? This is the first car I've ever seen with
different sized wipers side to side. Sure, lots of rear wipers are
different size from the front.
Matt
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10-06-2006, 02:08 AM
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Sonata wipers are different length.
"Matt Whiting" <whiting@epix.net> wrote in message
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Which manufacturers? This is the first car I've ever seen with different sized wipers side to side. Sure, lots of rear wipers are different size from the front.
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GM has been doing it across some of their product lines for almost 10 years
that I'm aware of. I've owned two GM products now that use different size
wipers, dating back to a 1998 model. I've seen it on other manufacturer's
cars also, but couldn't tell you who they were. It's just that like you,
when I first encountered it I thought it was pretty silly, and then I
started noticing more and more of them on cars. Kinda like the way you
notice all of the cars of the same model you just bought - right after you
buy it.
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10-06-2006, 02:36 AM
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Sonata wipers are different length.
Matt Whiting <whiting@epix.net> wrote in
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I bought wiper refills for my 06 Sonata today after stopping at the dealer and finding that they wanted "$12-14 a piece" (he didn't look it up to get an exact price) for wiper blades and they don't sell refills. I then notice that the look-up computer at Wally-World lists two different sizes for the Sonata, 24" for the driver side and 20" for the passenger side. Thinking this must be an error, I buy one set of 24" refills. Guess what? This isn't an error. The geniuses at Hyundai that designed the Sonata used two different size wiper blades! I haven't seen this in 30+ years of car ownership. What a stupid idea. I've always in the past carried a spare blade in my cars in case one came apart when not near a store. Now I have to carry two blades as spares! Matt
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Funny, I haven't owned a car in about 15 years that had the same size on
both sides, except for my '88 Chevy P/U. I am pretty sure that is the norm
now, Matt, but I am sure there are a few manufacturers out there that use
the same size. I know for a fact that Hyundai, Nissan, Subaru, GM and at
least Ford P/U trucks all have different sizes on each side. And no, it
doesn't make sense to me either, but it also is no big deal. All of the
replacements I have purchased are sold individually anyway.
Eric
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10-06-2006, 05:30 AM
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Sonata wipers are different length.
Our Ford Taurus and Toyota Camry have different length wiper blades. This
is common.
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I bought wiper refills for my 06 Sonata today after stopping at thedealer and finding that they wanted "$12-14 a piece" (he didn't look itup to get an exact price) for wiper blades and they don't sell refills. I then notice that the look-up computer at Wally-World lists twodifferent sizes for the Sonata, 24" for the driver side and 20" for thepassenger side. Thinking this must be an error, I buy one set of 24"refills. Guess what? This isn't an error. The geniuses at Hyundaithat designed the Sonata used two different size wiper blades! Ihaven't seen this in 30+ years of car ownership. What a stupid idea.
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Get used to it Matt. Lots of manufacturers are doing the same thing and have for several years now. Does not make any difference in how you see out the windshield, but obviously some engineers somewhere think it does.
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Which manufacturers? This is the first car I've ever seen with different sized wipers side to side. Sure, lots of rear wipers are different size from the front. Matt
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10-06-2006, 07:54 AM
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Sonata wipers are different length.
On Fri, 06 Oct 2006 03:26:20 GMT, Matt Whiting <whiting@epix.net>
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I bought wiper refills for my 06 Sonata today after stopping at thedealer and finding that they wanted "$12-14 a piece" (he didn't look itup to get an exact price) for wiper blades and they don't sell refills. I then notice that the look-up computer at Wally-World lists twodifferent sizes for the Sonata, 24" for the driver side and 20" for thepassenger side. Thinking this must be an error, I buy one set of 24"refills. Guess what? This isn't an error. The geniuses at Hyundaithat designed the Sonata used two different size wiper blades! Ihaven't seen this in 30+ years of car ownership. What a stupid idea.
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Get used to it Matt. Lots of manufacturers are doing the same thing and have for several years now. Does not make any difference in how you see out the windshield, but obviously some engineers somewhere think it does.
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Which manufacturers? This is the first car I've ever seen withdifferent sized wipers side to side. Sure, lots of rear wipers aredifferent size from the front.Matt
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Neons since the beginning.
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10-06-2006, 09:40 AM
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Sonata wipers are different length.
"Matt Whiting" <whiting@epix.net> a écrit dans le message de news:
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Which manufacturers? This is the first car I've ever seen with different sized wipers side to side. Sure, lots of rear wipers are different size from the front. Matt
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Ford, on my old (!!) 2000 Windstar, 24" driver's side, 22" passenger's side,
and 16"" backglass.
Shaman
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10-06-2006, 12:56 PM
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Eric G. wrote:
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I bought wiper refills for my 06 Sonata today after stopping at thedealer and finding that they wanted "$12-14 a piece" (he didn't lookit up to get an exact price) for wiper blades and they don't sellrefills. I then notice that the look-up computer at Wally-World lists twodifferent sizes for the Sonata, 24" for the driver side and 20" forthe passenger side. Thinking this must be an error, I buy one set of24" refills. Guess what? This isn't an error. The geniuses atHyundai that designed the Sonata used two different size wiper blades! I haven't seen this in 30+ years of car ownership. What a stupididea.I've always in the past carried a spare blade in my cars in case onecame apart when not near a store. Now I have to carry two blades asspares!Matt
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Funny, I haven't owned a car in about 15 years that had the same size on both sides, except for my '88 Chevy P/U. I am pretty sure that is the norm now, Matt, but I am sure there are a few manufacturers out there that use the same size. I know for a fact that Hyundai, Nissan, Subaru, GM and at least Ford P/U trucks all have different sizes on each side. And no, it doesn't make sense to me either, but it also is no big deal. All of the replacements I have purchased are sold individually anyway.
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Blades, yes, refills, no. At least the Pylons I bought this week still
came two in a package. This may explain why refills are getting harder
to find.
Matt
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