Wiper subassembly for a motor vehicle

A wiper subassembly for a motor vehicle, the wiper subassembly comprising:

• a windshield wiper retention member configured to support a windshield wiper motor and drive assembly, comprising a substantially planar bracket member having a front portion and an opposing rear portion in a longitudinal direction thereof, the front portion being connected by a front connection arrangement to transverse strut of a cowl plenum, and the rear portion being connected by a rear connection arrangement to a dash panel;
• wherein the front connection arrangement comprises a through-opening extending throw the bracket member and an elastomer deformation element secured to and extending upwardly from the transverse strut, the deformation element being received in a positive-locking manner in the through-opening;
• wherein the through-opening comprises an enclosed hole having a securing region at a front portion thereof for positive-locking of the deformation element therein, and a release region at a rear portion thereof for releasing the deformation element therefrom, the release region being separated from the securing region by a narrowed region of the hole;
• and
• wherein, when a threshold force which acts in the longitudinal direction is exceeded, pressing the transverse strut backward toward the dash panel, the deformation element is resiliently deformed by the narrowed region and guided from the securing region to the release region and released from the through-opening.