Windshield Wiper Arm And Blade Adjustment

WARNING: This page is about a different car, the 2018 Mazda 6. However, it is still accessible from the selected car via links, so may be relevant.

Switch the ignition ON (engine off or on).
Operate the windshield wiper at low speed.
Verify that the windshield wiper operates at low speed and stop the windshield wiper.
Verify that the windshield wiper stops at the auto-stop position.
Remove the windshield wiper arm and blade. (See WINDSHIELD WIPER ARM AND BLADE REMOVAL/INSTALLATION .)
Install the windshield wiper arm to the serrated connecting part, adjust the windshield wiper blade so that its end is aligned with the hollowed mark in the ceramic coating while sliding the windshield wiper arm onto the grooves of the serrated connecting part one by one, and temporarily tighten the nut.
NOTE:
- If the hollowed marks in the ceramic coating cannot be located, adjust the windshield wiper blade end to the area shown in the figure below and temporarily tighten the nut.
  
  Fig 1: Checking Windshield Wiper Blade End Adjusting Area
  Courtesy of MAZDA MOTORS CORP.
- If the windshield wiper arm and blade is not installed to the position shown in the figure above, repeat the adjustment procedure.
- If the windshield wiper arm and blade is installed correctly to the area shown in the figure above, tighten the nut completely.
Install the windshield wiper arm and blade. (See WINDSHIELD WIPER ARM AND BLADE REMOVAL/INSTALLATION .)