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My new windshield wipers ice up when it I'm driving in the snow, making almost impossible to see. The defrost is working, it blows warm air, I have it all the way on high. The windows don't fog up but the wipers don't work in snowy conditions. The work in rain. What's my problem?

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Buy better blades & get some rain-x put on windows it works & wipe blades w/it too.

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