22 F-350 Limited. I have found the wiper keys have fallen out and I don't have them sitting in the tray.

Is there an actual recall for this or some kind of service notice or something? The dealership found nothing.

Thanks.

 

They're only used during assembly and are not needed after that. Mine went missing 115,000 miles ago.

 

Yes, there was/is a recall. It stated that they would change the arms out, however when I took mine in, they looked at it and said: "Eh... they look alright." The keys fell out long before that, and of course they didn't swap anything. I kept the paper work though where they refused to swap them despite the recall, and while nothing has happened so far, if anything does, I will let them know!

 

Mine fell out before the recall. My truck was in the shop for something else, tech just put some loctite on and reinstalled, never been an issue.

 

I was told they were used for placement in assembly only, splined shaft on drive motor, splined hole on wiper arm........they aren't going anywhere.

 

Mine are. It doesn't take a lot of force to move the arms and feel the splines skip.

 

Only problem I ever had was when I dumped load of snow off the roof at a stop sign, and turned the wipers on...........stripped the splines on the aluminum arm, drivers side............bought a new one, installed it, the key fell out a few weeks later............almost 70 K on a 2022.........no other wiper problems.

 

Squanto, Then replace your wiper arms.

 

There was a recall but it was NOT do to missing keys. As stated by others, the keys main purpose is to easily position the arm during assembly. The recall was for a batch of arms that had improper spline height do to manufacturing reasons. The recall involved specific date ranges. If the dealership did not see that recall associated with your truck, then it doesn't apply to yours.

If you buy replacement wiper arms they will come with new keys. If you do not want the new keys to fall out, you'll have to use some sort of adhesive to help assure thay they stay put. The keys have been gone from my wiper arms for at least 5 years without issue.

 

The woodruff keys fell out of my 22 F-250 wiper arms probably within a year or 18 months of getting the new truck. I found them lying in the recess under the wiper and decided to glue them back into place. My theory was the splines will keep the wiper moving but the added key will provide extra drive force if needed and keep the splines from rounding off. YMMV