Windscreen Wiper Effectiveness

[Guest PALMER19]

Was driving along PIE Sunday afternoon and experience a heavy downpour. The visibility dropped almost to ZERO :shocked:! While the wiper on the driver side was clearing the rain from the windscreen, the passenger side wiper was sweeping the rain back onto the driver side windscreen ! It was like driving underwater.

I found myself driving at < 30km/hr while the Corollas and Kangoo vans were zooming pass me. I almost had to stop by the side of the expressway. So pai seh.:Cry:

Wonder how many of you have the same experience ? Is there something wrong with the wiper on my car ?

[Guest blackknight]

PALMER19 wrote:

Was driving along PIE Sunday afternoon and experience a heavy downpour. The visibility dropped almost to ZERO :shocked:! While the wiper on the driver side was clearing the rain from the windscreen, the passenger side wiper was sweeping the rain back onto the driver side windscreen ! It was like driving underwater.

I found myself driving at < 30km/hr while the Corollas and Kangoo vans were zooming pass me. I almost had to stop by the side of the expressway. So pai seh.:Cry:

Wonder how many of you have the same experience ? Is there something wrong with the wiper on my car ?

seems like it, maybe the wiper angle and force was not enough to sweep the water off the windscreen....were you using the highest speed setting available?

[Guest jhun_4040]

New wiper ??

[Guest PALMER19]

Car is 6 mths old, so wipers not changed.

Yes, I was using the higher (not the highest) speed. But this seems worse on Merc than my previous Jap ride.

[Guest blackmercs]

Just manually bend the wiper handle towards the windscreen with min force & monitor.

[Guest PALMER19]

blackmercs wrote:

Just manually bend the wiper handle towards the windscreen with min force & monitor.

You mean to arc the wiper even more or create more force on onto the windscreen ?

[Guest blackmercs]

PALMER19 wrote:

You mean to arc the wiper even more or create more force on onto the windscreen ?

Not the wiper, the wiper frame/holder/handle whatever u guys called it 

[Guest PALMER19]

Thanks Blackmercs.

[Guest mile]

err... try rain x ?

works for me.

[Guest PALMER19]

mile wrote:

err... try rain x ?

works for me.

Was adviced against....like drugs, apply once, must continue.

I'll check with service center once I send my car in for servicing. Seems like most Bros don't have the issues.

[Guest dudemobile]

Rain X for me too. applied about 2 months ago, and no more juddering or re applications since then. Only thing different was wiping the blades everytime i wash the car.

I was just commenting to my wife a few weeks back how come ppl dis Rain X, when it works with such minimal effort for me. And I've used it on all my previous cars.

[Guest cmsoh]

As mentioned on the other thread, RainX works fine for me, and all my past cars too.

At the end of the day, it's a safety feature to be able to have clear vision even in heavy downpour. Even if there's juddering, isn't it worth it for safety sake?

[Guest PALMER19]

cmsoh wrote:

As mentioned on the other thread, RainX works fine for me, and all my past cars too.

At the end of the day, it's a safety feature to be able to have clear vision even in heavy downpour. Even if there's juddering, isn't it worth it for safety sake?

I agree with you totally regarding safety. Being an Engineer by training, I was trying to figure out if there was a problem.

The original intent of my post was to determine if there is some design / assembly issue with the wipers. It seems worse that some other car makes especially in heavy downpour.