Details Matter: 2013 Nissan Altima Windshield Wiper Innovation

FRANKLIN, Tenn. - Often it is a feature that is not thought about until it is needed, but windshield wiper function matters to drivers, especially in rainy and cold climates.  Nissan took notice with two new changes to the 2013 Nissan Altima.
 
Nearly 30 states require drivers' car headlights be turned on in rain or heavy fog, and that's part of the motivation behind the new Nissan Altima's enhanced headlight feature.  Automatic headlights respond to light conditions outside.  If your wipers are on, so are the headlights.  They automatically turn on after four wiper cycles.
 
"So even in cars with automatic headlights, if it's raining during the daytime the headlights don't necessarily come on.  In this case, however, after four passes of the wipers the headlights automatically come on.  It's a very safe, very convenient feature for the customer," said Vishnu Jayamohan with Nissan Product Planning and Advanced Strategy.
 
The other innovative wiper feature now available on 2013 Altimas comes in handy in cold climates with ice or snow.  It's called "auto-park wipers."  When a driver shuts off the car while the wipers are in still motion, the wipers now complete a full cycle first.  The wipers will always rest on the bottom of the windshield, keeping them from freezing in place in the middle.
 
"It's important for our customers, especially in winter climates, to not have their wipers freeze to the windshield.  And so that's why the wipers automatically complete a cycle and come back and park themselves at the base of the windshield.  It's a very simple feature, but it's one that the new Altima has that a lot of our competitors don't," said Jayamohan.
 
These two innovative windshield wiper features come on most 2013 Nissan Altimas.

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